# Kevin Blaesing

> Building Large Scale Platforms

Location: Detroit Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kevinblaesing

Highly motivated software engineer with a passion for performance optimization in system architecture and user-facing solutions, and solving the complex problems therein. 

Recently (2024) single-handedly wrote a network traffic engine/sniffer/dissector in Rust for an in-house AI platform.

Detailed experience data-pipeline design, RDB design (Postgres, MongoDB) implementation and improvement using high-performance Python and AWS solutions such as Lambda, SES, SNS, SQS and Step Functions. Professional focus on high-performance real-time data application.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ World Wide Technology
Jan 2024 – Present

### Full Stack Engineer @ World Wide Technology
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024
- Development and Deployment of AI-driven solutions for cybersecurity challenges
- Spearheaded the design and implementation of distributed AI/ML pipelines for analyzing incoming network traffic in real-time
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to integrate AI cybersecurity capabilities into existing infrastructure and workflows
- Design and implementation of distributed AI systems.
- Design and implementation of High Performance internet traffic parser, tracker, and extractor written in Rust.
- Patent Pending for Federated Machine Learning Application.

### Software Engineer @ Groundspeed Analytics, Inc.
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- Responsible for redesigning and reimplementing business critical backend systems resulting in significant performance uplift (5x).
- High-performance python data pipeline architecture, maintenance, and feature improvement.
- Designed data-driven workflows using AWS Step Functions, SNS, and SQS, and Celery to deliver efficiency gains for high-impact and industry leading data extraction.
- Jenkins Pipeline Design
- Helm chart configuration to manage, deploy, scale, and create new services within Kubernetes clusters within EKS.
- REST API efficiency gains with high-performance route creation to increase throughput throughout data pipeline.
- Drastically increased internal OCR pipeline efficiency by parallelizing heavy workloads, resulting in a 20% performance uplift. Fine-tuning of scaling metrics allowed for 30% throughput improvement.
- Docker image creation, fine-tuning and deployment on AWS Lambda and ECS.
- Increase data ingestion capabilities with leveraging Amazon SES for email reception and data extraction.
- Improve end-user experience on internal company tooling using React.
- Create, design, use, and improve data-driven services using internally-designed api calls Postgres and MongoDB.
- Database schema design and improvement for Postgres using internally managed Alembic versioning.
- Designed, implemented, and released high-performance and feature complete data pipeline leveraging AWS lambda, SNS, SQS and Step Functions.
- Internal and External facing API creation and design for performant data ingestion and delivery.

### Data Analyst @ Groundspeed Analytics, Inc.
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Multiple Production-Implemented Machine Learning Models
- ML Model testing, development and production assurance
- Data Quality Assurance for clients under SLA
- Assure quality and consistency of department's work and production.
- Develop, maintain and train department SOPs

### Information Technology Intern @ Xoran Technologies
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Ann Arbor, Michigan
-  Provide and update IT procedures and documentation.
- Validation of production software against specification.
- Frequent work on cross-department projects.
- Provide end user support for all departments of staff.
- Built servers for cloud based file storage of CT Scan images and employee data.

### Desktop Support Specialist @ University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015
- Responsible for resolving incidents (help tickets) reported by Staff and Students managed within ServiceNow.  
- Installed, repaired and replaced software, drivers, computers, peripherals and laboratory equipment.  
- Heavy emphasis on Customer Service.  Supported Mac, PC and Linux environments.  
- Experienced with remote and on-site software deployment techniques.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Linguistics, Chinese
University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/blaesink

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Last updated: 2026-03-23