Software engineer, builder, and photographer. Passionate about creating impactful systems and capturing meaningful moments.
📂 Software Engineering Internships
CME Group — Software Engineering Intern
May 2025 – July 2025, Chicago, IL
Developed real-time trade reporting system with Apache Flink and Kafka (100M+ msgs), reducing latency by ~30%. Built benchmarking tool for PostgreSQL vs. AlloyDB improving throughput by 25%. Leveraged Kubernetes for cloud migration automation.
Cambrian Lab — Software Engineering Intern
June 2024 – Aug 2024, Remote
Designed workflow automations for 30+ clients in ZFlow. Wrote Java/JavaScript scripts and managed metadata for 32 businesses. Optimized workflow retrieval algorithms, cutting processing time by 25%.
Built barber profile-management system with AI chatbot for hairstyle visualizations. Designed UI/UX flows, conducted 50+ stakeholder interviews, and built customer-facing app.
Zesti (Start-up)
Flutter, Dart, Firebase • Summer 2023
Launched a food social networking app with refined authentication and UI. Built a design system with 20 reusable UI components, boosting developer efficiency.
🎓 Teaching & Mentoring
iCode School — Lead Instructor & Marketing Manager
Nov 2022 – Aug 2023
Taught classes of 30+ students fundamentals of algorithms and coding. Increased customer retention and media CTR by 17% through marketing strategy and events.
Joy of Coding Instructor
May 2024 – August 2024
Taught 140+ younger students about Python, AI, and data visualization tools with the goal to make them passionate about coding!
Machine Learning Course Assistant
September 2024 - Present
Grade ~330 students' course work on machine learning concepts for the University of Michigan.
