Experience

Professional journey and technical expertise

Professional Experience

UCLA StarAI Lab logo

AI Software Engineering Researcher

UCLA StarAI Lab

Los Angeles, CA

Sept 2025 - Present
  • Creating website to summarize and extend 20 years of research into Knowledge Compilation
  • Partnering with PhD researchers to design features based on real user feedback
  • Engineered algorithms eliminating 90% of manual data entry and 99% of human-generated errors
  • Streamlined testing and release processes, saving 50+ hours of manual work
TypeScriptSvelteKitAWSGitHub ActionsLaTeX
UCLA Garrick Institute for Risk Sciences logo

Software Engineering Intern

UCLA Garrick Institute for Risk Sciences

Los Angeles, CA

June 2025 - Sept 2025
  • Saved 100+ hours of recurring data entry tasks by scripting conversion of 4 proprietary data types
  • Validated risk database for Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant (provides 23% of California's carbon-free energy)
  • Collaborated with 4 interns on 100,000+ line codebase; incorporated 3 technical features into production
C++PythonDjangoSeleniumReactGitLab

Education

University of California, Los Angeles

Computer Engineering B.S., Applied Mathematics B.S.

Los Angeles, CA

Sept. 2024 - June 2028

GPA: 3.99

Honor Societies & Leadership

  • National Merit Scholar (L3Harris corporate scholarship)
  • Deans Honors List all quarters

Relevant Coursework

Software ConstructionAlgorithmsLinear ProgrammingOptimizationNumerical MethodsComputer ArchitectureDigital Systems Design

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

C/C++PythonJavaScript/TypeScriptJavaSQLBashMATLAB

Web Technologies

ReactAngularSvelteNode.jsExpressDjangoSpring Boot

Data & Analytics

NumPyPandasMatplotlibPostgreSQLMongoDBExcel

Tools & Platforms

GitDockerAWSLinuxVSCodeJupyterSelenium

Key Achievements

3.99

Current GPA

100+

Hours Saved Through Automation

2nd

Place Congressional App Challenge

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