Gained foundational experience in full-stack web development and agile methodologies. Contributed to the development of a customer-facing e-commerce platform using Python and Django, improving page load times by 15%. Collaborated with senior engineers to troubleshoot bugs and deploy new features in a fast-paced environment. This early exposure cemented a strong interest in scalable software solutions.

Assisted a PhD candidate with research focused on optimizing data retrieval algorithms. Cleaned and analyzed large datasets using SQL and R. Developed a simulation model in MATLAB to test the efficiency of a proposed algorithm, which demonstrated a 10% performance improvement over the existing standard.