Resume
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- June 2024 – Present
WindBorne Systems
Lead Software Engineer · Palo Alto, CA
- Led the flight control software engineering team, building the mission control platform that powers autonomous high-altitude balloon navigation, automation, manual operations, and real-time data ingestion, while setting technical direction, conducting code reviews, and maintaining a heavy individual contribution workload.
- Architected, built, and own the end-to-end atmospheric data delivery system, having routed and processed 100M+ atmospheric observations across validity checks, billable calculations, and delivery routing, supporting $20M+ in active contracts across government agencies, national weather services, and private forecasters.
- Designed and shipped a real-time tracking dashboard used by government stakeholders to monitor balloon positions, areas of interest, ETAs, and historical flight records across 7,000+ missions with automated statistical analysis.
- Built an optimization-driven delivery engine using a Python microservice (CVXPY linear program) integrated with a Rails backend and React frontend, maximizing data allocation based on customer requirements and contractual constraints.
- Designed and shipped a production changelog and versioning system with a corresponding interface that supports a 30+ person manufacturing team now producing 500+ units per month.
- May 2023 – August 2023
Cisco Meraki
Full Stack Software Engineer Intern · San Francisco, CA
- Built and shipped a real-time network debugging tool (Ruby on Rails, React) enabling clients to view and filter critical device information, collaborating closely with product to define requirements.
- Integrated inter-process communication across CometD, EventMachine, Protobuf, and LittleTable to propagate live data from backend services to the frontend.
- Applied test-driven development with RSpec, achieving comprehensive coverage on all new endpoints and components.
- Extended 5+ API endpoints and existing service functions to improve dashboard functionality and client experience.
- May 2022 – August 2022
HomeBreeze
Quality Assurance Intern · Newport Beach, CA
- Designed and executed a structured QA framework covering 12+ product variants, synchronizing testing with the development cycle to catch regressions before release.
- Built data-driven test suites leveraging Typeform data (URL tokens, client specs, heater configurations) to validate end-to-end product flows.
- May 2021 – August 2021
Oneboard
Full Stack Development Intern · Irvine, CA
- Developed filtering and content organization features in React, improving media discoverability and user retention.
- Designed and implemented UI/UX improvements based on user feedback, contributing to measurable gains in engagement.
Education
Purdue University
B.S. Computer Science, Minor in Spanish · Machine Intelligence Track · GPA 3.59
Skills
- Languages:JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Ruby, Java, C, HTML/CSS, SQL
- Frameworks & Tools:React, Ruby on Rails, Next.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Docker, AWS, Git
- Spoken Languages:English (native), Spanish (fluent), Farsi (conversational)