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Experience

Capital One Financial

Senior Software Engineer

Core Processing Abstraction Layer (Card Accounts)

Jan 2025 - Present

  • Tripled streaming throughput by socializing Kafka & GoLang concurrency patterns, yielding landmark framework contribution.
  • Emerged as SME of Change Data Capture, applying in-depth DynamoDB & Lambda grasp toward reconciliation data lake archive.
  • Solidified platform reliability through serverless retry layer, circuit breaker mechanism, seamless emulation for component tests.
  • Bridged architectural gaps with Transactions teams by pioneering code generation utility, hosting weekly knowledge transfers.

Associate Software Engineer

Core Processing Abstraction Layer (Card Accounts)

Feb 2024 - Dec 2024

  • Drove standardized monitoring workflow consensus among senior leadership and architects, following high-severity incident.
  • Uncovered 3K account-level attribute discrepancies and updated code-level derivations, amidst source-of-record migration.
  • Exceeded team scope by inner-sourcing critical API features, advising interns, fabricating domain-knowledge chrome extension.

College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology

Head Graduate Teaching Assistant

Artificial Intelligence (CS 3600) with Dr. Mark Riedl, Dr. Thad Starner

Aug 2021 - Dec 2023

  • Facilitated hybrid lectures for 1700+ students by providing first-hand presentation aid to professor, coordinating specialized content among staff, preparing stimulating exercises, moderating student discussions, and integrating weekly feedback.
  • Eliminated 90% of plagiarism by adopting project watermarking initiative and Stanford's MOSS tool alongside AI research lab