In my unique journey from playwriting to computer science, I've seamlessly blended creativity with technical expertise. My non-traditional path saw me graduate cum laude from Columbia University, earning recognition from Phi Beta Kappa in the process.

Experience

Cantor FitzgeraldSoftware Engineer

2023 — Now

New York, New York, United States

AonSoftware Engineer

2023 — 2023

New York, New York, United States

Created a multithreaded web scraper to analyze Google Shopping review data, enhancing client and team insights into brand sentiment

Deployed solution as a configurable AWS Batch job with Terraform protected by a Git CI/CD pipeline and stored results as Parquet files in an AWS S3 bucket

AlQuraishi LaboratoryMachine Learning Engineer

2022 — 2023

New York, New York, United States

Researched and optimized models for OpenFold, an open-source, PyTorch reproduction of DeepMind's AlphaFold capable of efficiently predicting protein-folding behavior

Debugged, maintained, and updated research modules ensuring proper functionality; integrated key software including CUDA, PyTorch, TensorFlow, AWS, and Weights & Biases into system

Self-employedAcademic Tutor

2018 — 2022

New York, New York, United States

Tutored over 20 college-level students in various disciplines, including Calculus, Data Structures, and Coding (Java and Python)