Hey, I'm Steve. 👋
Computer Science graduate from RIT (May 2026, 3.85 GPA). Cloud-Native & AI-Assisted Development. U.S. Citizen.
Technical Skills
Get to Know Me
Who am I?
I am a graduating CS student who cares about creating meaningful impact through technology. Impact doesn't have to be for the masses; it can be for a single person or the people I care about. I aim to create a community where everyone cares about others' well-being and happiness.
Fun Facts
I was born in Venezuela, completed my primary education (grades 1–7) in China, and have navigated my secondary and higher education in the U.S. Living across three continents as a hard-of-hearing individual has given me wide world view.
Beyond the résumé
My time at RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) and the Computer Science House (CSH) shaped my belief that innovation is most effective when it is inclusive and for the common good. I am driven by the desire to create environments where everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging and empowerment.
How I build with AI
I orchestrate multi-agent teams using OpenCode Ensemble — each agent works in an isolated sandboxed worktree so no agent can touch another's code, and every change goes through human review before it's merged. AI accelerates the process, but people stay accountable. This is how I think we build secure, high-trust software in an AI-assisted world.
Work Experience
Freelance Software Engineer @ Buho
Architected a production-grade backend with TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and Prisma ORM, achieving clean API separation and normalized relational data management. Implemented RBAC and authentication flows managing multi-tier user lifecycles, cart state, and protected API routing for production-scale e-commerce. Containerized the full stack with Docker multi-stage builds and deployed via Railway with automated CI/CD, reducing deployments from manual scripts to push-triggered pipelines. Integrated Cloudflare R2 behind API gateway patterns, enforcing rate limiting and efficient asset delivery for media-heavy workloads. Directed multi-agent AI development with OpenCode, guiding LLM agents to generate production code through human-in-the-loop validation.
Embedded Software Engineer @ Waygate Technologies (Baker Hughes)
Automated production quality tracking with CI/CD pipelines, providing actionable telemetry that cut manual inspection overhead and accelerated release validation. Processed and modeled large-scale industrial inspection data, optimizing backend pipeline throughput and improving production system reliability. Designed and deployed Python-driven test automation frameworks across distributed environments, increasing regression coverage and reducing post-release defects. Delivered computer vision models into production testing via DirectML and C++ inference pipelines, enabling real-time defect detection. Guided AI coding assistants (Copilot, Claude Code) to accelerate C++ inference development, critically reviewing and iterating on generated code to maintain quality and documentation standards.
Jr. Software Engineer Intern @ Tive Technology
Built and optimized RESTful APIs with SpringBoot, reducing database query latency through streamlined data access patterns. Designed Firestore data models and security rules, enforcing secure multi-user access across the platform. Delivered 4 Flutter-based mobile features adopted by 1,000+ active users within the first quarter. Validated platform reliability through systematic load testing, ensuring consistent performance at scale under growing multi-user concurrency.
Research Assistant @ RIT CAIR Lab
Containerized real-time data-processing pipelines with Docker, enabling reproducible one-command deployments across heterogeneous Linux research environments. Architected a RESTful API layer handling high-throughput live transcription streams, supporting real-time accessibility research without data loss. Structured and analyzed comparative experimental datasets for affective vs. traditional captioning, producing actionable insights for accessibility research. Built interactive live captioning interfaces with React and Vue.js, enabling researchers to compare captioning modalities in real time.
Research Assistant @ RIT Global Cybersecurity Institute
Performed statistical analysis and processing on MITRE threat alerts to identify security patterns. Set up space cyber-physical simulations with NS-3 for satellite communication and motion modeling. Analyzed real-time satellite motion and communication systems using MATLAB and C++.
Research Intern @ Tufts University
Optimized properties of novel polymers using gradient descent algorithms in MATLAB and C++. Applied object-oriented class structure and documentation practices to the Morpho-Lang compiler project. Solved compiler and modular design problems for Morpho-Lang, an open-source scientific computing language. Assembled a research poster presented to material science experts.
Projects & Experiments
NeuralCube — Open Source Autonomous Robot
Contributed to an open-source autonomous system using multi-agent LLM orchestration, evaluating and refining AI-generated orchestration logic for real-time data ingestion pipelines. Deployed vLLM and SGLang inference serving on Linux, achieving low-latency LLM responses for real-time autonomous decision-making. Collaborated in a distributed open-source team, driving code documentation standards and systematic debugging practices across Git-based workflows.
4G LTE Unlimited Distance Drone
Built a fully programmable 4G LTE drone using Raspberry Pi with internet-based communication for beyond-visual-line-of-sight operation. Implemented server communication for real-time image segmentation and autonomous navigation commands. Integrated PixHawk flight controller with ArduPilot for stabilized flight and Sixfab 4G LTE cellular hat for connectivity.
Education
Rochester Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Minor: Mathematics GPA: 3.85/4.00
Leadership & Community
Computer Science House (CSH)
Active member of RIT's CS-focused living-learning community. Hosted 5 technical seminars and workshops on DevOps, Linux administration, and software development to mentor peers and spread knowledge across the community.
RIT Artificial Intelligence Club
Member of AI enthusiast community exploring active research areas in AI/ML. Participated in discussions on large language models, computer vision, and autonomous systems while collaborating on group projects.