# Mason LaFerney

> Software Engineer @ Capital One | Rice University ‘24

Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/masonlaferney

## Work Experience
### Senior Associate Software Engineer @ Capital One
Jan 2026 – Present | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

### Associate Software Engineer @ Capital One
Jan 2024 – Jan 2026 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

### Internal Vice President at RemixCS @ Rice University
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Houston, Texas, United States

### Student Mentor at RemixCS @ Rice University
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Houston, Texas, United States

### Software Engineer Intern @ Capital One
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Enhanced and extended internal programming to prevent data leaks by tightening metadata collection on external data shares
- Increased data security by downsizing the data included in a share through a newly published API
- Applied enhancements to Capital One’s internal UI, bolstering downstream datashare security by >20%
- Aided in opening the Boston office’s OutFront chapter - a business resource organization that provides programming and support for both LGBTQ+ and allied employees

### Intern @ Surge AI
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
- Develop test suites to debug and validate AI-generated programs in Python through Jupyter Notebooks
- Provide detailed explanations for code malfunctioning to SurgeAI developers

### Policy Analyst Intern @ Louisiana Department of Health
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
- Researched, wrote, and published a 27-page legislative response to the Louisiana House of Representatives Resolution HR-33, establishing standards for implicit bias training for healthcare providers state-wide.
- Operationalized Louisiana’s official “Phase I Health Equity Plan” - one of five national health equity plans in existence, working in tandem with the past Department of Health Secretary, Dr. Rebekah Gee.
- Pioneered the development of content and promotion for LDH’s COVID-19 Webinar Series - each live webinar averaging 500-1,000 attendees.

### Research Assistant @ Hafner Lab
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Houston, Texas, United States
Studyied the synthesis and properties of gold nanomaterials, and how they can be used in membrane biology, nanomedicine, and sensing.

### Visiting Editor @ Jeannie Frey Rhodes Photography
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019
Worked under local, established photographer to delve further into photography as a profession. Aided in the post-production of photographed events, striving to provide clientele with photographs that succinctly and aptly capture elected events.


## Education
### Rice University

### Episcopal School of Baton Rouge


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/masonlaferney

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Last updated: 2026-03-28