Experience

Professional experience and contributions.

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Rumor

Oct 2025 - Feb 2026
Software Engineer
Building core mobile features for Rumor's 50k+ user event‑hosting platform.

Key Contributions:

  • Built and shipped core React Native features (guest lists, RSVPs, creator discovery) used by 50k+ users, improving mobile performance and navigation speed by 30% through optimized rendering.

    React Native
    TypeScript
    Redux
    React Navigation
  • Developed scalable Node.js backend APIs for high‑volume event workflows, reducing user drop‑off during event flow by 25% with improved validation and error handling.

    Node.js
    Express
    PostgreSQL
    TypeScript
  • Optimized database queries and implemented Redis caching for event search, reducing API response times from 800ms to 120ms (85% improvement) and supporting 500+ concurrent users.

    Redis
    PostgreSQL
    SQL
    Node.js
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UC San Diego Health

Jan 2025 - Jan 2026
Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer
Run DevOps and ML infrastructure for clinical‑grade AI dietician platform serving 200+ patients.

Key Contributions:

  • Led infrastructure scaling and optimization, implementing advanced caching strategies and database tuning that reduced API latency by 40% under peak load.

    Docker
    Kubernetes
    PostgreSQL
    Redis
  • Architected ML pipeline orchestration with Airflow and MLflow, automating model retraining and deployment workflows for continuous improvement.

    MLOps
    Airflow
    MLflow
    CI/CD
  • Implemented comprehensive monitoring and alerting system using Prometheus and Grafana, achieving 99.9% uptime for production ML services.

    Monitoring
    Prometheus
    Grafana
    SRE
  • Mentored junior engineers on best practices for ML infrastructure, DevOps workflows, and production system design.

    Python
    Airflow
    MLflow
    Docker
Built clinical‑grade AI dietician platform serving 200+ patients with RAG pipeline and agentic workflows.

Key Contributions:

  • Built clinical AI nutrition platform serving 200+ patients with subgraph DAG + RAG pipeline (LangChain, QDrant), improving dietary recommendation accuracy by 22%.

    LangChain
    RAG
    QDrant
    Python
  • Collaborated with Food Network Chef James Briscione and White House Fellow Prof. Lav Varshney to integrate culinary expertise into AI recommendation engine.

    Python
    OpenAI
    Flask
    PostgreSQL
  • Deployed HIPAA-compliant Next.js platform with GPT-4o integration, implementing encryption, audit logging, and secure PHI handling, passing UCSD Health IT security review.

    Next.js
    GPT-4
    PostgreSQL
    AWS
  • Built agentic workflow with LangGraph for multi-step reasoning (medical history, allergies, meal generation), reducing manual dietician review time by 65%.

    LangGraph
    Python
    OpenAI
    QDrant
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Curator.to
Intel & UpHonest Capital-backed

Jan 2024 - Dec 2025
Head of Engineering / Founding Engineer
First founding engineer; built agentic e‑commerce OS and no‑code framework used by 4+ enterprise clients.

Key Contributions:

  • As first founding engineer, architected complete agentic e-commerce OS from ground up, scaling to 4+ enterprise clients processing $2M+ GMV. Helped raise $1.0M seed round from Intel Capital and UpHonest Capital.

    Python
    TypeScript
    React
    PostgreSQL
  • Designed agent workflows processing 2,000+ daily queries with vector search (Pinecone) and adaptive ranking, achieving 92% relevance accuracy and <200ms query latency.

    Pinecone
    Python
    OpenAI Embeddings
    Redis
  • Built no-code framework reducing client onboarding time by 90%, enabling non-technical teams to deploy custom search experiences in <2 hours.

    React
    TypeScript
    Next.js
    API Design
  • Optimized Postgres + Redis stack with connection pooling and intelligent caching, increasing throughput 4× (250 to 1,000 ops/sec) and cutting p95 latency by 30%.

    PostgreSQL
    Redis
    Python
    SQL
  • Shipped Gemini multimodal search enabling conversational and visual product discovery, improving conversion rates by 40% for enterprise clients.

    Gemini
    Python
    RAG
    Pinecone
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AbbVie

Dec 2024 - Jun 2025
Software Engineer Intern
Built ETL insights dashboard for oncology research teams, reducing document processing time 80% across 120k+ reports.

Key Contributions:

  • Built full-stack ETL dashboard processing 120k+ clinical trial reports, reducing document analysis time from 4 hours to 45 minutes per batch (80% reduction) with automated extraction.

    FastAPI
    Python
    React
    PostgreSQL
  • Implemented semantic search using OpenAI embeddings and FAISS vector database, improving R&D team productivity by 3x for finding relevant trials and adverse event reports.

    OpenAI Embeddings
    FAISS
    Python
    PostgreSQL
  • Built FastAPI backend with async processing for large-scale ingestion, implementing multi-threaded PDF parsing and OCR (Tesseract) for scanned documents.

    FastAPI
    Python
    Tesseract
    PostgreSQL
  • Upgraded PostgreSQL + AWS S3 stack with database optimization and indexing, increasing throughput 4× (500 to 2,000 documents/hour) for R&D pipeline.

    PostgreSQL
    AWS S3
    SQL
    Python

Partners & Investors

Collaborations and backing.

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Partner with CulinAI (CSL)
Partnered with CulinAI at UIUC CSL on the AI nutrition engine in collaboration with Chef James Briscione and Prof. Lav Varshney.
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Investor in Hanger
Investor supporting Hanger's AI-powered centralized shopping platform.
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UpScaleX
Investor

Investor in Curator
AI-native seed fund supporting Curator's agentic e-commerce platform, providing co-building approach and strategic growth acceleration.

Research Experience

Academic and laboratory research work.

Optimizing quantum material energy with carbon nanotubes, building on ionic Coulomb drag principles for nanofluidic semiconductor channels (Nano Energy, 2023; doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2023.108860).

Key Contributions:

  • Modeled ion–electron Coulomb drag coupling to predict open‑circuit voltage and short‑circuit current in Si nanochannels.

    Nanofluidics
    Coulomb Drag
    Device Physics
  • Designed CNT‑integrated channel architectures targeting higher momentum transfer and energy harvesting efficiency.

    Python
    COMSOL
    MATLAB
Led DevOps + ML workflows for AI dietician platform (merged with UCSD Health project above).

Key Contributions:

  • Built subgraph DAG + RAG pipeline (LangChain, QDrant vector DB), improving dietary recommendation accuracy by 22%.

    LangChain
    RAG
    Vector Databases
    LangGraph
  • Collaborated with Food Network Chef James Briscione & White House Fellow Lav Varshney on clinical AI nutrition engine.

    Python
    OpenAI
    Flask
Built real‑time React + Flask platform for multi‑user LLM interaction research (40+ study subjects).

Key Contributions:

  • Built real‑time React + Flask platform for multi‑user LLM interaction research (40+ study subjects).

    React
    Flask
    WebSockets
    LLM
  • Ensured zero‑loss message reliability via WebSockets + analytics logging for human–AI interaction experiments.

    WebSockets
    React
    Flask
    PostgreSQL
Integrated RL agent into MPC framework for autonomous EV routing — 18% lower traffic delay in open‑world simulations.

Key Contributions:

  • Integrated RL agent into MPC framework for autonomous EV routing in SUMO → improved control accuracy 25%.

    MPC
    RL
    SUMO
    Python
  • Achieved 18% lower traffic delay in open‑world simulations using ROS, C++, Python.

    ROS
    C++
    Python
    SUMO
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Machine Learning Engineer Intern
Developed sustainable concrete mixture using ML to predict durability — reduced carbon emissions by 10%.

Key Contributions:

  • Analyzed experimental data and developed new concrete mixture by reducing clinker in cement.

    Python
    NumPy
    Pandas
  • Built Python + Random Forest models to predict composition impact on durability, reducing carbon emissions by 10%.

    Python
    Random Forest
    Scikit-learn
    Pandas
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Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Teaching assistant for computer science courses, helping students with coursework and projects.

Key Contributions:

  • Held office hours and provided one-on-one support for students in computer science courses.

    C++
    Java
    Data Structures
    Algorithms
  • Graded assignments and provided detailed feedback to help students improve their programming skills.

    Code Review
    C++
    Java

Clubs & Organizations

Student organizations and teams.

Led projects for Lubrizol's market entry into the pipefitting industry and simplified insurance language for Equitable. Collaborated closely with CIOs and CTOs to deliver actionable insights and strategic recommendations.

Key Contributions:

  • Conducted market analysis and developed a go-to-market strategy for a new product line in the pipefitting industry.

    Python
    Data Analysis
    Excel
    SQL
  • Used NLP techniques to simplify complex insurance documents, making them more understandable for customers.

    Python
    NLTK
    Pandas
    NumPy
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Software Engineer
Integrated UART functionality into medical devices for eCTF competitions. Enhanced security for x86 architectures using Rust and C, focusing on safe memory development and secure communication protocols.

Key Contributions:

  • Developed and implemented a secure UART communication protocol for an embedded medical device.

    C
    Rust
    Embedded Systems
    Serial Communication
  • Contributed to securing x86 architecture firmware by implementing memory-safe coding practices in Rust.

    Rust
    x86 Assembly
    Cybersecurity
    Firmware
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Frontend Developer
Operate website for 30+ clients using React, Node.js, Vercel; built custom forms, pricing calculator, and artwork design tools.

Key Contributions:

  • Built and styled responsive UI components for a cross-platform mobile app using React Native.

    React Native
    Bootstrap
    JavaScript
    CSS
  • Translated Figma mockups into functional application screens and integrated them with a Python Flask backend.

    React
    Flask
    REST APIs
    Python