KIAN ANDREW
BUSICO
Building Scalable Systems & Secure AI
Ex-AWS Software Engineer & AI Engineer building high-performance infrastructure and secure intelligent systems for the real world.
About Me
I'm an engineer who loves the messy intersection of code and reality. I've gone from debugging inventory apps for my family's small business to protecting millions of endpoints at AWS, and the thrill never gets old.
Today, I bridge the gap between rigid backend infrastructure and adaptive AI. Whether I'm fine-tuning models for autonomous vehicles or optimizing distributed systems, my goal is the same: to build technology that is robust, secure, and invisible. When I'm not shipping code, I'm usually on a flight, on the basketball court, or behind a lens.
Featured Projects
Building scalable systems, researching AI security, and creating impact through innovative engineering solutions.
TLS Fingerprinting at Scale
Amazon Web Services | Security Scanner Infrastructure
Engineered a novel TLS fingerprinting feature in Rust for Amazon's hyper-scale security scanner, achieving 98.15% coverage across millions of public endpoints.
TindaPro (Passion Project)
Empowering Filipino Micro-Businesses
Mobile inventory/POS system for Filipino MSMEs. Pivoted UX from scan-first to search-first based on user testing, reducing onboarding time by 50%.
VLM Security Research
NYU eBRAIN Lab | Adversarial Machine Learning
Architected end-to-end AI fine-tuning pipelines for autonomous vehicles. Conducting research on sophisticated backdoor attacks on Vision Language Models (VLMs).
TLS Fingerprinting at Scale
Engineered a novel TLS fingerprinting feature in Rust for Amazon's hyper-scale security scanner, achieving 98.15% coverage across millions of public endpoints.
TindaPro (Passion Project)
Mobile inventory/POS system for Filipino MSMEs. Pivoted UX from scan-first to search-first based on user testing, reducing onboarding time by 50%.
VLM Security Research
Architected end-to-end AI fine-tuning pipelines for autonomous vehicles. Conducting research on sophisticated backdoor attacks on Vision Language Models (VLMs).
EMERGE Lab (NYU Tandon)
Developing GPU-based simulators for VR environments enabling sim-to-sim transfers using Waymo Open Motion Dataset (30k+ data points).
AutoTrack & AutoPark Rovers
Built autonomous rovers using SLAM, LIDAR, and Viam API for self-correcting navigation and automated parking.
Metro Pacific Tollways
Optimized data validation pipelines using Apache Spark and AWS S3, reducing processing time from 2 hours to 5 minutes (96% improvement).
Davao Public Transit Routing
Created a routing model using Prim’s algorithm and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis to optimize routes, saving 7,000+ jobs and reducing congestion.
CAUSE Philippines
Mentored low-income students to secure $13.2M in total scholarships for US universities.
Industry Engagement
Active participant in the field: Abu Dhabi Autonomous Week attendee and Transportation Camp NYC 'Unconference' logistics volunteer.
Areas of Expertise
A multidisciplinary approach to solving complex problems at the cutting edge of technology.
Backend & Systems Engineering
Building scalable backend infrastructure and distributed systems with Rust, TypeScript, and cloud services.
AI & Robotics
Researching adversarial ML, developing autonomous systems with vision models, and building AI agents.
Security & Infrastructure
Engineering security scanners at scale, TLS fingerprinting, and securing distributed systems.
Data Engineering
Optimizing big data pipelines with Apache Spark, SQL, and AWS S3 for high-performance processing.
Let's Build Something Amazing
Whether you're working on the next big innovation or need a technical partner to bring your vision to life, I'd love to hear from you.
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