Curriculum Vitae

Software engineer focused on web applications and distributed systems.

Experience

Backend Developer

Commerzbank - Frankfurt, Germany

May 2026 - August 2026
  • Reduced average RAG query latency by approximately 70% through application-level caching and optimizations to Azure AI Search.
  • Built FastAPI endpoints for dynamically reprovisioning search indexes, enabling teams to experiment with chunking, indexing, and retrieval parameters.
  • Designed the integration of Confluence as a data source for the platform, defining the ETL flow from enterprise content into the RAG pipeline.
  • Improved production RAG services through metadata handling, API enhancements, bug fixes, and retrieval pipeline improvements.
FastAPI Azure AI Search RAG Confluence

Software Engineering Intern

C24 Bank - Frankfurt, Germany

May 2025 - August 2025
  • Maintained and extended Kafka-based credit pipeline workflows for monitoring applications and creditworthiness of customers.
  • Built and improved internal Angular dashboards for monitoring outstanding credits, defaults, and viewing customer data.
  • Implemented client-side load balancing between Credit backend services and internal/external services.
  • Built a stateless proxy to Cloudflare enabling automated DNS failovers via internal dashboards.
  • Migrated container registry from Nexus to Harbor; implemented image retagging to reduce deployment pipeline times.
  • Monitored and troubleshot production issues using Grafana and OpenSearch; patched bugs including a Zendesk integration failure.
  • Built v1 of an internal AI monitoring tool: integrated LLM provider APIs and designed the interaction layer and UX.
Spring Boot Angular Kafka Grafana OpenSearch Harbor Cloudflare

Software Engineering Intern

CEPRES - Munich, Germany

May 2024 - August 2024
  • Developed responsive web applications using React.
  • Designed and implemented systems for validating, developing, and deploying client-facing API documentation.
  • Implemented and tested financial algorithms for private equity.
  • Collaborated on feature design and technical implementation for portfolio optimization.
React C# .NET Python

Developer

LeadReel - New York, United States

Feb 2022 - Jul 2023
  • Participated in board and leadership meetings on strategic shifts, market landscape, and roadmap pivots.
  • Built early iterations of the tour scheduler and calendaring flows.
  • Delivered CRM v1–v3 based on leasing agent feedback, improving communication via calls, emails, and texts inside the platform.
  • Built bespoke marketing websites for client buildings and shipped v1 of a Google Ads dashboard tracking key KPIs.
React Angular Chalice DynamoDB

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Software Engineering

McGill University

2023 - Present

GPA: 3.54 / 4.0

High School Diploma

The Hotchkiss School

2019 - 2022

GPA: 10.47 / 12

Computer Science Prize (2021)

Hackathon Awards

Stitch

Gold Hack — First Place · McGill CodeJam 14

Nov 2025

Built an interactive neural network playground inspired by Scratch to make model building and learning more visual.

  • Compose models, tune hyperparameters, and test MNIST digit classifiers in real time.
  • React 19 + Vite + Tailwind + React Flow UI backed by FastAPI + PyTorch services.
  • Lightweight file-based persistence for trained models and metadata.
Devpost (external)

Write and Run

Winner — Best Use of AI/Data

Nov 2024

Converts handwritten code into runnable programs to make practicing for handwritten exams faster and more reliable.

  • OCR + language detection, compilation, and generated test cases for Java, C, Bash, and Python.
  • Vite + Tailwind + React frontend with a Flask backend integrating OpenAI APIs.
  • Supabase Postgres storage with Vercel + Google Cloud hosting.
Devpost (external)