# Madison Thantu > Software Engineer @ Kindo • MS CS @ Columbia Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/madisonthantu ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Kindo Jan 2024 – Present ### Full Stack Web Developer @ Roses del Fuego Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | New York, New York, United States Developing a Shopify web application that provides customized administrative functionalities (e.g., complex queries, advanced scheduling features, custom data fields) for a startup flower delivery company, with a focus on supply chain optimization and an aesthetically accessible and multilingual UX/UI design. Tech specs: Shopify API, GraphQL, JavaScript, Liquid, Prisma, SQLite ### Graduate Research Assistant @ The Distributed Research Apprenticeships for Master's Program Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States Completed under the guidance of Dr. Richard Zemel. Implemented several recommender system (RS) models via different recommendation algorithms/strategies (e.g., myopic, exploration-promoting) to simulate long-term user behavior and RS ecosystem dynamics. Conducted comparative analyses to investigate the interplay between RS metrics/dynamics, including accuracy, recommendation quality, user behavior homogeneity, and item fairness. Developed a website using Jekyll. Final research report: Bubble Bursting Implementations and Dynamics in Recommender Systems ### Product Development Intern @ Ford Motor Company Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | New York, United States • Developed a machine learning model to select representative high-frequency data cycles based on Connected Vehicle metadata to predict customers’ vehicle charging behaviors and patterns, written in Python and HiveSQL. • Performed data wrangling on over 50,000 unique vehicle identification numbers. • Evaluated the UX/UI of several internal web applications to improve the efficiency and user experience of employee queries for Connected Vehicle data. ### Project Manager @ UCLA Fox Uncertainty Lab Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Los Angeles, California, United States • Managed and trained a team of four undergraduate research assistants. • Conducted and supervised an audit of how popular news outlets use visual representations to display wealth distribution and inequality data, and how these representations perpetuate systematic bias in viewers’ perceptions and assessments of wealth inequality. ### Research Assistant @ UCLA Fox Uncertainty Lab Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Los Angeles, California, United States • Conducted research related to judgment and decision making and behavioral economics • Performed reviews of literature, assisted in the process of study design, and tested the validity of research instruments prior to their distribution. Research Paper: Motivations, Incentives, and Work Performance in the Crowdsourcing Market ### Peer Learning Facilitator @ University of California, Los Angeles Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Los Angeles County, California, United States Course: Introductory Programming (C++) • Hosted weekly course review sessions and exam preparation sessions. ### Compliance Summer Analyst @ Jefferies Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Greater New York City Area • Evaluated the efficacy and accuracy of the firm’s recently launched Compliance Data Operating Platform. • Conducted surveillance and due diligence reviews for insider trading, anti-money laundering, and market abuse. ### Research Assistant, Project for Death Penalty and Criminal Cases @ UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Los Angeles Area Worked under Dr. Jorja Leap, Adjunct Professor at UCLA’s Department of Social Welfare ## Education ### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science Columbia University Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 ### Honors College in Human Biology & Society (B.A.) and Cognitive Science (B.S.) with a Specialization in Computing UCLA Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 ### Semester Abroad in Arts and Sciences (BASc) UCL Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 ### Comparative Legal Systems: Focus on Human Rights in Undergraduate Pre-Law Summer Program University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 ### Independent Research Project in Department of Public Affairs UCLA Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/madisonthantu --- Source: https://flows.cv/madisonthantu JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/madisonthantu/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-20