Daniel Tsiang

Software Engineer

Senior Machine Learning Engineer with 5+ years of experience architecting scalable AI systems, specialising in LLMOps, GenAI, and multi-agent architectures (MCP, RAG) within the fintech sector.

Proven track record of deploying robust machine learning pipelines that automate complex workflows, mitigate prompt injection risks, and recover thousands of engineering and operational hours.

Adept at bridging the gap between advanced AI research and high-impact production deployments.

Experience

Senior Machine Learning Software Engineering

Starling Bank
  • Established enterprise LLMOps and ML strategies, setting architectural standards for deploying highly available generative AI models across the bank's services.
August 2024 - Present

Machine Learning Software Engineer

Starling Bank
  • Architected and scaled ML microservices using Docker and Kubernetes, successfully integrating LLMs and traditional ML models into the core Java banking platform to automate fraud detection and customer operations.
  • Designed comprehensive MLOps pipelines, utilising OpenTelemetry and Prometheus for real-time telemetry, ensuring high-performance inference in production.
  • Engineered robust backend services in Python, implementing strict linting rules, type checking, and comprehensive testing, eliminating code regressions and drastically improving system resiliency.
July 2023 - July 2024

Junior Software Engineer

Starling Bank
  • Developed a high-throughput load simulator to stress-test ML services from the Java banking platform, successfully identifying API performance bottlenecks and model drift before production releases.
  • Architected serverless, cross-cloud data pipelines utilising event-driven AWS Lambda functions and GCP Dataflow to streamline ingestion and processing.
  • Hardened deployment pipelines by integrating automated security vulnerability scanning in the CI with real-time Slack and GitHub alerts.
August 2021 - June 2023

Portfolio

Venue Recommendation Agent
Personal Finance MCP Application

Skills & Tools

Python

Java

JavaScript

Bash

SQL

Docker

GCP

AWS

Terraform

FastAPI

Git

Kubernetes

EDUCATION

Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
CS50ai & CS50x
Harvard University

Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence using Python

Oct 2014 - Jun 2018
Master of Engineering (MEng)
Imperial College London

1st Class Honours

CONTACT ME

Address

Surrey Quays
London
UK

Email

dan_tsiang@hotmail.co.uk