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Big 4 — swe
(oct '24 - present)- Fixed things that would've cost the company millions.
- Senior work, junior pay. APIs, integrations, databases, live cutovers.
- Hired as backend. Somehow also does frontend. Didn't break prod at least.
React · Java · Node.js · AWS · REST APIs · OAuth 2.0 · CI/CD · Microservices · Enterprise Integration
ChatGRPT — Founder
(apr '24 - sep '24)- Built an app where multiple LLMs argued with each other
- Burned through API credits faster than users signed up, and learned distribution the hard way.
Python · FastAPI · React · LangChain · OpenAI + Anthropic + Google AI APIs
MeriSkill — Data Science Intern
(nov '23 - jan '24)- Built medical dashboard for diabetes risk prediction, with feature engineering and model validation.
Python · scikit-learn · Matplotlib · Seaborn · PostgreSQL · Power BI · Jupyter Notebook · Pytorch
ZincGrey — Data Analyst Intern
(jul '23 - oct '23)- Collected and analyzed sales data to build a better marketing strategy.
Python · Pandas · Numpy · Matplotlib · SQLite · Power Query · Power BI
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