# Madison R.

> Software Engineer @ Microsoft | Caltech CS '24

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

Hi, I'm Maddie! I'm passionate about closing the gender gap in technology, ed-tech, and data science.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Microsoft
Jan 2024 – Present | New York, New York, United States
Semantic indexing and search for M365 Copilot

### Head Teaching Assistant @ Caltech
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Pasadena, California, United States
Winter 2024: BE/CS 196 - Design and Construction of Programmable Molecular Systems
Fall 2023 (Head TA), Fall 2022 (Head TA), Fall 2021: CS 1 - Introduction to Computer Programming
Spring 2021 (Instructor): CS 12 - Student-Taught Topics in Computing (Algorithmic Bias)

### Software Engineer Intern @ Microsoft
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Redmond, Washington, United States
• Search Extensiblity Team | Substrate

### Director of Online Learning @ Novelly
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Los Angeles, California, United States
Novelly is a nonprofit publisher backed by AT&T and the Gates Foundation that uses diverse literature to encourage conversations and inspire the next generation of leaders.

### Explore Intern @ Microsoft
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Redmond, Washington, United States
• Workload Management Team | Substrate

### New Technologist Intern @ Microsoft
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Redmond, Washington, United States
• Developed AidPals, a crowdfunding meets mutual aid web-app, using React with JavaScript
• Completed intensive course in React, UI/UX libraries, Git, and databases (Firebase)
• Designed 15+ prototype screens and oversaw user research through user interviews/ usability tests and collecting survey data

### Data Science Fellow & Project Lead @ Data Science for All by Correlation One
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
• Awarded merit-based fellowship (<3% admit rate) to train with Harvard Prof. Natesh Pillai and pursue full-stack data fluency in Python and SQL (e.g., data extraction, querying, analysis, and visualization)
• 3rd Place out of 100+ project teams; selected as 1 of 4 Grand Finalists
• Led a team of 4 fellows to complete capstone project sponsored by Universal Music Group using Twitter API and Google BigQuery
• Extracted, cleaned, and analyzed overlap between Twitter follower data for 150+ artists with up to 100,000 followers using pandas and NumPy

### Content & Communications Intern @ Novelly
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Los Angeles, California, United States
• Conducted product research and 10+ user interviews to optimize content for youth and designed 13 worksheets used by 90+ students
• Mentored and led a team of 5 high school students towards the growth and development of a new online (Discord) discussion space; recruited 135+ members
• Analyzed 6 months of Discord message/activity data to identify user tendencies and engagement opportunities
• Designed marketing graphics and author recruitment materials distributed to 200+ authors; personally recruited 15 middle grade and YA authors from 60+ leads
• Reviewed 140+ writing contest entries and helped select winners for publication

### Startup Advisor @ Headstream Innovation
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
• 1/20 selected for the first Youth 2 Innovator cohort to advise innovators in the Headstream Accelerator
• Tested and provided feedback on 10+ VR/AR experiences for Healium, a clinically validated mental fitness channel using VR/AR apps for self-management of stress and anxiety
• Advised Novelly (novelly.org), a civic-minded ed-tech nonprofit, and was offered an intern position

### Research Intern @ Stony Brook University
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Stony Brook, New York, United States
• Developed a preliminary decision tree algorithm using Python and scikit-learn for mining Relationship-Based Access Control policies from legacy access control, reducing cost of transition to scalable policies and decreasing runtime by 91-95% from previous algorithms


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
Caltech

### Advanced Regents Diploma with Honors
The Wheatley School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/madisonramos
- Behance: https://www.behance.net/maddieramos
- Portfolio: https://madisonramos.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-29