Okta
AI / ML Operations Intern
Agentic LLM pipelines with LangChain and Ollama for internal retrieval, plus RAG and vector search for error triangulation.
AI systems · backend infrastructure · data platforms
Sami Veliu
I build AI systems, backend platforms, recommendation infrastructure, and production-grade data pipelines.
Dual-degree student at Michigan State University in Computer Science and Business Administration. U.S. Citizen. Focused on clean systems, quiet reliability, fast execution, and Apple-level product polish.
Experience
Recent work
Humana
Software Engineering Intern
Owned Python and Java backend microservices serving 200K+ members; reduced downstream pipeline latency by 40%.
Humana
Software Engineering Intern
Built Databricks, PySpark, and SQL telemetry pipelines across 70K+ devices; improved deployment reliability by 45%.
Projects
Clickable projects
Monolith Recommendation Engine
ByteDance Monolith-inspired C++ recommendation system focused on real-time training and collision-free embeddings.
HalfFull
Production desktop app notification work using Electron IPC offloading, reducing idle RAM usage by 35%.
FluidProject 2D Stable Fluids
Real-time interactive 2D fluid simulation built on Jos Stam's Stable Fluids algorithm with graphics and low-level systems work.
Prismatic Ray Tracer
Physically based C++ ray tracer with Blinn-Phong shading, reflection/refraction, and BVH acceleration.
Distributed Data Pipeline Platform
Candidate generation and training example pipeline with online anomaly detection, MLflow tracking, and release safeguards.
Skills
Core stack
Leadership
President — Spartan Food Security Council
Raised $1M+ in annual grant funding from Michigan's MiLeap Program and partnered with State Rep. Julie Brixie to fund construction of a public food bank in MSU's Union Building.
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