about.
When I'm not scouring the internet satiating my undying curiosity, I pursue my interest in computer science. My passion lies in building products that have the potential for massive social impact. Read my blog.
Currently, I'm a Software Engineer at Otter.ai in Mountain View, California. Before this, I built expense management experiences at Navan and internal tooling at Graybar. I hold a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and my interests lie in full-stack web development and highly available distributed systems.
During my Master's, I was a graduate teaching assistant for CS 107: Data Science Discovery and was included in UIUC's List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent. I've also published research with Springer on predicting movie box office revenue, and contributed open-source fixes for flaky tests across several Python projects.
Beyond my work, I have interests in algorithm visualization, open-source contribution, and crafting user-centric applications. Away from the keyboard, you'll find me strength training, cooking, or reading. Although I no longer have much time for gaming, some of my all-time favorite games include RollerCoaster Tycoon, Final Fantasy Tactics, FFVII: Crisis Core, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Burnout Paradise, and Minecraft.
If you're interested in hiring me, you can find my resume here.
experience
Software Engineer Intern
Whirldata
Software Engineer Intern
Whirldata
Jan 2020 - Apr 2020
- Developed a sequential metadata generator using AWS (S3, DynamoDB) and ClickHouse, achieving a theoretical 90% reduction in ETL time for a data analyst team of three.
- Conducted benchmark experiments on an on-premise data lake with Presto, a distributed SQL querying engine.
- PythonPrestoLinuxMySQLClickhouseAWS DynamoDBRStudioAWS LambdaAWS S3
Software Engineer (Machine Learning)
thinkbridge
Software Engineer (Machine Learning)
thinkbridge
Feb 2021 - Jun 2022
- Spearheaded MLOps initiatives on Azure in a 14-member cross-functional team, optimizing deployment processes and boosting collaborative development efficiency.
- Architected a bespoke machine learning model versioning system using FastAPI and Azure Blob Storage, overcoming limitations in publicly available model serving libraries like TensorFlow Serving and BentoML.
- Developed a model re-training pipeline using Azure Web Apps as part of an effort to save costs by not relying on Azure ML, realizing significant monthly cost savings of $5,000.
- Optimized data preprocessing workflows with vectorization and code refactoring, slashing execution times by 75%, which expedited project delivery timelines and enhanced team agility in meeting deadlines.
- PythonKerasTensorflowNumpyPandasScikit-learnMatplotlibFlaskFastAPIAWSJupyter NotebookAzure
Software Engineer
Graybar
Software Engineer
Graybar
May 2023 - June 2024
- Engineered an end-to-end web application for sales representatives, utilizing TypeScript, React, and MongoDB's fuzzy search, revolutionizing the quote-to-order process and slashing quote processing time by 90%.
- Led the comprehensive rewrite of a core internal application using React, TypeScript, Node.js, and Microsoft SQL Server, transitioning away from a licensed solution and realizing annual cost savings of $60,000.
- Optimized API data retrieval through strategic caching implementations (React Context API with Session Storage), resulting in an 80% reduction in response times and bandwidth consumption compared to previous iterations.
- ReactTypeScriptNode.jsMicrosoft SQL ServerReduxCypress
Software Engineer
Navan
Software Engineer
Navan
Sep 2024 - Apr 2025
- Redesigned Navan Expense's homepage using Angular v16/TypeScript, supporting 1.5M+ monthly transactions for 800k+ users across enterprise clients including Adobe, Netflix, Stripe, and Scale AI.
- Built modular UI components including an email receipt-forwarding flow, a reusable transaction list, and a tasks dashboard to streamline expense management workflows.
- Maintained comprehensive test coverage with Jest unit tests and Cypress E2E testing, achieving 80%+ coverage across user-facing components serving 16k+ business customers.
- Improved accessibility by implementing ARIA roles, keyboard navigation, and resolving interface inconsistencies across the redesigned platform.
- AngularJSTypeScriptJavaScriptCypressJestNew RelicAmplitude Analytics
Software Engineer
Otter.ai
Software Engineer
Otter.ai
Jul 2025 - Present
- Architected and single-handedly migrated Otter.ai's highest-traffic page (the conversation page) from Angular to Next.js, spanning action items, templates, insights, outline, WebSocket real-time updates, and custom topics in a hybrid Angular/React codebase.
- Engineered 4 end-to-end features from technical design through production deployment: a collaborative rich-text notes editor using Slate.js, ad hoc recording sharing controls with analytics, a responsive sidebar with drag-to-resize and collision detection, and top-nav recording controls with ResizeObserver-based compacting logic.
- Built and improved reusable UI primitives (tooltips, toasts, popovers, icons) in Otter.ai's shared den-components design system, standardizing interaction patterns consumed across 3+ product surfaces in a hybrid Angular/Next.js architecture using Jotai and TanStack Query.
- Diagnosed and resolved 15+ production incidents including cross-browser clipboard failures in Safari/Firefox, WebSocket race conditions, Angular CDK positioning bugs, and infinite API polling loops, shipping hotfixes via cherry-picks to maintain platform reliability.
- Next.jsReactAngularTypeScriptSlate.jsJotaiTanStack QueryWebSockets
projects