Hi, I'm Max
I've always been drawn to work that's both technically challenging and visually appealing, and chasing it has left me with a collection of interests, and an obsession with mastery across every one of them.
Lately, that obsession has pulled me deep into CUDA and kernel engineering, model performance, inference infrastructure, and everything in between. I'm learning as much as I can, as fast as I can, and I'd love to connect with anyone further along this path. I hope that in sharing my work, you feel some of the same delight I find in it.
May 2026 - Present
Kernel Engineering at 7labs
Working on GPU kernels and runtime inference for large language models at 7labs.
May 2025 - Aug 2025
Software Engineer Intern at Machyna
Built a serverless file management system using AWS Lambda, AppSync, and S3.
Aug 2024 - Dec 2024
Deep Learning Researcher
Researched mechanistic interpretability of LLMs to mitigate sycophantic behavior.
Aug 2024 - Dec 2024
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Facilitated lectures for 150+ students in electrical engineering programming.
Oct 2023 - Oct 2024
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Developed an LLM-based autograder, improving scoring accuracy and efficiency.
Dec 2023 - Aug 2024
SIG AI Lead @ ACM, UC Merced
Led AI workshops on deep learning and LLMs for 50+ active ACM members.
Jun 2022 - Jun 2023
Powerlifting Coaching Business
Coached 6 collegiate athletes to nationals across CTPA, HKPF, and BPU.
Dec 2020 - Dec 2020
All Young International Deadlift Open
Placed in the top 25% in the deadlift, pulling 210 kg in the Open Class as a 74 kg sub-junior.
Dec 2019 - Dec 2019
HKPF Regionals
Placed 3rd overall at HKPF Regionals in the Open Class as a sub-junior.
