AI Software Engineering Intern

Merrill Manufacturing
September 2025 – Present • Remote
  • Engineered a full-stack AI assistant using React, Flask (Python), SuiteScript, PostgreSQL, and NetSuite's LLM module, enabling employees to query live ERP data in natural language.
  • Built a multi-stage Agentic AI pipeline with Retrieval-Augmented Generation and a PostgreSQL conversational memory layer for context-aware interactions.
  • Implemented a DeBERTa-based guardrail model to block prompt injection attacks and optimized agent orchestration, reducing response latency by 20%.
  • Provisioned and deployed the AI assistant on AWS EC2, configuring the VM instance, scaling storage with EBS, and setting up an NGINX reverse proxy for secure, production-grade hosting.
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Database Administrator Intern

Uline
May 2025 - August 2025

Responsible for optimizing SQL Server scripts, deploying database updates, and managing access permissions to support secure and efficient business operations.

  • Optimized 2–3 SQL Server queries weekly, achieving up to 42% reduction in execution times, collaborating with the Senior DBA on ongoing performance tuning.
  • Created stored procedures to detect log reader agent failures and partnered with the ESM team to integrate alerts into Nagios, improving replication visibility.
  • Handled 20+ database operations including permission management, backups and UAT restores, stored procedure deployments across SYS/UAT/PROD, SSRS uploads, and automated tasks.
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Lead Computer Science Tutor

Iowa State University - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Aug 2024 – May 2025

Tutored six different courses: Python, OOP, Data Structures, Discrete Math, Computer Architecture, and Design and Analysis of Algorithms.

  • Assisting other tutors with help if needed.
  • Providing support for students in core CS subjects, enhancing project completion rates and exam performance.
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Computer Science Tutor

Iowa State University - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Aug 2023 – Aug 2024

Assisted over 100 students in core computer science concepts such as Data Structures, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), and Discrete Mathematics.

  • Created examples for students to use and study for upcoming exams, improving their exam grades.
  • Provided comprehensive help in various languages such as Python and Java, leading to better project scores.
  • Tutored 4 different courses: OOP, Python, Data Structures, and Discrete Mathematics.
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