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Jamie Lai

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Jamie
01 I code
02 I ship
03 I travel
04 I photograph
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About

A soft-spoken engineer who finishes things.

I’m Jamie, a software and AI engineer with an M.S. from UC Santa Barbara.

I’ve built full-stack web apps, deployed ML models on edge hardware, and integrated LLM APIs into real systems. Most recently I interned at Topia, shipping features with React and TypeScript, and spent the past year building a multi-agent coordination system for my masters' study, which ended up teaching me more about failure handling and system design than anything else.

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I build things end-to-end
craft
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I integrate AI into products
applied
03
I photograph
observant
04
I love animals
gentle
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Honest, always
trust
Tech Stack

Tools I actually reach for.

Languages

  • Pythondaily
  • TSTypeScriptdaily
  • JSJavaScriptdaily
  • SQLcomfortable
  • PHPprior work

Frameworks

  • Reactdaily
  • Node.jsdaily
  • PyTorchdaily
  • Laravelprior work
  • AI integrationsdaily

Infra & Tools

  • AWSdeploy
  • Dockerproject
  • Gitdaily
  • Linuxdaily
  • MySQLcomfortable

AI & Models

  • OpenAI / Anthropic APIdaily
  • Claude Codedaily
  • Multi-agent systemsresearch
  • YOLOv4 / UNet++project
Selected Work

What I've made.

/ 01
Pokopia Tools
A web-based grid blueprint tool for planning block-based buildings. Work in progress, built for joy.
JSHTMLCSS
Apr 2026 — present
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Pokopia Tools
/ 02
Multi-Agent Robotic Coordination
LLM-driven coordination pipelines for multi-robot task planning, allocation and adaptive replanning in AI2-THOR.
PythonLLMRobotics
Feb 2025 — Mar 2026
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Multi-Agent Robotic Coordination
/ 03
Indoor AR Emergency Navigator
An ARKit iOS app using CoreML and device sensors for obstacle-aware indoor routing during emergencies.
SwiftARKitCoreML
Apr — Jun 2024
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Indoor AR Emergency Navigator
/ 04
AgentUTest
Agent-driven automated testing tool. GPT-4 generates test cases across languages with a live visualization UI.
OpenAIReactDjango
Feb — Mar 2024
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AgentUTest
/ 05
Manufacturing MIS
Customer / procurement / inventory system — 50% faster data entry, zero human errors. Laravel + Vue + AWS.
LaravelVueAWS
Jun 2020 — Feb 2021
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Manufacturing MIS
/ 06
Library Donation System
Responsive portal cut data entry time by 70%. Built on Laravel with jQuery and Bootstrap.
PHPLaravelMySQL
Mar — Dec 2020
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Library Donation System
Résumé

Where I’ve been learning.

Work
Software Engineer Intern
Topia, Inc. · Burlington, NC
ReactTypeScriptHTML/CSSCI/CD
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Shipped full-stack features in a live production codebase using React and TypeScript. Worked closely with design, PM, and QA on weekly release cycles.
Aug — Dec 2025
Sep 2023 — Dec 2025
Education
M.S. in Computer Science
University of California, Santa Barbara
GPA 3.8 / 4.0
AI/MLLLMMulti-Agent SystemsRoboticTrustworthy ML
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Focus on AI/Robotics and human-computer interaction. Independent research on LLM-driven multi-robot coordination: task decomposition, memory, and failure recovery for embodied AI. TA for mobile dev, intro CS, and XR courses.
Research
Research Assistant (NCHU)
National Chung Hsing University · OSH Admin, MOL · Taichung
PythonComputer VisionPyTorchEdge AI
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Built computer vision pipelines for construction site safety, semantic segmentation of guardrails on edge devices using model compression and acceleration techniques.
Feb 2021 — Jun 2022
Research
Research Assistant (TSMC)
TSMC · Taichung, Taiwan
PythonComputer VisionData PipelinesAnalysis
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Built data pipelines and analysis tools for semiconductor manufacturing research. Worked with real production data in a highly regulated industry environment.
Aug — Dec 2021
Sep 2020 — Jun 2022
Education
M.B.A. in Management Information Systems
National Chung Hsing University
GPA 4.12 / 4.3
Deep LearningComputer VisionData Analysis
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Focused on deep learning and computer vision. Thesis: semantic segmentation and model acceleration for real-time safety monitoring on edge hardware.
Work
Software Engineer
ShangDa Plastic Inc. · Miao-li, Taiwan
LaravelVue.jsMySQLAWS
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Designed and built an internal ERP system end-to-end on a small team, from database schema to UI. Owned the full feature lifecycle in a fast-moving environment.
Feb 2020 — Feb 2021
Work
Full-Stack Developer
Wanin International · Taichung, Taiwan
PHPLaraveljQueryMySQL
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Built responsive web applications with PHP/Laravel, jQuery/Bootstrap, and MySQL. Delivered client-facing features from mockup to deployment.
Mar 2019 — Feb 2020
Sep 2018 — Jun 2020
Education
B.B.A. in Information Management
National Taichung University of Science and Technology
GPA 3.99 / 4.0
Software EngineeringDatabasesSystems Design
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Elite Program. Foundations in software engineering, databases, and systems analysis. Academic Excellence Award 4 years running.
Full résumé (PDF) ↗
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