Apple
Software Engineer - Proactive Intelligence
FEB 2022 - PRESENT
- Improve Apple platforms by better understanding, anticipating, and adapting to user behavior by using machine learning to build great predictive features right into Apple products
Work Experience
Apple
Software Engineer Intern - Ad Platforms
MAY 2021 - AUG 2021
- Added requested functionalities to critical, high-throughput infrastructure
- Collaborated with multiple teams to coordinate data changes in various pipelines
- Worked with quality engineers to add E2E testing and ensure high static code coverage
SumUp Analytics
Software Engineer Intern
DEC 2019 - OCT 2020
- Developed text analysis software for search results using Selenium and NumPy
- Deployed the program as a RESTful API using Docker, Flask, and Nginx
- Created a Chrome extension to utilize the API and display results within a webpage
Rush Order
Website Developer
JUL 2019 - JAN 2020
- Optimized pages to be mobile responsive using Bootstrap and jQuery
- Implemented a condensed hamburger menu for small, touchscreen devices
- Reduced page load times by fixing inefficient JavaScript and removing unnecessary SQL queries
- Used by over 50 international companies including Intel, Reebok, and North Face
Education
University of California, Berkeley
B.A in Computer Science
AUG 2019 - DEC 2021
Data Structures, Efficient Algorithms, Operating Systems, Computer Security, Database Systems, Information Devices and Systems, Programming Languages and Compilers, Artificial Intelligence
Gavilan College
A.S in Computer Programming |
A.A in Natural Science
AUG 2015 - AUG 2019
C++, Python, UNIX/Linux, Java, Assembly Language, Discrete Structures, Webpage Authoring, Human Anatomy & Physiology
Projects
System Administration
Self-hosted network services and web applications
Docker, Linux, Nginx, Apache
- Self-hosts web applications and network services using multiple Linux servers
- Deployed Nextcloud to sync files, calendar, and reminders between mobile and desktop devices
- Utilized Docker to easily containerize and upgrade applications while using Nginx as a reverse proxy to serve each on its own subdomain
- Uses Nginx to reverse proxy services and serve this website
Via
An efficient text editor written in Rust
Rust, CLI, piece table
- Inspired by Vim, supporting its keybindings and basic commands
- Ability to use a mouse to move the cursor and select text
- Implemented a piece table data structure for efficiently inserting text
- Designed from the start to handle text files of arbitrarily large sizes by only loading what fits in the viewport
Death Code
Share your secrets after death
Python, Flask, Docker
- Utilizes Shamir's Secret Sharing scheme to safely share secrets with others
- After splitting a secret among a group of people, the secret can only be reconstructed once a sufficient number of people combine their parts together, presumably only after you are gone from this earth
- Has a CAPTCHA for preventing brute-force attempts
Fund Indicators
Python application to find indicators of mutual fund performance
Python, Beautiful Soup, NumPy, qualitative analysis
- Allows investors to easily find relationships between various attributes of mutual funds and previous performance
- Designed to be extremely reliable and error-tolerant by using multiple data sources and caching requests
- Based off the research detailed in Performance Indicators of Mutual Funds, this program uses NumPy to analyze results and calculate key values to make predictions
Competitions
Allium Hacks
Coding competition
Gilroy | 1st Place
- Web application that allowed users to have real-time, collaborative conversations with an artificial intelligence implementation named Jade
- WebSockets and Flask were used to create a seamless conversation with Jade AI
CyberPatriot
Cybersecurity competition
San Jose | 3rd place
- Worked in a mock scenario to upgrade the infrastructure of a company that had recently suffered a data breach
- Implemented best security and operational practices while maintaining the specific company settings, software and data intact
Cal Hacks 6.0
World’s largest collegiate hackathon
UC Berkeley
- Created AJA Messenger, an Android app which filters spam using machine learning
- Collaborated with companies like Google and Facebook, utilizing their existing technologies to create our own mobile application
California Cyber Innovation Challenge
Cybersecurity competition
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
- Collected and analyzed a combination of digital and physical evidence in order to stop a healthcare themed cyber plot
- Utilized state-of-the-art forensive tools including Wireshark and Burp Suite to extract and collect digital evidence
- Used a combination of technical, analytical and persuasive skills to "prove our case" to a panel of judges
Skills
Languages
- Python
- Java
- C
- Go
- Rust
- OCaml
Software
- Docker
- Linux
- Nginx
- Apache
Web Development
- HTML
- JavaScript
- jQuery
- Bootstrap
- SQL
Other
- Browser extensions
- LaTeX
- Google Suite
- Microsoft Office
- Cybersecurity
Interests
Volunteering
OCF | Circle K | JPOG
Helping the community, one step at a time
- OCF: Student organization dedicated to free computing for all UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff
- Circle K: Student-led organization dedicated to service, leadership, and fellowship
- JPOG: A free, weekly tutoring program teaching subjects including Spanish, piano, and computer programming
Privacy
Your data is yours alone
Defend against surveillance
- Taught a class at UC Berkeley about digital privacy
- Advises others in securing their online identities from nefarious actors
- Strong proponent of freedom of speech as well as against online censorship
- Supports open source projects and privacy-conscious services
Open Source Software
Contributor
Git
- Donates to open source projects on a monthly basis
- Contributes to free and open source software
- Proponent of copy-left licenses such as GPL
Photography
Amateur photographer
Lightroom, Photoshop, GIMP
- Experienced with landscape and portrait photography
- Takes picture using a Canon EOS Rebel T3 DSLR camera
