# Andrew Beketov > CS Grad Student @ Cornell | AI/ML @ Mercor | Prev @ Capital One, Chevron Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/andrewbeketov CS grad student with a specific focus on architecting scalable infrastructure for Distributed Systems and AI @ Cornell 🐻 I am highly proficient in C++, Python, React, Nodejs, and AWS architecture with specific focus on serverless orchestration, distributed microservices, and AI infrastructure tools including PyTorch, Hugging Face, and LangChain. I engineer scalable distributed systems and robust AI infrastructure, focusing on the tooling and backend services that drive high-performance machine learning in production. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer (AI/ML) @ Mercor Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area RLHF Optimization & Refining CoT Reasoning 📈 ### Software Engineer Intern @ Capital One Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 Card Tech; architected a full stack end-to-end pipeline orchestration platform using event-driven AWS Step Functions and a federated GraphQL API handling 50M+ daily data events ### Technical Product Manager @ Switchless Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | College Station, Texas, United States - Manage a cross-functional team of 12 engineers. These engineers are spread across frontend, backend, AI, and design teams - Lead product development from concept to launch, aligning technical execution with business objectives - Define technical requirements, prioritize features, and oversee product timelines. This includes creation of the general technical workflow for the team, providing updates between technical and business teams, and presenting product updates - Optimize processes and resolve complex technical challenges to ensure product success. This includes conducting code reviews on pull requests to maintain code quality and ensure best practices across teams ### Undergraduate Researcher @ Department of Computer Science and Engineering Texas A&M University Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | College Station, Texas, United States Full-stack project focused on developing an application for ownership-protected three-party co-computing. This biomedical data traceability leverages W3C standard decentralized identifiers (DIDs) and verifiable credentials (VCs) to provide a trusted and traceable analysis task workflow between untrusting analysis and data owners. Currently working on routing simulation for debug mode and utilizing test-driven-development methodology to write and test features. ### Software Engineer Intern @ Chevron Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Houston, Texas, United States - Spearheaded the integration of telemetry and Azure Application Insights custom metrics into internal applications. Designed and implemented a robust data collection and analytics framework to enhance application performance visibility and business value. - Analyzed and interpreted collected metrics using PowerBI. Developed comprehensive dashboards to present insights, enabling data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement of business processes. - Developed an internal NPM package to streamline the integration of Application Insights into internal applications, enhancing compatibility with the company's authentication service. This package significantly reduces code additions by approximately 90%, greatly improving development efficiency. - Facilitated regular knowledge sharing and synchronization sessions with other interns to ensure cohesive project development and foster collaborative learning. Provided leadership and technical support to aid others with projects. Recipient of the Chevron Recognition and Awards Program awarding exceptional behavior and responsibilities. ### Software Engineer Intern @ INT Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Houston, Texas, United States - Conducted the redesign and development of the company's existing customer database by implementing modern technologies, ensuring a scalable and robust system. - Architected and deployed the web application using React and Typescript on the front-end, coupled with a RESTful API for seamless data operations. - Utilized TypeScript to engineer custom functionalities tailored to the project's needs, including a bespoke data grid, an ultra-responsive search feature that integrated seamlessly with the grid, and a sophisticated filtration system for streamlined data views and operations. - Managed the backend infrastructure using MySQL, which streamlined the data management processes and facilitated quicker query executions. - Collaborated cross-functionally with other teams to identify areas of improvement and implement effective solutions, resulting in a seamless user experience for the clients. ### Software Engineer Intern @ SOFTELEGANCE USA, LLC Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Houston, Texas, United States - Performed software programming and quality assurance. Used Java and Python programming languages - Integrated Google AdWords functionality into the company website, using JavaScript functions - Handled technology and software planning for various project proposals - Successfully implemented cloud computing concepts with best practices, such as AWS RDS for MySQL - Created an application that used natural language processing to convert unstructured data to organized format. The service ingested incoming emails, processed via AWS Comprehend, and converted them into categorized structural support tickets. The service was used in a case management system for a client. - Conducted comprehensive software assessments for a wellbore controller during the drilling process, analyzing the product's functionalities, performance, and reliability. ### Founder and President @ Community First Group Organization Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Houston, Texas, United States - Developed an online resource targeted towards the community to educate and help maintain physical and mental health - Online forum for community collaboration during COVID-19 pandemic - Club consists of 9 officers and 75+ members and subscribers - Established Community First Group club at Clements HS ### Research Intern @ MD Anderson Cancer Center Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Houston, Texas, United States - Cancer tumor research project dealing with the correlation between tumor acidity and apparent size/stage - DI Image De-Identification Service Request Program - Designed and implemented 3D printing prototype for medical mask. Wrote a paper describing the process - 3D Printing in Oncology Virtual Panel Series participant ### Student Trainee @ Rice University Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Houston, Texas, United States - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning summer course. Implementation of realistic scenarios requiring machine learning, utilizing Python - 2.4 Continuing Education Units (CEU’s) awarded ## Education ### Master's degree in Computer Science Cornell University Jan 2025 – Jan 2026 ### AI Startup School Cohort in Artificial Intelligence Y Combinator Jan 2025 ### Master's degree in Computer Science Cornell Tech Jan 2025 – Jan 2026 ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Engineering Texas A&M University Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 ### Clements High School Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/andrew-beketov --- Source: https://flows.cv/andrewbeketov JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/andrewbeketov/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-21