October 2026 – Present
Backend AI Engineering Internship
FlyRank AI · Chicago, Illinois, United States
Next.js, FastAPI, Express.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Supabase, Neon, SQLite, Zod
- Architected retrieval-backed answer flows and RAG pipelines using semantic embeddings, vector retrieval, and custom chunking to reduce hallucinations and ground model outputs.
- Engineered API contracts and tool-calling workflows with Zod validation, structured outputs, and upstream API failure handling.
- Built automated evaluation harnesses to assess latency, answer correctness, and grounding quality; implemented fallbacks and error handling for rate limits and model degradation.




