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about me

software engineer

hello! i'm alina. i'm a junior at waterloo studying computer science.

a fun fact about me is that i got to play basketball at the chase center (nba court, home of the golden state warriors) as part of a charity game. once in a lifetime experience to have something in common with my goat steph curry!

current courses

sports economics

hobbies

piano
basketball
cook (eat)
photography
video games
cars
poker

experience

internships & fellowships

passionate about everything ml, data, and quant.

quantitative developer intern

sep 2026 - dec 2026 · new york, new york citadel.com

citadel

incoming fall 2026!

software engineer intern

jun 2026 - aug 2026 · new york, new york citadelsecurities.com

citadel securities

incoming summer 2026!

software engineer intern

jan 2026 - apr 2026 · chicago, illinois optiver.com

optiver

research platform stuff for delta one (+databricks)

python
rust

software engineer intern

jun 2025 - sep 2025 · cupertino, california apple.com

apple

saved double-digit millions USD for icloud storage and presented project to VP

python
sql

insight program

aug 2025 · new york city, new york janestreet.com

jane street

1 of 24 students selected to ride camels for a week

ocaml

software engineer intern

may 2024 - aug 2024 · sunnyvale, california uber.com

uber

rode a lot of ubers and ordered a lot of uber eats

python
javascript

engineering fellow

may 2024 - aug 2024 · san francisco, california 8vc.com

8vc

1 of 30 in north america invited to explore venture capital and startup building

software engineer intern

jan 2024 - may 2024 · vancouver, british columbia microsoft.com

microsoft

played a lot of xbox

c++
python
.net

contact

say hi

discord

github