Education
Harvard University
2022 — 2023
Harvard University
2019 — 2023
Graduated magna cum laude, with highest honors in field.
Teaching:
- TF for CS 153 (Compilers), Fall 2021 — Certificate of Distinction in Teaching
- TA for Summer Geometry Institute (SGI), Summer 2021
- TF for CS 161 (Operating Systems), Spring 2021 — Certificate of Distinction in Teaching
- TF for CS 182 (Artificial Intelligence), Fall 2020
- TF for CS 124 (Data Structures and Algorithms), Spring 2020 — Commendation for Extraordinary Teaching
Graduate-level technical coursework:
- Advanced Computational Complexity (CS 221)
- Random Processes and Algorithms (CS 223)
- Computational Learning Theory (CS 228)
- Advanced Computer Networks (CS 243)
- Advanced Topics in PL/AI (CS 252r)
- Advanced Topics in PL Design (CS 252r)
- Systems Security (CS 263)
- Distributed Systems Engineering (MIT 6.824)
- Shape Analysis (MIT 6.838)
- Robotic Manipulation (MIT 6.843)
- Probability (Stat 210)
- Statistical Inference (Stat 211)
Undergraduate technical coursework:
- Compilers (CS 153)
- Operating Systems (CS 161)
- Computer Graphics (MIT 6.837)
- Nanotechnology Fabrication (MIT 6.2540)
- Chaotic Dynamical Systems (Math 118r)
- Number Fields (Math 129)
- Differential Topology (Math 132)
- Honors Abstract Algebra (Math 55a)
- Honors Real and Complex Analysis (Math 55b)
Professional Experience
Principal Engineer at Modal
February 2022 – October 2025 • New York, NY
- Founding team member (#4), took Modal to 70+ people and $1B valuation.
- I was the original author and architect for Modal's high-performance container runtime in Rust. It runs on a cluster that spans across multiple clouds (200,000 CPUs and 9,000 GPUs) and isolates many thousands of customer workloads. This grew into a core system developed by a team of 16 people.
- I developed Modal's content-addressed file system for container images, tiered cache over petabytes of data, a novel serverless HTTP stack, distributed TLS relays, container sandboxing via gVisor, eBPF network infrastructure, and a WireGuard-based VPN.
- I was also Modal's first product-focused engineer and designer. While building modal.com, I developed a feeling for crafting interfaces to make complex systems legible. Mentored and grew a world-class product engineering team.
- Built Modal Notebooks, a modern cloud notebook with real-time collaboration and GPUs.
- For 3.5+ years, was #1 committer, made decisions like adopting Rust and Svelte despite early skepticism and shaped the long-term technical direction.
Software Engineer at Convex
June 2021 – October 2021 • San Francisco, CA
- First hired engineer at a seed-stage startup. Worked with three experienced technical cofounders (ex-principal engineers at Dropbox) to build a reactive, serverless database platform using Rust, integrated with the V8 JavaScript engine.
- Wrote significant components of the MVP. As an early core team member, this included rearchitecting the entire Convex client library, writing several systems components in Rust, and advising on developer experience.
Quantitative Research Intern at Jump Trading
June 2021 – August 2021 • Chicago, IL
Software Engineering Intern at Scale AI
December 2020 – January 2021 • San Francisco, CA
Architecture Intern at Nvidia
June 2020 – August 2020 • Santa Clara, CA
Awards and Honors
Computer Science:
- International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI): Gold Medalist (2018, 2019), 7th place globally
- Google Hash Code: World Finalist (2020, 2021, 2022), 6th place team out of over 100,000 students and professionals
- Google Code Jam: Round 3 Finalist (2020), placed 34th globally
- Facebook Hacker Cup: Round 3 Finalist (2020)
- PicoCTF: Winner (2018), ranked 6th
Mathematics:
- Mathematical Olympiad Program (MOP): Participant (2017), IMO team selection group (2017, 2018)
- USA Math Olympiad (USAMO): Honorable Mention (2017), top 24 in nation
Physics:
- U.S. Physics Team: Invitee (2017, 2018, 2019)
- USA Physics Olympiad (USAPhO): Gold Medalist (2017, 2018, 2019)
Music Performance:
- National YoungArts Foundation: Winner in Classical Music (2018, 2019)
- JDR Viola Competition: Grand prize winner, performed with a professional orchestra (2019)
- Texas All-State Symphony Orchestra: Principal Violist (2017), Co-Principal (2016, 2018)