Data Engineer for Python-Driven Data Platforms and ML Pipelines

Ryan McNeil

*********@*****.*** +1-917-***-**** LinkedIn.com/in/Ryan-G-McNeil GitHub.com/Disco-Gnome Data and ML Engineer specializing in Python services, API integrations, scalable data platforms, and production infrastructure. Experience shipping reliable systems in secure, high-complexity environments. EXPERIENCE

Machine Learning Engineer May 2024 – Sep 2025

United States Military Academy at West Point Highland Falls, NY (Onsite)

Built and deployed containerized Python backend services and REST APIs supporting parallel job orchestration, long-running compute workloads, and large-scale dataset processing in secure environments.

Led development of a production platform adopted by 3+ Army research teams for large-scale model evaluation, dataset processing, and automated forensic workflows across 100+ model architectures.

Designed reliable data and inference pipelines (Python and SQL), from data ingestion through API-served results, emphasizing maintainability, reproducibility, and operational resilience.

Led cross-functional development and owned end-to-end system architecture across backend services, machine learning systems, API, and frontend systems, driving technical decisions, prioritization, and execution. Data Analyst, College Assistant Oct 2019 – May 2024 CUNY Hunter College, Offices of Assessment & Institutional Review New York, NY (Hybrid)

Developed and maintained reusable data processing workflows (SQL, R) to extract, clean, transform, and analyze regularly updated CUNY-wide institutional datasets, including FERPA-protected student records.

Consolidated fragmented datasets into a centralized, secure inter-departmental data repository, improving maintainability and access to institutional reporting workflows, and ensuring continuity through COVID-19 and budgetary crises.

Administered departmental WebCMS site, coordinating content updates, page structure, and publishing workflows for cross-functional academic stakeholders. Quantitative Researcher Sep 2022 – Dec 2023

The Graduate Center, The City University of New York New York, NY (Hybrid)

Applied statistical modeling and data visualization techniques using confidential and restricted-use data to study labor markets, college retention and graduation, and socioeconomic inequality for academic publication, enabling policy evaluations.

Lead Researcher Aug 2017 – Sep 2023

The Center for Advanced Study in Education (CASE), CUNY New York, NY (Hybrid)

Led project design and execution for data-driven research projects across multi-institutional and externally funded initiatives, including NSF-backed studies with 1,000+ respondents.

Led and mentored a team of 5, overseeing, onboarding, training in analytical tools & processes, and professional development.

Maintained central data repository supporting sensitive and restricted-use datasets across dozens of projects. Lab Assistant Feb 2017 – Dec 2018

CUNY Hunter College – Psychophysics Laboratory New York, NY (Onsite)

Collected and analyzed EEG data for visual perception research; administered tests to human subjects under IRB protocols and maintained secure handling of sensitive biometric data. Acting Owner, Accounts Manager Mar 2010 – Sep 2022 Blue Sky Landscaping Services Inc. Queens, NY (Onsite)

Managed 100+ client accounts, and business operations for a small enterprise. SKILLS

Software Engineering & Infrastructure

Python, Flask, REST API development, SQL, MySQL, SQLAlchemy, Containerization (Docker), Git, CI/CD, AWS, CMS, Backend Architecture, Metrics, Versioning, Performance Optimization, Secure Deployment Environments, Linux, Asynchronous Jobs

Data & Processing

NumPy, Pandas, SciPy, PySpark, Hadoop, RDDs, MapReduce, Large Dataset Processing, XGBoost, Gurobi, R, Batch Processing

Machine Learning

PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, Transformers, LLMs, NLP, Reinforcement Learning, Adversarial ML Collaboration & Leadership

Technical Leadership, Cross-functional Delivery, Stakeholder Communication, Documentation EDUCATION

MS in Quantitative Methods & AC in Data Science 2025 The Graduate Center of the City University of New York

GPA: 4.0

BA in Physics & BA in Psychology 2017

Hunter College, the City University of New York

PUBLICATIONS

Berenbeim, A., McNeil, R., Williams, T., & Bastian, N. (2026). NLMOptimizer: A Benchmark Dataset and Neurosymbolic Methods for the NL4OPT Challenge. International Conference on Machine Learning. In review.

Attewell, P., & McNeil, R. (TBD). College Majors and Racial Disparities in Post-college Earnings. Journal of Higher Education. In revision.

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