Cornell University On-Campus Affiliations

Head of Engineering at Cornell Perfect Match

January 2023 – May 2025

Perfect Match is Cornell's student-run dating platform, serving 5,000+ users each cycle. I joined as an engineer and eventually became Head of Engineering - which meant owning the technical direction of a system where the output is real human connections, and getting it wrong has real consequences.

Beyond the algorithm work:

• Architected a Flask microservice for a live analytics dashboard, handling real-time data for 5,000+ active users. Used MongoDB Map-Reduce for aggregation and server-side caching for latency.
• Overhauled the frontend for improved UX and integrated a microservices backend to improve system modularity and scalability.
• Automated personalized engagement emails via cron jobs - grew active users by 600+.
• Ran marketing strategy alongside the technical work: 185% increase in Instagram engagement. Engineering leadership at a student org means you do both.

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Technical Product Manager at Cornell Digital Tech & Innovations

March 2022 – December 2023

DTI is Cornell's premier engineering-focused product org - structured like a small tech company, building real products used by real people on campus and beyond.

Carriage - Technical PM (Spring 2023 – Fall 2023)

Carriage is Cornell's accessible transportation platform, used by students with disabilities to request on-demand rides. I led a team of 7 developers, which was as much about process and communication as it was about code.

• Established a real testing infrastructure - Cypress for frontend E2E, Mocha + Chai + Supertest for backend - achieving 94% test coverage across the application. Before this, coverage was minimal. Technical debt accumulates in student orgs faster than anywhere else.
• Dockerized the deployment pipeline and implemented Kubernetes for resource management. CI/CD via GitHub Actions.
• Managed the project roadmap and stakeholder relationships - the "customers" in this case were students with disabilities who depended on the app working reliably. That raised the stakes.

Carriage - Developer (August 2022 – Fall 2023)

• Improved accessibility across the website and overhauled the authentication flow.
• Reduced backend API calls by 90%, cutting DynamoDB operations and lowering AWS costs significantly.

Design @ Cornell (March 2022 – August 2022)

• Built and maintained a responsive website using React and Express as part of a five-person dev team.
• Redesigned the homepage to improve user engagement.

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Vice-President at Cornell Wushu - Chinese Martial Arts Club

September 2021 – May 2024

Cornell Wushu is a competitive martial arts club focusing on Chinese martial arts forms and performance. I joined as a member freshman year, was elected Secretary sophomore year, and became Vice-President junior year.

Secretary (September 2022 – May 2023)

• Kept 40+ members updated on practices, socials, performances, and competitions through bi-weekly emails and website updates. Also rebuilt the club website (see Projects).

Vice-President (May 2023 – May 2024)

• Worked with the President and Practice Leaders to run practices and help newer members develop their forms.
• Planned and arranged events, including competition prep sessions and public performances.