Hinton Innovations
Software Engineer
Oct 2025 - Present
Hong Kong SAR
Building frontend applications at an AI startup, leading UI/UX improvements, and translating Figma designs into responsive product interfaces.
Available for select work in 2026
Hi, I'm Siegfreidan engineer who buildsAI & software.
Machine learning and software engineer. I love tech, innovation, and design, building AI systems and products from the ground up where great engineering meets thoughtful craft.
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Design Systems✦Web Apps✦Brand Identity✦Motion✦Product Strategy✦TypeScript✦React✦Next.js✦Tailwind✦Node.js✦AI Integrations✦DX Tooling✦Design Systems✦Web Apps✦Brand Identity✦Motion✦Product Strategy✦TypeScript✦React✦Next.js✦Tailwind✦Node.js✦AI Integrations✦DX Tooling✦
01 / About
A machine learning engineer who loves to ship.
I'm Siegfreid, a machine learning and software engineer with a dual degree from Duke and Duke Kunshan University in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science. I spent most of my time in university researching AI and machine learning systems, including model evaluation and building reliable ML pipelines. Today I help startups ship products and AI systems. I love tech, innovation, and design, and I'm happiest when research, engineering, and product thinking come together to build something real.
What I build
ML & AI systems
I build agentic RAG pipelines, integrate LLMs into products, and optimize retrieval so AI systems are accurate, reliable, and ready to deploy.
- RAG
- LangChain
- PyTorch
- Hugging Face
Model evaluation & research
I design evaluation pipelines, benchmark models, and fine-tune embeddings so teams can make rigorous decisions about what actually works.
- RAGAs
- OpenAI Evals
- Benchmarking
- Fine-tuning
Full-stack engineering
I ship product features across the stack, from React frontends and APIs to databases and deployment workflows.
- React
- Next.js
- Python
- MySQL
- Docker
Startup product work
I help startups move from idea to shipped product, translating design into clean interfaces and building features end to end.
- UI/UX
- Figma
- Product shipping
- Frontend tooling
02 / Selected work
A handful of things I'm proud of.
Projects where I've built AI systems, evaluated models, and shipped products that matter.
03 / Experience
Where I've been building.
A snapshot of my professional and research experience.
Resume
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ChatDKU
AI Engineer
Aug 2024 - Dec 2025
Edge Intelligence Lab, Jiangsu, China
Deployed Qwen3-8B in an agentic RAG pipeline, optimized retrieval with ChromaDB and prompt engineering, and built automated evaluation pipelines with OpenAI Evals.
ChangLab
Data Scientist
Apr 2025 - Aug 2025
Duke Compute Cluster
Curated 2M+ GPS trajectories, engineered mobility features for transformer-based LLM training, and maintained a scalable MySQL database for GraphSAGE model work.
Kunshan Supercomputing Center
Student Researcher
Jun 2024 - Aug 2024
Jiangsu, China
Researched fine-tuning and evaluation of retrieval models, integrated Llama3 8B with RAG, and improved RAGAs metrics including Hit Rate, Faithfulness, and Context Precision.
04 / Blogs
Thoughts on AI, product, and building.
My writing on current and ongoing innovations in AI, engineering, and product. Personal thoughts on what I am building, learning, and paying attention to in tech.
05 / Get in touchHave something in mind?
Have something in mind?
Let's talk.
I'm always open to interesting projects, collaborations, and a good conversation. Drop a line and I'll get back within a day or two.