# Marvin Mbogo Mwangi > Engineering @ Merge Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/marvinmbogomwangi Learning how to build things by building things ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Merge Jan 2023 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area ### Undergradate Fellow @ Clear Ventures Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 Selected as 1 of 3 undergraduates nationwide for Clear Ventures’ Deeptech Fellowship, collaborating with PhD and postdoc founders on venture backed deep tech commercialization ### Machine Learning Optimization Research Lead (Capstone Project) @ Coupa Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 Led an industry sponsored optimization research project with Coupa to analyze large scale MIP(Mixed Integer Programming) solver telemetry, build solution path classification models (XGBoost/Random Forest), and implement cost aware early stopping policies, reducing runtime ~10% while maintaining <1% optimality loss and saving $30k–$50k/month in cloud compute. ### Software Engineer Intern @ SoFi Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area Built full stack react application for the affiliates team that took onboarding time for new affiliate partners from 1 - 2 months to within 2 weeks by automating 60% of the workflow. Internal dashboard that automates the onboarding process of Affiliate Partners onto SoFi's API's for soft credit pulls and loan offers on products like REFI, personal loan, credit cards, and mortgages. Dashboard allows for management of Affiliate Partners throughout onboarding process and once active in production environment. Dashboard syncs data across multiple services utilized by the Affiliates team. ### Founder @ ProCut Landscaping Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States Founded and operated a residential landscaping business, specializing in mulching and leaf removal, serving Southeast Pennsylvania’s Main Line. Built and managed a 5-person crew, serviced ~30 recurring clients, and scaled seasonal services to ~$120K in annual revenue. ### Intern @ Sleek Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States (acquired by SnackPass) Worked alongside the product team to develop consumer facing web app designs and implementations in Figma and Typescript using React Native. Developed initial go to market strategy and successfully targeted and facilitated ongoing conversations with 3 of the 8 largest music festival concessionaires in the US. ### Sales Intern @ Cann Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Los Angeles, California, United States I opened and grew 18 new accounts over the course of 6 weeks that generated $23,000 in new initial revenue(average initial purchase order of ~$900) as I lead Cann's expansion into east Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and the Desert. I developed strong relationships with buyers via unconventional outreach and persistence. On one occasion, I sent a buyer a jersey for his favorite NFL team which later resulted in me closing one of my two $5,000 initial purchase orders. Cann was an early stage startup only doing $300k in monthly sales at the end of my time there. ### Fixed Income Intern @ Susquehanna International Group, LLP (SIG) Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 Evaluated newly issued debt via 10-K and income statement analysis of publicly traded companies to present to team members. My analysis informed ~$5m in executed trades ## Education ### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Industrial Operations Engineering and Computer Science University of Michigan Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 ### Bachelor's degree in Finance, General The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 ### The Haverford School Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mbogo-mwangi - GitHub: https://github.com/marvmwan --- Source: https://flows.cv/marvinmbogomwangi JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/marvinmbogomwangi/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-20