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Lawrence, KS, US

Lawrence, KS, US

Long Island City, NY, US

• Built 3+ AI apps and APIs from 0 to 1 with a team of 4, leveraging React.js, Next.js, OpenAI, and AWS.
• Contributed to the Biome (14k stars) open-source project with a team of 4 by converting GraphQL files to Abstract Syntax Trees (AST), detecting errors based on GraphAL-ESLint, and writing comprehensive tests for each.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Coached and mentored 20 students in data structures and algorithms, covering Linked Lists, Strings, Arrays, Binary Trees, Graphs, and Dynamic Programming for software engineering internships.
• Facilitated discussions to increase student success and engagement, helping students build comfort and trust.
• Gave hints and support students to better understand the concept and activity.
• Regularly provided constructive feedback to help students improve in 5 LeetCode problems during weekly 1-hour sessions.

• Independently developed Python-based data migration functions, successfully transferring 8,000 events to Appwrite’s database and leveraging its system to achieve optimal request performance, reducing response time by.
• Implemented and troubleshooted RESTful APIs that allows users to query events by their location.
• Configured and tested an SMTP mail server using Mailgun, enhancing email deliverability for event suggestions.

Lawrence, KS, US

• Led a team of 4 technicians in a high-stakes project to troubleshoot and upgrade 150 workstations across 2 main libraries, directly enhancing 20 % of the academic resources for over 6,000 students.
• Delivered top-tier IT support for the University of Kansas’ IT Department’s user base of 27,000+ customers.
• Worked with Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Systems Center Configuration Manager(MECM), enterprise-level Apple product management software (JAMF), and a ticketing system such as ServiceNow.
• Collaboratively solved and documented new tech issues on a weekly basis, contributing to the department’s knowledge base.

Lawrence, KS, US

• Collaborated with two associate directors, three managers, and five other IT engineers to create a 75-question survey form aimed at improving the 220-employee working environment.
• Completed a training course titled ’Building Your Leadership Philosophy’ to prepare for my role as a team leader in IT technician team.

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, DE

• Implemented 2 searching RESTful APIs (Typescript) across four categories by collaborating with a team of 5 in an Agile Scrum team environment, following TypeScript-specific best practices such as strict typing, and.
• Applied the design best practices (the Adjacency List Design Pattern) to consolidate three tables into one in DynamoDB, saving 40% cost, enhancing 30% performance, and simplifying queries.
• Utilized AWS CloudFormation to create Infrastructure as Code (IaC) files, integrating S3, CloudFront, OAI, API Gateway, Lambda (Typescript), and DynamoDB to establish a serverless framework for deploying a React app.

Lawrence, KS, US

Lawrence, KS, US

Lawrence, KS, US

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science

Mathematics