Hi, I'm Marc 👋

Junior @ UCLA studying Computer Science and Linguistics.

I’m most interested in backend development, with a growing focus on infrastructure and distributed systems.

Experience

Software Engineer Intern

Sep 2025 – Present

Built an internal membership portal and Postgres-backed task system used by 70+ members across multiple projects. Engineered a GitHub webhook pipeline that syncs issues and PRs into tasks, and standardized deployments with Netlify CI/CD.

Undergraduate Research Assistant

UC Santa Cruz, AIEA Lab

Jun 2025 – Present

Built a SwiftUI audio-haptic prototype for BLV map exploration with sub-100ms response times. Engineered a PyTorch-based OSM pipeline that processes 15K+ map nodes/min to surface hazards and landmarks.

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

De Anza College

Jan 2024 – Apr 2025

Led weekly sessions for 60+ students, breaking down Data Structures and Algorithms concepts with live Java demos covering hashing, linked-lists, and time complexity.

Projects

HumanStocksBot

Discord bot with a bonding-curve pricing engine and real-time trade execution. Uses event-driven architecture with NATS JetStream and Redis caching to keep trades under 50ms.

GoPostgreSQLRedisNATS JetStreamgRPCAWS

Bruin Marketplace

UCLA-only student marketplace with Google OAuth and server-managed sessions. Cut search latency by 78% with a read-optimized PostgreSQL indexing strategy.

ReactNext.jsTypeScriptExpress.jsPostgreSQLPlaywright

SplitZen

Full-stack expense splitter that tracks shared costs and settles group debts. Uses a deterministic greedy algorithm to resolve cyclic balances across multiple people.

ReactNext.jsTypeScriptPostgreSQLAWS S3

UCLA Course Monitor

Go service that concurrently monitors UCLA classes and fires Discord webhook alerts when spots open. Handles network failures with retry backoff and persists state across restarts on EC2.

GoAWS EC2Discord API