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  1. Founder & Software Engineer

    Kairo

    Jun 2026 – Present

    Founded and built Kairo, an iOS app that turns each week into a set of photo postcards you only share with your close friends — everyone's postcards stay sealed until a synchronized reveal every Thursday. Shipped the full stack solo: React Native + Expo client with offline-first capture, Supabase backend, Sign in with Apple, and reveal rules enforced at the database layer with row-level security.

    React NativeExpoTypeScriptSupabasePostgreSQLiOSProduct Design
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  2. Software Engineer

    University of Washington CBE

    Jun 2025 – Present

    Built and launched a Python + SQL dashboard to simplify UW's ticketing system for staff, adopted across the IT team to centralize requests and streamline workflows.

    PythonSQLDashboard DevelopmentIT Systems
  3. AR Software Engineer

    UW Reality Lab (Capstone)

    Jan 2026 – Mar 2026

    Co-developed Blubble, an Apple Vision Pro assistant for neurodivergent users, integrating AVAudioEngine and Nvidia Sortformer for real-time speech diarization.

    Apple Vision ProAVAudioEngineNvidia SortformerCoreMLDistilBERTGPT-4o-miniRAG
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  4. External Relations Officer

    Student Advisory Council

    Sep 2024 – Present

    Led a comprehensive student-feedback initiative surveying 200+ students to improve program policies. Spearheaded a CS merchandise rebrand, coordinating with vendors and staff, boosting revenue by 30%.

    LeadershipProject ManagementStudent AffairsDesign
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  5. Software Engineer, AI Robotics Researcher

    Personal Robotics Lab

    Dec 2024 – Jun 2025

    Engineered a pipeline for Apple Vision Pro teleoperation using Python + Docker, achieving 88.6% joint alignment and 30% smoother motion. Conducted 100+ simulated trials with CNN-based pose estimation and presented results at the UW Allen School Research Showcase (300+ attendees).

    PythonDockerCNNPyTorchComputer VisionApple Vision ProMuJoCoResearch
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  6. Undergraduate Researcher

    Sensors, Energy & Automation Laboratory (SEAL)

    Sep 2024 – Dec 2024

    Developed automated solutions using Python + Google Apps Script to boost lab throughput by 20%. Automated data analysis pipelines to reduce manual processing.

    PythonGoogle Apps ScriptData AnalysisAutomation
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  7. Software Engineer

    The Blue Heron

    Jun 2024 – Sep 2024

    Built and deployed a React website that boosted online orders by 20% and traffic by 10%. Collaborated directly with the CEO to iterate on UX and brand alignment.

    ReactJavaScriptWeb DevelopmentUX DesignTailwind CSSHTMLCSS
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  8. Artificial Intelligence Research Intern

    University of Washington (AI4ALL)

    Jul 2022 – Aug 2022

    Created data visualizations with Pandas to predict Pokémon ratings and airline satisfaction. Applied neural networks, decision trees, and clustering for predictive modeling. Collaborated on data collection and literature review for final project.

    PythonPandasNeural NetworksMachine LearningData VisualizationData CollectionLiterature Review
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