Experience
13 positions · 2020 - Present
Senior Software Engineer
Full-timeCapital One
Jul. 2025 - Present
Plano, TX
Model Context Protocol (MCP), Google A2A, Python APIs and AI Infrastructure. Building production AI systems with agent capabilities for cloud metrics.
Founder
FoundingFrom Scratch Podcast
Jan. 2025 - Present
Remote
Co-founded a podcast to spotlight innovators in engineering, research, and startups. Recording conversations with industry leaders and inspiring future computer scientists.
Software Engineer
Full-timeCapital One
Aug. 2024 - Jul. 2025
Plano, TX
Designed and built a full-stack, event-driven vulnerability remediation platform (CORE) processing 600+ monthly vulnerabilities from static and infrastructure scans, leveraging Python, EventBridge, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Delta Lake for real-time prioritization and automated workflows, with an interactive React (TypeScript) UI.
Existential Crisis, Traveling & Fishing
FoundingSelf-Employed
Jul. 2024 - Aug. 2024
Austin, TX
Startup failed but why would I give up, I love engineering. Took time to reflect, travel, and recharge before diving back into building.
Founding Engineer
FoundingNera
Oct. 2023 - Jun. 2024
Austin, TX
Built a semantic search platform connecting city explorers with local businesses, leveraging embeddings, GPT-4 API and inverted indexing for fast, high-precision retrieval, with a Flask backend, TypeScript UI, and Figma-driven design.
Software Engineering Intern
InternshipCapital One
May 2023 - Aug. 2023
Dallas, TX
Low Latency Data in FSTech. Migrated a legacy Snowflake batch processing system to a real-time Apache Kafka streaming pipeline, programming a Java microservice to process events, slashing latency from 2 seconds to 200ms (90% improvement). Directly reported to Chanakya Kaspa.
Graduate Research Assistant
ResearchUT Austin - RobIN Lab
Jan. 2023 - May 2023
Austin, TX
Evaluated theoretical similarity between MetaWorld manipulation tasks for transfer/multi-task learning in RobIN (Robotic Interactive Intelligence Lab). Researched and implemented novel similarity metrics and PPO policies in PyTorch to optimize transfer learning for robotic tasks using HPC resources (TACC).
Teaching Assistant
ResearchUT Austin - CS Department
Aug. 2022 - Nov. 2022
Austin, TX
Taught basic programming and data structures in Java to undergraduate students.
Software Engineering Intern
InternshipCapital One
Jun. 2022 - Aug. 2022
San Francisco, CA
Retail Banking Technology. Designed a Java-based AWS Lambda microservice with a RESTful API for real-time OTP generation, enabling secure transactions for small business banks. Used DynamoDB as a NoSQL data store and optimized concurrency with thread pools, improving API response times by 35% and reducing costs by $400K/year. Directly reported to Sreejith Chandran.
Research Assistant Intern
ResearchStanford University
Jun. 2022 - Aug. 2022
Remote
Worked on scanpy, deep learning and genomic research in Nima's lab.
Teaching Assistant
ResearchUT Austin - CS Department
Aug. 2021 - Dec. 2021
Austin, TX
Taught basic programming and data structures in Java to undergraduate students.
Teaching Assistant
ResearchUT Austin - CS Department
Jan. 2021 - Jun. 2021
Austin, TX
Taught basic programming and data structures in Java to undergraduate students.
Founding Engineer
FoundingDive Chat
Jun. 2020 - Aug. 2020
Los Angeles, CA
Founding Engineer. Helped build baseline group creation and messaging platform using Firebase and React Native.