Htoo Tay Za

Summary

Full-stack software engineer who builds and maintains production systems end to end — from internal management tooling used daily by 50+ team members to client-facing software solutions and open-source AI infrastructure for LLM orchestration and retrieval. Two years directing technical R&D and engineering for a platform reaching millions of users, plus experience leading engineering delivery for external clients. Seeking a software engineering role building scalable full-stack, backend, or AI/ML systems.

Education

• BSc Electrical Engineering — Óbuda University, Hungary

  2026 — Present
  • Currently enrolled in the undergraduate electrical engineering program
  • Focus on hardware systems, embedded design, and applied engineering

• BSc Computer Science — University of the People

  Expected 2029
  • Coursework in algorithms, data structures, databases, and software engineering

• General Education Development (GED) — Genesis Education Language Center

  Completed
  • GED score: 731
  • GPA: 3.65 / 4.0

Experience

• Founding Engineer — The Column Myanmar

  June 2026 — Present

  Lead the engineering team delivering customized software solutions for clients across schools, media organizations, and NGOs. Own technical delivery end to end — architecture, development, and rollout — translating client requirements into production systems.

• Co-Founder & R&D Officer — Fact Hub Myanmar

  April 2022 — Present

  Built and maintain the full-stack website and internal management systems used daily by a 50+ person team, powering a scientific literacy platform that reaches millions of readers across Myanmar. Architected a Google Apps Script automation framework with a reactive state machine for content lifecycle management, sustaining 99%+ uptime. Established verification and peer-review frameworks and directed R&D initiatives to combat scientific misinformation at scale.

• Software Engineer — Freelance, Open Source (Jackmann)

  2025 — Present

  Author and maintainer of Sawtooth Memory, AlphaRag, and AI Pipeline Toolkit. Design, build, and maintain production-grade AI infrastructure released as open source — async memory layers, hybrid retrieval systems, and multi-agent orchestration — each with evaluation pipelines and measured benchmarks. Ship end-to-end products independently, owning backend architecture, database design, CI/CD, and deployment.

Projects

• Beamline for Schools (BL4S)

  2026

  Project Lead

  CERN proposal on biopolymer radiation shielding for Martian applications.

  Geant4 · CERN · Physics · Monte Carlo

• OpenLab Experiment Workshop

  2026

  Project Lead & Founder

  U.S. State Department–funded hands-on science workshop for young researchers.

  Science Education · YA EAP · Workshop · Outreach

• Sawtooth Memory

  2026

  Author & Maintainer

  Async non-blocking hierarchical memory for LLM agents.

  Python · LLM · LangGraph

• AlphaRag

  2026

  Author & Maintainer

  Dynamic document Q&A with parent-child RAG and session isolation.

  Python · RAG · Chainlit

• Fact Hub Workflow Automation

  2025

  Developer

  Server-side automation framework for content lifecycle management.

  Google Apps Script · Automation · APIs

• Freelancer OS

  2026

  Full-Stack Developer

  Operations command center for the freelance business lifecycle.

  Next.js · TypeScript · Supabase

• AI Pipeline Toolkit

  2026

  Author & Maintainer

  Event-driven agentic AI pipeline with LangGraph and FastAPI.

  Python · FastAPI · LangGraph

Certifications & Awards

• Youth Ambassador — East Asia & Pacific

  2026

  U.S. State Department (YA EAP)

  Selected for the Youth Ambassadors East Asia & Pacific program

• International Astronomy & Astrophysics Competition — Finalist

  2025

  IAAC

• EF SET English Certificate

  2026

  EF SET

  C2 proficiency — 76/100

• First Certificate in English (FCE)

  2024

  Cambridge English

  C1 CEFR

• AI Fundamentals & LLM Concepts

  2024

  DataCamp

• Python for Data Science & AI Development

  2024

  IBM