[1 YoE, Unemployed, Data Engineer, San Jose]

Quick context before you look:

• MS CS, graduated Dec 2025
• 1 year industry experience (data engineering)
• Targeting data engineering and AI engineering roles.

Main things I'd love feedback on:

1. Does the experience gap (1yr) hurt me badly or do projects compensate?
2. Does the project depth read as production-grade or academic?
3. Anything that would make a recruiter stop reading?

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