Samuel Chua Jia Cong

AI Infra @ LinkedIn | MSE Robotics @ UPenn | Prev @ Amazon

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

About

I remembered back when I was 14 my mum needed help with the new WiFi router. As she unpacked it, I caught sight of the manual and asked for it. After reading through it, I learned to set up the WiFi password. By pressing a few keys, I protected my parents from the danger of smartphone addiction and got chocolate from them so as to grant them their Internet access. It was during this fateful encounter that connected my love for engineering. I believe in exploring the unknown and very much enjoy the thrill of learning through curiosity! I am interested in the engineering field especially in Robotics, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Electronics. I'm open to exploring side hustles in areas of personal development and entrepreneurship as I always aim to be a better version of myself every single day. I hope to connect with people from different fields and look forward to having a meaningful conversation!

Experience

  • Systems & Infrastructure Engineer at LinkedIn
    May 2026 - Present · 2 mos

    AI Infra for LLMs

  • Graduate Research Assistant - Kumar Lab @ GRASP at University of Pennsylvania
    Nov 2025 - Present · 8 mos

    • Developing planning algorithms by using foundational models for robots to reason over complex semantic inputs Advised by Prof Vijay Kumar, Camillo J. Taylor

  • Software Development Intern at Amazon
    Jun 2025 - Sep 2025 · 4 mos

    Foundational People Data Services (FPDS) team

  • Upsilon Pi Epsilon at UCLA (Los Angeles, California, United States · On-site)
    • Alumni Commitee Director
      Jan 2025 - Jun 2025 · 6 mos

    • Alumni Committee Chair
      May 2024 - Jan 2025 · 9 mos

      • Inducted into the Computer Science honor society at UCLA, eligible from being among the top 1/3 of the class. • Organized alumni mixers and dinners, and mentorship programs that span over 500 participants every year, fostering meaningful connections among students and alumni in the CS community • Coordinated the planning, logistics, and execution of alumni events through weekly meetings with the alumni team to ensure seamless coordination • Streamlined communication with alumni through our online portal to establish meaningful connections

  • Mentorship Officer at IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu
    May 2024 - Jun 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

    • Inducted into the Electrical and Computer Engineering honor society at UCLA, eligible from being among the top 1/4 of the class • Host mentorship workshops to provide academic and career guidance to undergraduate students (i.e. Class Planning Workshops, Resume Workshops, and Graduate School Panels) • Coordinate alumni-mentee and mentor-mentee mentorship programs