Engineer · AI Builder · Product-minded
Building technical products with a calm, polished, human-centered feel.
Adrian Xu
Software Engineer · AI Builder · Product-minded
I build practical software, internal tools, and AI prototypes that turn messy business needs into clear, useful systems.
Current
Future Dial Inc.
Focus
FDE / Solutions / Technical Product
About
Technical depth with product and communication instincts.
I enjoy bridging engineering execution with real user needs. My background spans software engineering, internal platform work, support workflows, and applied AI experimentation.
Build
I build practical systems, tools, and prototypes that solve real workflow problems.
Translate
I’m comfortable working between technical implementation and business or client needs.
Refine
I like polishing systems, clarifying ambiguity, and making software more useful and elegant.
Selected Projects
A few things I’ve built.
These are the kinds of projects I want this site to highlight first: technical, practical, and clearly tied to user or business value.
X-ray Screw Detection
Built a computer-vision prototype to identify missing screws from X-ray images with strong model accuracy.
Python · PyTorch · Computer Vision
Inventory Management Platform
Designed and built an internal platform for tracking device inventory, workflows, and operational status.
Java Spring Boot · Vue · PostgreSQL · AWS
RAG Q&A Prototype
Created a document intelligence workflow for retrieval, summarization, and support-oriented knowledge access.
LangChain · Embeddings · Gradio
Experience
Software Engineer / Technical Support Engineer
FutureDial Inc.
March 2022 — Present
Worked across product development, internal tools building, client-facing problem solving, and prototype development.
Education
M.S. in Software Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
May 2024
Focused on software architecture, requirements, databases, AI-adjacent product thinking, and collaborative project delivery.
B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science
University of California, San Diego
September 2021
Built strong foundations in data structures, algorithms, software engineering, critical thinking, and team leadership through rigorous mathematics and collaborative technical projects.
Languages