Here is where I've built tools and features that have made an impact
I gained diverse software engineering industry experience and learned how to think from some great engineers
Software Engineer
TikTok
June 2025 - Present
San Jose, CA
TikTok Shop • Global Ecommerce
Accomplishments
▹iOS Engineer
▹Built AI dubbing, regulatory compliance, A/B testing, and data-flow optimization features
Technologies
Swift
Objective-C
iOS
Software Engineering Intern
GE Appliances
August 2024 - December 2024
Louisville, KY
Cloud Products & IoT Services
Accomplishments
▹Built an API enabling multi-user control of smart home appliances
▹Generated secure product identifiers for millions of appliances
Technologies
Java
Spring Boot
AWS DynamoDB
AWS S3
Software Engineering Intern
G2
June 2024 - August 2024
Chicago, IL
Software Services
Accomplishments
▹Created a new myG2 page for 14,000+ software providers to showcase their services
▹Added a “Pros & Cons” feature to 21,000+ provider cards to improve user evaluation
Technologies
Ruby on Rails
Metabase
Software Engineering Intern
Cisco
May 2023 - August 2023
San Jose, CA
Polaris • Enterprise Networking
Accomplishments
▹Built a Python tool to monitor CPU and memory usage of Cisco's Binary Trace Decoder across multiple switches
▹Boosted decoder performance by optimizing C code and cutting database lookups
Technologies
Python
C
TCP networking
Software Engineer
UIUC Disruption Lab
September 2022 - May 2023
Champaign, IL
Accomplishments
▹Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling Project: Analyzed over a million factory data points to reduce machine downtime and visualize failure trends
▹Gies College of Business Metaverse Project: Built avatar movement, 1st/3rd-person controllers, and NPCs for a virtual reality version of the UIUC Business Building
Technologies
Python
Pandas
Matplotlib
Snowflake
Unity
C#
Course Assistant
UIUC Department of Computer Science
January 2022 - December 2022
Champaign, IL
CS 124: Introduction to Computer Science I
Accomplishments
▹Developed course material and improved machine projects for the course
▹Led weekly review sessions for over 1,000 students and recorded walkthroughs covering key data structures
Technologies
Java
Android Studio
Mobile Applications Intern
Alston & Bird LLP
July 2022 - October 2022
Atlanta, GA (Remote)
Accomplishments
▹Built a mobile donation page for the firm's “Hope for Youth” initiative
▹Merged separate iOS and Android codebases into one unified project