Associate Software Engineer
Building full-stack and cloud solutions at Capital One. Strong foundation in backend development and data engineering, experienced in fintech and energy sectors.
Experience
Associate Software Engineer
Capital One
- • Modernized CI/CD pipelines across a suite of customer-facing microservices, cutting deployment times in half through automated PR checks and standardized release tooling
- • Led full stack delivery of two features end to end: a customer messaging control system with schema migrations and fully unit-tested endpoints (zero regressions), and an AI-configuration tool giving business users control over AI-driven messaging behavior
- • Owned production reliability for a portfolio of microservices: replaced manual log review with New Relic dashboards for real-time detection, ran JMeter load tests, and led continuous vulnerability remediation across 12+ repositories
- • Developed custom Claude Skills and automated end-to-end testing workflows to reduce manual testing effort, and completed internal AI upskilling tracks in prompt engineering and LLM fine-tuning
Software Engineer Intern
Discover Financial Services
- • Developed a Full Stack Web Application with Flask and React, improving audit process efficiency through an automated WebUI instead of manual scripting
- • Implemented a user-friendly UI to extend parser tooling to non-technical employees, improving tool accessibility and user engagement
- • Pioneered the first OpenShift deployment for the team, establishing containerization pathway for legacy system modernization using Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
Machine Learning Researcher
Vislang AI Lab at Rice University
- • Contributed to the Organic Multimodal Corpus project, addressing the lack of diverse and comprehensive multimodal datasets in the research community
- • Developed an automated data pipeline by implementing concurrent web crawlers to collect over 40 million free-use image-text pairs
- • Managed large-scale data storage and ETL processes with SQLite and PostgreSQL, ensuring robust data integrity and accessibility for advanced ML experiments
Software Developer Intern
King Energy
- • Developed and integrated a backend file explorer feature for the admin web app, streamlined document bundling and reduced retrieval time by 70%
- • Reengineered the company's data pipeline and Google Drive structure using Google API and Salesforce API, cut manual file handling time by over 30 hours monthly
- • Collaborated with a cross-functional team focused on mitigating environmental impact and promoting renewable energy solutions
Featured Projects
Fusegu Security - Audit Scanning Platform
Feb 2025 - PresentComprehensive security scanning platform integrating 15+ security tools (Nuclei, OWASP ZAP, ESLint, SSL scanners) using Docker containerization and microservices architecture.
- • 3000+ security templates processed
- • 80% reduction in manual assessments
- • 10+ concurrent scans supported
- • 20+ hours saved monthly for agencies
Custom Mechanical Watch Design
May 2026 - PresentDesigned a mechanical watch from scratch in CAD using the Fusion 360 SDK, with custom Python scripts to parametrically generate cutting widths, dial seat geometry, and thread specifications within tolerance.
- • Parametric generation of dial seat geometry and thread specs
- • Hand-designed geometric and algorithmic-style dial and caseback engravings
- • Full assembly prepared for 3D printing and dial embossing
Browser FZF Search
Jan 2025 - Feb 2025AI-powered Chrome extension enhancing web and PDF search capabilities using local machine learning with TensorFlow.js and pre-trained GloVe embeddings.
NYC Vehicular Crash Analysis
Feb 2024 - Apr 2024Analyzed 1M+ crash records from the NYC Open Data Portal, identified and visualized top 10 high-risk factors for vehicular crashes.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Rice University
Minor in Data Science
GPA: 3.87/4.0
Rigorous foundation in both theoretical and practical aspects of computer science, with focus on machine learning, data science, and software engineering.
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Associate Software Engineer at Capital One, specializing in full-stack and cloud solutions. Strong foundation in backend development and data engineering, experienced in fintech and energy sectors. Eager to leverage expertise in TypeScript, Python, SQL, and cloud technologies to drive innovative solutions.
Rice University Computer Science graduate (Dec 2025) • Currently at Capital One • Open to collaborations