Introduce yourself and show mission alignment

Give a concise self-introduction tailored to an ML Engineer role. Then answer: a) Why this startup, and how does its mission align with your motivations; b) describe a time you and a partner misunderstood an expected return type or API contract—how did you clarify expectations and recover; c) when uncertain between returning None versus an empty object, how do you seek alignment and document the API; d) what questions would you ask about role expectations, success metrics, and collaboration style.