Building softwarethat scales

Software Engineering Intern

IBM · Internship

Enterprise Security (zSecure Threat Detection)

Poughkeepsie, New York, United States · On-site

Worked on products across the zSecure portolio including Threat Monitor: A tool used to monitor file integrity on IBM Z mainframes and Threat Intelligence: A surveillence tool used to monitor accesses across files on IBM Z mainframes.

• ▸Built an alert classification feature end-to-end, including the frontend UI and coordination with the backend team on API integration.
• ▸Engineered a contextual investigation feature to display concurrent system activity alongside each alert, giving analysts the situational context needed to make faster, more accurate classification decisions.
• ▸Redesigned the initial policy generation algorithm used to derive alerting rules for historical data, cutting memory usage by 90% and improving processing speed by 50% at scale (100M+ datapoints per deployment).
• ▸Researched high-cardinality categorical feature encoding (SVD, Sparse PCA, NMF) for anomaly detection on an intrusion detection system.
• ▸Wrote UI test coverage using Jest and React Testing Library, combining snapshot tests with behavioral assertions on rendered output.

Software Engineer

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · Internship

La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States · On-site

Developing a full-stack application with REST APIs and a reactive frontend to support NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN), which manages communication with spacecraft across the solar system.

• ▸Automated the generation of critical mission configuration files for the DSN using Python and JavaScript, streamlining operations for 40+ spacecraft and reducing manual overhead for systems engineers.
• ▸Developed software for tracking and monitoring spending for mission services with highly reactive dashboards and provided model-based resource allocation recommendations, improving the efficiency and integrity of budgeting for the DSN.

Information Technology Technician

Kings County Supreme Court · Internship

New York, United States

Ensured seamless court operations by assisting personnel with technical issues both on-site and remotely. Additionally conducted thorough inventory assessments of the court's IT-owned equipment, ensuring accurate tracking and documentation of all assets.

LinC Leader

St. Paul's School

Concord, New Hampshire, United States

LinC is a class taken by underclassmen where they engage in conversations about controversial topics such as race or gender. They discuss how to live in a community and how to react to conflicts within our community.

• ▸Organized three days of the LinC curriculum a year, in which the entire student body engaged in discussions on heavily debated topics.
• ▸Facilitated twelve-student discussion groups three times a week, ensuring everyone had a safe space to voice their opinions.

Computer Science Scholar (CSS)

Carnegie Mellon University

Conducted a project to model national social mobility using probabilistic programming algorithms with Python and presented those findings and the conclusion of the program.

Technologist/Website Developer

New York City Summer Youth Program · Internship

New York, United States · Remote

Offered continuous technological support, guiding team members through challenges on Zoom and recommending suitable platforms for their final projects. Also contributed to the design of the program website utilized for collecting final summer projects from each group.

Research and Proposal Intern

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP · Internship

New York, United States · Remote

Performed extensive research on the firm's values and achievements, crafting a compelling proposal tailored for prospective clients.