Zest AI
Software Engineering Intern
Burbank, CA

June 2023 - August 2023

Professional Experience

My Responsibilities

• Designed and developed an interactive and dynamic dashboard for a client to visualize data using Streamlit and Snowpark in Python

• Collaborated with external team members and gathered feedback to enhance dashboard user experience

• Created and automated an alerting system feature through tasks and stored procedures coded in SQL to monitor multiple data pipelines across databases on Snowflake

• Increased operational efficiency by assisting the data science team in managing errors using the alerting system

• Authored key Streamlit documentation on Confluence to aid future dashboard development

• Participated in daily operations while working with the data engineering team, utilizing Agile as SDLC methodology

My Responsibilities

• Designed, scoped, and introduced a Health Diagnostic API for Teradata Vantage for deployment in the cloud (AWS) to diagnose database node configurations and current status, anticipated to save significant customer engineer interaction

• Coded comprehensive Unit and Integration tests to achieve 100% code coverage and used log files on AWS instances to debug code with Linux commands as a communication tool

• Engaged in multiple JIRA sprints with a distributed team, under the mentorship of 3 senior software engineers, and pitched features to receive and integrate feedback to ensure it is scalable and efficient for clients

Zest AI is a fintech software company that uses the power of AI to make lending fairer and more transparent. A 120-employee operation, this mature startup is now entering an accelerated hypergrowth phase, tripling its customer base while undergoing several venture-capital-backed funding rounds for rapid expansion. Zest develops credit solutions for financial institutions (Citibank, Golden 1) that democratize the loan-underwriting process while increasing revenue, reducing risk, and automating compliance in their lending practices.

Teradata is a medium-sized cloud analytics company that delivers harmonized data and trusted AI/ML models. The goal is to help companies make confident decisions, allow faster innovation, and generate impactful business results.