Resume
My professional experience and qualifications.
Ethan Muhlestein
Data Engineer & Analyst
Summary
Data Engineer with 3 years building production data pipelines and containerized systems. Track record of delivering 6x performance improvements through systematic optimization and architecting enterprise solutions from genetic optimizers to OCR pipelines. Experienced in pragmatic application of LLM workflows while understanding both their utility and limitations. Focus on robust data infrastructure and automation that delivers actionable results.
Experience
Data Analyst/Engineer Intern
The Analytics-Team, Inc.
- Redesigned genetic optimizer using Numba JIT compilation and vectorized NumPy, reducing processing time from 1-2 minutes to 13-20 seconds (6x improvement). Built FastAPI backend with Google Sheets AppScript frontend for choice modeling research.
- Developed Python/LangChain agentic workflow for interactive survey data analysis and written response extraction.
- Generated perceptual driver maps using Python and R to correlate product attributes with purchase likelihood.
- Optimized product attributes using choice modeling to maximize share of preference and revenue.
Contractor
TopDial Solutions, Germany, Philippines
- Architecting enterprise OCR pipeline designed to process millions of historical images annually. Built ML preprocessing pipeline for illumination correction and Google Document AI integration.
- Designed multi-container architecture with Next.js frontend, Python FastAPI backend, and Firestore database.
Education
Computational Data Science Major
Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah