# Kurtik Appadoo > Software Engineering Intern @ Priority Rollfi Location: United States, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/kurtik Union College graduate with a B.S. in Computer Science and Economics, blending technical expertise with strategic insights. Passionate about building impactful solutions at the intersection of technology, data, and business, with a strong foundation in cloud-based development, pipeline design, and analytics. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer Intern @ Rollfi Jan 2026 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area Building modern embedded payroll and benefits stack ### Software Engineer Intern @ Priority Jan 2026 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area Contributing to the Priority Payroll and Benefits @ Rollfi ### CTO, Co-Founder @ UCoach LLC Jan 2025 – Present | United States UCoach is a mobile marketplace bridging the gap between young athletes with vetted private coaches in their area. The company secured $12.5K in pre-seed funding following a 2nd place finish at Union College’s SparkLab Competition, where is led the MVP development as CTO. ### Software Engineer Intern @ The Akuna Group Jan 2025 – Jan 2026 Built scalable analytics pipelines using Databricks Lakeflow Connect, transforming raw data into business-ready insights for product and engineering teams. ### Software Engineer Intern @ Scan Global Logistics Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | Jamaica, NY Led the design and implementation of an AWS serverless data platform—using Lambda, S3, and event-driven microservices—to automate complex ETL workflows and deliver a cloud-native application that processes 10GB+ datasets in real time, cutting processing time by 95%, eliminating manual errors, and saving 15+ hours per week across teams. ### Undergraduate Machine Learning Researcher - Predicitve Arbitrage Modeling @ Union College Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | Schenectady, New York, United States • Developed a predictive ML pipeline using scikit-learn and statistical methods to train predictive models (Random Forest, SVM, Gradient Boosting) to forecast optimal arbitrage strategies with 86.04% accuracy and simulate $897K+ trading profit across 30K+ trades. • Engineered a time-series dataset of 28M+ BTC/USD ticks using Pandas and NumPy for feature extraction and data cleaning across 4 exchanges via WebSocket ingestion, applying feature engineering on volatility, price spreads, and cross-market convergence metrics. • Implemented a Python-based backtesting engine to evaluate latency-aware arbitrage trades with exchange fee modeling, achieving 99.87% trade success rate and $29.76 average profit per trade. ### Undergraduate Research Software Engineer - Crypto Arbitrage Systems @ Union College Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Schenectady, New York, United States • Built a full-stack real-time crypto analytics platform using Flask, WebSocket and CoinAPI, streaming BTC/USD data from several exchanges with <200ms latency to detect and visualize arbitrage opportunities. • Designed and deployed an end-to-end ETL pipeline to serve real-time price data via REST API and WebSocket, integrated into a React Native + Expo frontend. • Processed and analyzed 800K+ trade records, generating profitability heatmaps, exchange-pair network graphs, and discovering 7 recurring arbitrage strategies. ### Undergraduate Student Researcher - Software Developer @ Union College Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Schenectady, New York, United States • Created 1000+ tests to validate d-partite graph matching algorithms, identifying edge case errors and improving system reliability. • Applied advanced algorithm design to improve performance and correctness of matching systems, achieving a 99% theoretical speedup. • Leveraged discrete mathematics and graph theory to validate matching algorithms at scale, collaborating with researchers for evaluation and testing. ### Data Engineer Intern @ Foppiani Shipping & Logistics Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Jamaica, NY BI & Analytics - Designed and delivered an interactive data platform to make large-scale shipping and consignee data explorable and actionable, enabling users to analyze over 1.5M records in real time through intuitive mapping and reliable data pipelines. ### Software Engineer Intern @ TrueFort Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Weehawken, NJ Built and optimized Python automation pipelines using OOP and SOLID design principles, collaborating on production-grade executables and maintaining 95% unit test coverage to cut manual data processing time by 30% ### Legal Intern - Mini Pupillage @ Eversheds Sutherland Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Port-Louis, Maurice •Performed legal research and case law analysis to support associates in trial preparation and strategic decision-making. •Conducted compliance audits and document verification, ensuring accuracy and adherence to regulatory requirements. • Compiled and organized case summaries, research findings, and briefing materials to facilitate client meetings and court proceedings ## Education ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science & Economics Union College Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 ### A Levels Northfields International School Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kurtik-appadoo-863019244 - Website: https://appadook-portfolio-next.vercel.app/ - GitHub: https://github.com/appadook --- Source: https://flows.cv/kurtik JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/kurtik/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01