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02 · EXPERIENCE

Where I’ve worked.

01
JUN — AUG 2026

Target

Software Engineering Intern · Kafka Engineering

Built performance tests and producer-consumer simulations for Kafka-to-Iceberg pipelines under 100K+ message workloads. Expanded test coverage by 85%+ and surfaced optimizations that improved peak-load performance by over 25%.

KafkaIcebergCloud clustersPerformance testing
Minneapolis, MN
02
JAN 2026 — PRESENT

University of Michigan

Instructional Aide · EECS 280

Led 100+ hours of C++ and data structures instruction while collaborating with a 20-person teaching team to make complex concepts click.

C++Data structuresTeachingTeamwork
Ann Arbor, MI
03
MAY — DEC 2025

Flexday AI

Software Engineering Intern

Trained a YOLOv8 product-recognition model on 8,000+ labeled images with 92%+ unseen-data accuracy, then deployed it through FastAPI and AWS for always-on inference.

YOLOv8FastAPIAWSComputer vision
Remote
04
JAN — MAY 2026

Sesame Financial

Software Developer

Built the FastAPI and PostgreSQL backend for a parimutuel betting platform, keeping balances and bets consistent across 1,000+ simulated operations and validating deposits before production integration.

FastAPIPostgreSQLBackend
Ann Arbor, MI
05
SEP — DEC 2025

Milieu

Software Developer

Automated fulfillment and Stripe webhook workflows to reduce manual work by 70%, then helped translate the React product experience into Swift for iOS.

ReactSwiftStripeAutomation
Ann Arbor, MI