44m above the forest floor

Ethan Wang

tl;dr I like to build things

begin the descent

01 · The Descent

Beneath the treetops.

I'm a computer science and mathematics student at Case Western Reserve University who builds things at the intersection of quantitative systems, AI infrastructure, and startups.

Currently co-founding Darch AI, where I architect high-throughput media pipelines serving 20M+ monthly impressions. Previously built AI tools at NIST. On the side, I run automated trading systems on prediction markets, reaching the top 100 on Kalshi's all-time crypto leaderboard.

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lanterns hung along the path

Numbers gathered on the way down.

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02 · The Trail

Waypoints along the way.

Darch AI ↗

June 2025 – Present

Co-Founder & Engineering Lead

Remote

  • ▸Architected a hybrid microservices system (Python/FastAPI, Node.js) and high-throughput FFmpeg media pipeline to automate cross-platform content distribution, supporting 20M+ monthly impressions.
  • ▸Optimized serverless resource allocation for 3,000+ monthly video jobs, maintaining 85%+ profit margins through aggressive caching and stateless execution.
  • ▸Maintaining custom self-hosted infrastructure with modified authentication flows for multi-tenant B2B scheduling, while leading solution architecture for enterprise accounts.
PythonFastAPINode.jsFFmpegDocker

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

June 2025 – August 2025

Software Development Intern

Gaithersburg, MD

  • ▸Built AI-driven internal tools including a help desk chatbot powered by a RAG pipeline, engineering document ingestion and optimizing retrieval strategies.
  • ▸Developed and integrated a custom logging feature into an Open WebUI fork to enhance monitoring and debugging capabilities.
  • ▸Collaborated with Boulder campus staff to deliver a wildfire evacuation dashboard based on stakeholder requirements.
PythonRAGOpen WebUIReact

base camp · education

Case Western Reserve University

B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics

Cleveland, OH · Expected May 2028

03 · The Clearing

Things grown in the open.

featured

May 2024 – Present

Quantitative Trading on Kalshi

Automated trading system executing across prediction markets with market making, momentum, arbitrage, and latency-sensitive strategies.

Top 100 all-time on Kalshi crypto leaderboard
  • ▸13,000+ trades totaling 1.5M+ contracts
  • ▸Low-latency infrastructure processing hundreds of GBs of market data
  • ▸Predictive models using Ornstein-Uhlenbeck SDEs, Hawkes processes, and modified Black-Scholes
PythonWebSocketsMongoDB

February 2025

Orbit Chrome Extension

Multimodal semantic search engine for saved text, audio, and video using CLIP/CLAP embeddings.

Most Innovative Use of Groundbreaking Technology · TartanHacks 2025 @ CMU
  • ▸Won TartanHacks 2025 at Carnegie Mellon University for most innovative use of groundbreaking technology
  • ▸Natural language queries over captured browser content
  • ▸ChromaDB integration for real-time vector similarity search
FlaskPyTorchChromaDBCLIP/CLAP

badges earned along the way

Most Innovative Use of Groundbreaking Technology

CMU TartanHacks 2025

Feb 2025

Generative AI Fundamentals

Databricks Academy

Jan 2026

Maryland Seal of Biliteracy – Mandarin Chinese

Maryland State Department of Education

May 2024

04 · The Undergrowth

What grows down here.

Languages

PythonJavaJavaScript/TypeScriptCSQL

Frameworks

ReactFastAPINode.jsPyTorchNext.js

Infrastructure

DockerMongoDBPostgreSQLWebSocketsFFmpegGit

05 · The Campfire

You made it to the forest floor.

Always interested in new opportunities, collaborations, and interesting problems. Pull up a log. The fire's warm.

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