• Automate retrieval of 10K+ research papers via Semantic Scholar and arXiv APIs, reducing manual searching

• Boost topic relevance using TF-IDF and cosine similarity algorithm, based on citations, author influence, and recency

• Implement Redis caching to serve frequent academic queries from memory, reducing latency and API load

• Build a Django and FastAPI dashboard with crawlers to fetch research papers from academic APIs based on user queries

• Designed a smart course recommender for UCI students with Flask, MongoDB, and GPT to personalize academic plans

• Tripled user engagement by converting Figma designs into a React.js and Redux dashboard for professor ratings and search

• Increased course recommendation accuracy by 20% via few-shot OpenAI prompts and iterative GPT tuning with LangChain

• Reduced API payloads by 40% with a GraphQL layer over MongoDB, optimizing nested course and rating queries

• Accelerated transcript parsing by 50% by integrating Tesseract OCR with Kafka for concurrent processing of user uploads

• Containerized services and deployed to Kubernetes via Helm on AWS EKS, leveraging GitHub Copilot for scaffolding

• Engineered distributed microservices with Flask and React; led sprint and agile coordination across a 4-member team

• Supported instruction for EECS 114 under Professor Yasser Shoukry, focusing on labs and assignments for a cohort of 50+ students.

• Maintained grading consistency and provided individualized academic feedback, helping students improve their understanding of course material.

• Delivered a SaaS e-commerce platform using MERN, enabling a seamless shopping experience and streamlining operations

• Lowered API response times by 25% with Redis caching and optimized MongoDB queries to accelerate product search

• Elevated engagement by 15% by optimizing React component rendering to reduce load time and speed up product filtering

• Implemented secure authentication with OAuth 2.0 and JWT-based role access control, enabling protected user workflows

• Streamlined checkout with Stripe’s hosted flow and webhook confirmations for verified payments and smooth user experience

• Reduced manual workload by 8 hours/week by building a custom admin dashboard for inventory management

• Maintained 99.99% uptime by deploying the platform to AWS EC2 with CI/CD pipelines automated via GitHub Actions