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Software engineer

Based in Miami

  • BACKEND
  • APIs
  • CLOUD
  • FULL-STACK

3× Amazon

THE RETURN

Amazon asked three times.

May 2026 — Present

Amazon

SDE Intern · Connections

Seattle, WA

  • Building an internal tool that cuts an administrator task from 30 minutes to 10 seconds — roughly a 180× speedup.
  • Designed the data model on DynamoDB and provisioned infrastructure as code with AWS CDK.
  • Instrumented the service with CloudWatch, and applied AI tooling to the workflow it replaces.
  • Participates in team code reviews.
  • Java
  • DynamoDB
  • AWS CDK
  • CloudWatch

May 2025 — August 2025

Amazon

SDE Intern · Annual Compensation (PXT)

Seattle, WA

  • Engineered and deployed RESTful APIs automating Annual Compensation team workflows, cutting manual processing time by up to 40%.
  • Led 80% of the front-end build in React and Stencil, delivering responsive dashboards that improved task visibility.
  • Supported backend development in Java, integrating secure services across high-volume data operations.
  • Worked cross-functionally with Program Managers and System Admins to align the build with business goals.
  • Java
  • React
  • Stencil
  • REST

May 2024 — August 2024

AWS

SDE Intern

San Jose, CA

  • Built a customizable API for the Amazon Q tool in Java, letting customers tailor their AI service usage — cutting service-integration time and cost by ~30%.
  • Designed the API alongside senior engineers, testing with Insomnia and automating deployment through Amazon Pipelines.
  • Reviewed design proposals with product managers and senior engineers.
  • Java
  • Brazil
  • Insomnia
  • Amazon Pipelines

September 2024 — November 2024

FIFA World Cup 2026

Venue Technology Intern

Miami, FL

  • Designed and launched a landing page for the 2026 World Cup.
  • Rebuilt a longstanding stadium data-collection form used across venues.
  • Coordinated venue technology requirements with stadium staff.
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript

Amazon · Connections · May 2026 — Present

30:000:10

180times faster

Building an internal tool that cuts an administrator task from 30 minutes to 10 seconds — roughly a 180× speedup.

  • Java
  • DynamoDB
  • AWS CDK
  • CloudWatch

Featured work

FEATURED WORK

SproutFund home page — an investment survey with a live market ticker

SproutFund

An AI investment advisor for people opening their first brokerage account.

Users enter a budget, a timeline, and a risk tolerance. Claude generates a personalized strategy — real fund names, allocation percentages, and where to actually open the account. Plans can be saved, renamed, and revisited.

  • Frontend

    React 19 · Vite · React Router 7 · CSS

  • Backend

    Java 17 · Spring Boot 3 · Maven

  • AI

    Anthropic Claude API

  • Data & Auth

    Supabase · Postgres · JWT · Row-level security

Led a 4-person team · repo owner · 51 of 76 commits

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CODING SINCE 2019

Throw them around.

  • Java
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • C++
  • SQL
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • React
  • Spring Boot
  • Stencil
  • Vite
  • AWS
  • DynamoDB
  • AWS CDK
  • CloudWatch
  • Supabase
  • Postgres
  • Git
  • Maven
  • REST APIs

Leadership & Education

Leadership

  • INIT MDC Kendall

    President

    August 2024 — May 2025

    • Managed $10K in external funding, keeping the chapter financially sustainable.
    • Built and led web development and GitHub workshops for over 100 active members.
    • Led marketing for SeedAI Hackathon, one of Miami’s largest.
    • On the e-board since November 2023.

  • INIT MDC Kendall

    Reach Program Manager

    October 2023 — July 2024

    • Co-taught career and technical workshops, including GitHub and web development sessions.
    • Mentored students toward engineering careers with individually tailored plans.

  • Girls Who Code

    Summer Immersion Scholar

    June 2022 — June 2022

    • Selected for the Raytheon-sponsored immersion program, building software through intensive project work.

Education

  • Florida International University

    BS, Computer Science

    July 2025 — May 2027

  • The Honors College at Miami Dade College

    AA, Computer Science

    August 2023 — May 2025 · Full-ride fellowship

  • Florida International University

    Dual Enrollment, Computer Science

    September 2022 — June 2023 · 4.00 GPA · FLAME program

  • Miami Coral Park Senior High

    Engineering Magnet, Computer Science

    August 2019 — June 2023 · Summa Cum Laude · top 10%

Awards

  • Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship — $40,000
  • Honors College Fellowship — Full ride, two years
  • Academic Excellence Award — Technology Faculty
  • Dean’s List — ×2
  • Civic Action Award — Bronze