# Ephraiem Sarabamoun

> Software Engineer | Physics PhD | Focused on AI Alignment

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/ephraiem

Physics PhD -> Software Engineer -> Alignment/AI Safety

AGI is coming. Nothing else matters.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Capital One
Jan 2026 – Present | McLean, Virginia, United States
-Introduced case segmentation to improve deposit account collections and recoveries strategy, delivering multimillion-dollar projected annual business value.

### Associate Software Engineer @ Capital One
Jan 2025 – Jan 2026 | McLean, Virginia, United States
-Migrated all collections and recoveries deposit accounts to an inhouse platform (over a million records).
-Introduced features to improve agent experience and compliance for collections and recoveries.
-Worked in spark to upgrade and improve EMR performance
-Led team of 7 engineers to company wide hackathon final (participated in 3 hackathons)
-Obtained 2 AWS certifications

### Associate Software Engineer in Training (CODA Associate) @ Capital One
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025
- Deployed Lambda for Debit Transaction Encryption to third party vendor (WorldPay)
- Gained Experience in Full Stack Development

### Research Fellow @ SPAR Research
Jan 2026 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant @ University of Virginia
Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 | Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Explored and researched several material systems including quantum dots, photochromic molecules, and perovskites for use in solar cells, scintillators, and other optical systems.

### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ University of Virginia
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
-Modeled gravitational solitons and ran atomistic simulations of Coulomb explosion dynamics. (Physical Review D 101 (4), 043515)
-Applied machine learning to analyze phase behavior and emergent magnetism in metamagnetic materials.

### Private Tutor @ Unknown
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Physics
University of Virginia

### Bachelor's of Science degree in Physics and Mathematics
University of Virginia


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/epsarabamoun
- Portfolio: https://leetcode.com/u/ephraiemsam16/
- GitHub: https://github.com/EphraiemSarabamoun
- Portfolio: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=t0Oobl4AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

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Last updated: 2026-04-11