Arnold Wikey

Computational Linguist | AI & ML Engineer

United States

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I’m a senior NLP engineer specializing in semantics and generative grammar with a strong track record of delivering machine learning solutions. I have led NLP and analytics projects, architected ETL pipelines and backend systems, and deployed 8 machine learning projects to production in my career. I’m passionate about transforming raw data into actionable insights that power intelligent products, and I thrive at the intersection of language, analytics, and real-world impact. I hold degrees in Applied Mathematics (UC Santa Cruz) and Computational Linguistics (San Jose State University). I'm a lifelong learner, and I always approach new projects and challenges with a growth mindset. Highlights of my background include: - Team and project leadership - Mentorship of interns and junior developers - Design and deployment of scalable NLP models and processing systems - Backend development expertise in Python, Bash, and SQL - Proficiency with Linux/Unix, Git, NLP libraries, and API development - Data-driven modeling of problem statements and solutions

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Experience (8 roles)

Senior Backend Software Engineer

Evidently · Full-time

Oct 2024 - Feb 2025 · 5 mos·Palo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid

- LLM prompt engineering and retrieval augmented generation (RAG) for patient clinical note creation (Python). - Developed FHIR data processing pipelines (Python, Django). - Migrated HCC codes, including ICD-10-CM mappings, from version 24 to 28 for internal risk adjustment calculations. Skills: Alg...

Principal Machine Learning Engineer (NLP)

PanasonicWELL · Full-time

Jul 2023 - Jul 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo·Palo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid

- Facilitated bi-weekly meeting to discuss team projects, automation improvements, and solving business use cases. - Led internship program, mentored interns on various NLP projects, and delegated project responsibilities to contractors. - Advocated for security and privacy of member data by impleme...

Founding ML Engineer

Yohana · Full-time

Jan 2021 - Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 7 mos·Palo Alto, California, United States

- Created ‘no data model’ architecture ETL pipeline for unpacking semi-structured data into relational tables, including metadata extraction, data type checking, and Snowflake task and stream creation (SQL, JavaScript). - Created CI/CD pipelines for deploying services (Docker, GitHub Actions, AWS). ...

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Education (4)

San José State University

2017 - 2018

Skills: Model Training · Mathematics · Natural Language Understanding · Deep Learning · Programming · Data Structures · Algorithms · TensorFlow

UC Santa Cruz

2006 - 2009

Skills: Mathematics · C++ · Programming · Data Structures · Algorithms

Mission College

2004 - 2006

Skills: Mathematics · C++ · Programming · Data Structures · Algorithms

Skills (44)

Data ManagementProgrammingAlgorithmsSnowflakeC++ElasticsearchData IngestionData PipelinesData StructuresRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)Design SystemsPerformance TuningSnowflakeMySQLJavaScriptDockerGitHubAWSPythonElasticsearchspaCyTerraformTransformersNLTKAngularNode.jsDjangoTypeScriptData EngineeringTokenizationPattern RecognitionFine TuningMathematicsContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Bonsai ElasticsearchTypeScriptscikit-learnPHPPostgreSQLMongoDBTensorFlowPythonMySQLGit

Certifications (20)▼

jQuery

W3Schools.com

PHP

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Cryptography I

Coursera

CSS

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Network+ CE

CompTIA

Gamification

Coursera Course Certificates

Social and Economic Networks: Models and Analysis

Coursera

JavaScript

W3Schools.com

Prepare for the Google Cloud Professional Machine Learning Engineer Certification

Network+

CompTIA

Oracle Certified Professional MySQL 5 Developer

Oracle

Think Again: How to Reason and Argue

Coursera Course Certificates

Computing for Data Analysis

Coursera Course Certificates

HTML

W3Schools.com

XML

W3Schools.com

A+ IT Technician

CompTIA

Machine Learning

Coursera

A+ IT Technician CE

CompTIA

Linux+

CompTIA

Security+

CompTIA

Languages (4)▼

Bokmål, Norwegian(Elementary proficiency)Spanish(Limited working proficiency)German(Native or bilingual proficiency)American English(Native or bilingual proficiency)

Honors & Awards (1)▼

Guest Speaker

Apr 2024

Associated with San Jose State University Gave a talk to a Corpus Linguistics class about what NLP problems I've worked on, my approaches to solving NLP problems, how the classes I took at SJSU have helped with NLP tasks, and how knowledge of linguistics helps with solving these problems.