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# Resume

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## experience

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Software Engineer - Wearables - Reality Labs

Meta | Feb 2025 - Present

Embedded firmware and ML pipeline development for neural interface wearables.

  • - Engineered embedded firmware and libraries enabling real-time EMG-based gesture recognition on neural wristbands for use with Meta wearable glasses and other future devices.
  • - Built end-to-end digital signal processing validation frameworks, improving test coverage and model reliability.
  • - Optimized on-device ML execution with research teams, improving model accuracy and measurement fidelity.
  • - Designed memory subsystem reducing device footprint by 25% (1000 kB+), enabling larger models.
  • - Led cross-functional investigation with ML and research science teams resolving numerical calculation discrepancies between theoretical and on-device models.
  • - Brought up FVP simulator for next-gen ARM CPU-NPU platform, integrating with the device RTOS and firmware stack, and built CLI tooling enabling ML teams to benchmark models without physical hardware.
  • - Built framework for running embedded firmware and DSP pipelines on x86 in unit/integration tests, saving ~15 minutes per iteration by eliminating on-device flash and build cycles.
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Software Development Engineer II - EC2

Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Jul 2021 - Oct 2023

Backend systems for Elastic Compute Cloud at massive scale.

  • - Expanded AWS Edge infrastructure to dozens of global locations, enabling ultra-low-latency compute for multiple AWS services.
  • - Owned and operated a high-scale service processing 60K+ TPS with high availability across AWS's global edge network.
  • - Built guardrails to prevent customer billing errors and resource cleanup failures.
  • - Designed distributed auditing system for live networking data, preventing misconfigurations and reducing operational incidents.
  • - Migrated legacy relational store to DynamoDB, improving throughput and resilience.
Java AWS DynamoDB Distributed Systems
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Software Development Engineer I - Alexa Shopping

Amazon | Jul 2020 - Jul 2021

Voice commerce backend systems for Alexa.

  • - Launched international Prime sign-ups and free-trial flows on Alexa, expanding voice commerce globally.
  • - Implemented multi-factor authentication for voice purchases (EU compliance).
  • - Built backend systems for limited-time promotions handling peak retail traffic.
  • - Developed customer-data auditing/deletion services for privacy compliance.
  • - Led security reviews and capacity planning for multiple distributed services.
Java AWS Alexa Distributed Systems
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Software Engineering Intern

JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

Full-stack internal tooling and monitoring dashboards.

  • - Developed full-stack monitoring platform (React/Redux/Node.js) automating internal workflows; presented to senior leadership and selected for enterprise rollout consideration.
  • - Designed scalable MariaDB schema and RESTful APIs supporting real-time uptime dashboards and long-term analytics.
React Node.js Redux MariaDB

## skills

$ dpkg --list | grep installed

[Languages]

+ Python
+ C/C++
+ Java
+ TypeScript
+ JavaScript
+ SQL

[Systems & ML]

+ Distributed Systems
+ Embedded Systems
+ DSP
+ On-device ML
+ Real-time Systems
+ Zephyr RTOS

[Infrastructure & Tools]

+ AWS (EC2, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, SQS, SNS, VPC)
+ Docker
+ Kubernetes
+ Node.js
+ React
+ Git

## education

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Master of Computer Science

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Urbana, IL

May 2026 - May 2029 (Expected)

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B.E. Computer Engineering, Minor in Computer Science

Stevens Institute of Technology | Hoboken, NJ

Aug 2016 - May 2020 | GPA: 3.72

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