# Austin Li

> Engineering @ Koi | Harvard

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/austinli

Recent graduate from Harvard College with an A.B. in Physics and Computer Science, secondary in Government. Previously worked on education nonprofits, ML models for fair lending, quantum machine learning, and algorithms for fair redistricting.

Passionate about using technology for social good, particularly in education, economic opportunity, and government. I would love to connect about any projects or opportunities!

## Work Experience
### Founding Engineer @ Koi Treasury
Jan 2025 – Present | New York, NY
Building

### Software Engineer @ Capital One
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | New York, New York, United States
Rotation 1: Card Digital Technology
Rotation 2: Mobile Fraud and Disputes

### Research Assistant @ Harvard University
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Quantum optimization protocol for approximating solutions to NP-hard problems. Fortunate to be mentored by Prof. Susanne Yelin and Dr. Taylor Patti

### Peer Advising Fellow @ Harvard University
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
First-year advising

### Teaching Fellow @ Harvard University
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
AY20-22: MATH 22A/B: Vector calculus and linear algebra (proof-based)

AY22-23: PHYSICS 15A: Introductory mechanics and relativity; PHYSICS 15C: Wave phenomena; PHYSICS 153: Electrodynamics

### Research Fellow @ Harvard University
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Cambridge, Massachusetts
Wire tension measurement optimization for DUNE collaboration. Fortunate to be mentored by Prof. Roxanne Guenette and Dr. Sebastien Prince

### Board Advisor @ Harvard Undergraduate Data Analytics Group
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Operations and strategy advisor

### Chief Operations Officer @ Harvard Undergraduate Data Analytics Group
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Building Harvard's flagship data analytics group

Lots of infrastructure. By-laws and non-profit filing, Board management structure, feedback systems, summer fellowships

### Software Engineer Intern @ Capital One
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States
Retail Bank Tech

### Director Of Exploration @ HCS Tech for Social Good
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Board member. Founding director of educational branch, taught UX and SWE fundamentals for social impact tech

### Software Engineer @ HCS Tech for Social Good
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Web development and data engineering for fair lending startup

### Course Assistant @ Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Spring 2022: COMPSCI 20: Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science

### Business Analyst Intern @ PwC
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Shanghai, China
ESG research, Belt and Road Initiative

### Data Science Intern @ Zest AI
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Los Angeles, California, United States
ZRP v2.0. ML models for equitable lending. Fortunate to be mentored by CTO Dr. Jay Budzik and Kasey Matthews

### Artificial Intelligence Fellow @ R42 Group
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Stanford, California, United States
AI for facial recognition

### Data Science Intern @ ThinkCERCA
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Chicago, Illinois, United States
NLP for literacy

### Senior Reporter @ The Harvard Crimson
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Boston, COVID, and Asian-American news

### Junior Beat Reporter @ The Harvard Crimson
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Boston news

### Contributing Writer @ The Harvard Crimson
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Cambridge, Massachusetts
Science research, election, and Harvard Law School news

### Board Member @ Wave Learning Festival
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Strategy

### Director of Growth @ Wave Learning Festival
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Chicago, Illinois, United States
Growth. Managed 50+ volunteers targeting 20+ cities with 40+ community partners across the United States serving at-risk low-income students

### Associate Director Of Operations @ Wave Learning Festival
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Chicago, Illinois, United States
Founding board member. Organization, onboarding, and recruitment for education nonprofit

### Young Scholars Program Counselor @ University of Chicago Department of Mathematics
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Chicago, Illinois, United States
Taught group theory and programming in UCBLogo to high school students


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Physics and Computer Science
Harvard University

### Massachusetts Institute of Technology


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/austinwli
- Website: https://austinwli.github.io

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Last updated: 2026-04-05