Software Engineer Salt Lake

Nolan Mai

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Kahlert School of Computing, University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT B.S. in Computer Science; GPA: 3.8/4.0 Expected May 2027

• Relevant Coursework: Object-Oriented Programming, Data Structures & Algorithms, Advanced Algorithms, Software Practice I & II, Mobile Application Programming, Intro to Machine Learning, Data Analysis Experience

Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute (University of Utah) Aug 2024 – Present Assistant Research Engineer Salt Lake City, UT

• Developing interactive data visualizations using D3.js, SvelteKit, and Seaborn/Matplotlib to represent complex computer architecture experiment metrics.

• Collaborated with simulation engineers from the College of William & Mary to transform thousands of raw performance metrics into user-friendly charts, cutting analysis time by 80%.

• Optimized rendering performance by 20%, supporting real-time interaction with large-scale datasets. InCaria - A Lifestyle Analysis Platform/Tech Startup Jan 2025 – May 2025 Fullstack Software Engineer Intern Salt Lake City, UT

• Developed a cross-platform mobile app using React Native with TypeScript, contributing 20% toward MVP completion by building core interface components and user workflows.

• Integrated the React Native front end with a secure Django/PostgreSQL backend via RESTful APIs, ensuring real-time synchronization in health and lifestyle data handling. Smart Education Now Technologies (SENTECHS) Jun 2024 – Aug 2024 Software Engineer Intern Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (On-site)

• Developed an advanced analysis tool using multiple APIs to extract insights from IELTS passages, accelerating the product launch by 10%.

• Maintained a vocabulary-scraping pipeline with MongoDB, enhancing data feeding for the company’s LLM model by 25%.

• Implemented RESTful endpoints for real-time data retrieval, managing 2,000+ daily queries. Projects

BiteBook AI: Shortform Recipe Parser React Native, Node.js, FFmpeg, OpenAI API, Supabase, Docker, GCP

• Developed a full-stack mobile app that parses short-form cooking videos into structured recipes and stores them for users with authentication and persistence via Supabase.

• Engineered modular React Native components with state management and API integration, enabling real-time recipe upload, retrieval, and persistent user sessions.

• Implemented a Node.js backend leveraging FFmpeg for video handling and the OpenAI API for recipe text extraction and generation.

• Deployed containerized services on Google Cloud Run with Docker, secured CI/CD using Cloud Build and GitHub Actions for automated deployment.

sParky: Wildfire Prediction Web App React, Node.js, AWS, OpenWeather

• Engineered a full-stack AI-powered web app with a RESTful Node.js backend predicting wildfire and air quality threats using live sensor data.

• Trained and deployed an ML model on AWS SageMaker with 78.6% accuracy, estimating wildfire probability and spread radius across Utah’s microclimates.

• Generated personalized health advisories and hyper-local forecasts for 50+ locations daily via AWS Bedrock, powered by real-time OpenWeather AQI inputs.

• Enabled dynamic wildfire risk visualization using AWS Location Services, increasing platform engagement by 60% through interactive, map-based insights.

Qt-Based Sprite Editor C++, Qt UML

• Developed a Qt-based editor in C++ featuring pixel-level RGBA editing with QImage/QPainter and intuitive mouse-driven draw/erase tools.

• Built a real-time animation preview engine using QTimer and custom QWidget rendering, allowing dynamic FPS control for smooth playback.

• Engineered JSON serialization to persist sprite projects—including per-pixel data and metadata—for seamless save/load functionality.

• Designed system architecture with UML class diagrams and leveraged Qt’s signal/slot framework to implement a clean, event-driven module structure.

Technical Skills

Languages: Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, C#, C++ Web Development: PERN/MERN stack, React Native, SvelteKit, Blazor Databases: SQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Supabase

Tools & Other: Git, Docker, REST APIs

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