# Sophia Sharif

> CS @ UCLA | Prev @ Palantir

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/sophiasharif

## Work Experience
### Recruiter & Software Engineer @ Exa
Jan 2025 – Present
Exa has raised $85M to build the search engine for LLMs. I'm building out a recruiting pipeline, finding talent, and doing intro chats. https://exa.ai/careers

### Social Director @ LA Hacks
Jan 2025 – Present
Organizing retreats and socials so the freshies can carry on our fire

### Technology Team Director @ LA Hacks
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Los Angeles, California, United States
Led team of 6 to manage 3,000+ applicants, improved server CPU efficiency by 20x, created viral puzzle hunt  with 20,000+ attempts (https://lnkd.in/gXhG4V7c).

### Technology Team Member & Organizer @ LA Hacks
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Los Angeles, California, United States
Contributed to mailing site, application site, and live site.

### Software Engineer Intern @ Palantir Technologies
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | New York, United States

### Software Engineer Intern @ Palantir Technologies
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | New York, United States

### Social Media Manager @ AVP Pro Beach Volleyball
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | California, United States
Grew 1,000 Instagram followers to 6,500 & raised $3.5K.

### USA Beach Volleyball National Team Athlete @ USA Volleyball
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Menlo Park, California, United States
Formerly ranked #1 in Northern California and top 20 nationally. Stopped playing because of back fracture.


## Education
### Computer Science
UCLA

### Menlo-Atherton High School


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

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Source: https://flows.cv/sophiasharif
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/sophiasharif/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-04-10