Experience

Capital One
McLean, VA
Software Engineer Intern
Jun 2024 - Aug 2024
  • Incorporated a model to predict optimal contact times into a Java SMS/Push fulfillment service, improving daily interactions for 600,000+ customers
  • Designed and deployed a Python API to expose the prediction model, implementing auto-failover, multi-region deployment, and rollback deployment to ensure 99.9% uptime
  • Created food location search website utilizing Next.js, Go, SQLite, and a GraphQL API to filter company options based on nutritional needs/dietary restrictions
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Course Assistant (System Programming)
Aug 2024 - Current
  • Providing individualized guidance on topics including memory allocation, multithreading, signals, and networking
  • Conducting weekly office hours and assisting in lab sessions to reinforce course concepts and troubleshoot coding issues
  • Developing and deploying a custom on-demand autograder for immediate student feedback
Reflections Projections | Github
Champaign, IL
Software Engineer (API / Core)
Feb 2024 - current
  • Overseeing and managing the technical infrastructure for the Midwest’s largest student run tech-conference, including registration, event management, notifications, newsletter distribution, and puzzle platforms
  • Deployed API servers on an Linux-based EC2 instance with 0% downtime during updates by implementing a blue-green deployment strategy
  • Developed a robust, custom CI/CD pipeline for the API using Code Deploy, Code Pipeline, and Github Actions
  • Achieved 96.55% testing coverage, ensuring reliable, seamless CI/CD by developing testing framework using Jest
HackIllinois | Github
Champaign, IL
Software Engineer (API)
Sep 2023 - Feb 2024
  • Designed RESTful API endpoints used by 900+ participants, staff, and sponsors in UIUC’s signature hackathon using TypeScript and Express
  • Reduced costs by 98.5% by redesigning database schemas and transitioning from a microservices architecture to a monolith architecture
  • Achieved a 99% reduction in bandwidth usage for storing/viewing applicants’ resumes by developing a service to facilitate user-specific uploads/downloads to S3
CoderDojo
Hinsdale, IL
Lead Computer Science Instructor
Mar 2022 - Apr 2023
  • Taught a classroom of 15+ students the fundamentals of programming, problem solving, and algorithm design
  • Guided students in building their own applications/projects using Scratch and Python

Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.S. - Computer Science
Expected Graduation: May 2026
GPA 4.0/4.0
Relevant Coursework:
  • Algorithms & Models of Computation (in progress)
  • Distributed Systems (in progress)
  • Database Systems (in progress)
  • Data Structures (A)
  • System Programming (A+)
  • Computer Architecture (A)
  • Software Design Lab (A)
  • Probability & Statistics for CS (A+)
  • Combinatorics (A+)
  • Abstract Linear Algebra (A+)
  • Discrete Structures (A+)

Awards

  • Capital One Intern Hackathon, 1st place (2024)

Projects

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Senior Assassins

JavaScript, React, ExpressJS, MongoDB

A full-stack application which facilitated a live action game with over 400 players.

Demo | GitHub

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Grocery Deal Finder

JavaScript, React, Next.js, Python, Flask

A grocery deal finder that scrapes the web for the best product deals based on user location.

GitHub

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File Hosting Application

C

Developed a TCP-based client-server application for hosting and sharing files on a public server.

GitHub

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AI Chinese Chess

C++

A player vs computer, console-based version of Chinese Chess in C++.

GitHub

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Ecosystem Simulation

JavaScript, HTML/CSS

A traditional simulation of foxes and rabbits to illustrate the interaction between predators and prey.

Demo | GitHub

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Personal Website

JavaScript, HTML/CSS

This website is written in pure HTML/CSS and JavaScript.