Hey! I'm Robert

Currently, I'm diving deep into databases with database internals by alex petrov :)

Overall, I'm interested in distributed systems(!!), cloud-native applications, databases, networks, and infrastructure. Let's chat!

Computer Science student at The University of Texas at Austin, graduating in May 2027.

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Experience

Incoming Software Engineer Intern

Fall 2026

NVIDIA

Returning as a Software Engineer Intern on DGX Cloud.

Incoming Software Engineer Intern

Summer 2026

Figma

Incoming Infrastructure intern in Summer 2026

Software Engineer Intern

Fall 2026

NVIDIA

DGX Cloud Data Platform: Developed object storage infrastructure tooling for exabyte-scale ML workloads, including a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, HuggingFace Storage Provider serving 35,000+ requests in first 90 days across 500+ jobs enhancing support for dataset/model training and sharing, & Web UI for Nvidia’s Multi-Storage Client, a unified interface for dataset access across cloud service providers.

Software Engineer Intern

Summer 2025

Slack

Core Infrastructure, Realtime Services (RTS): Implemented a globally distributed & fault-tolerant service discovery evaluation service from the ground up to provide insights on migration strategy for Slack’s real-time messaging infrastructure supporting 28M+ DAU.

Software Engineer Fellow

Summer + Fall 2025

Netflix x Formation

1 of 40 admitted to 7-month fellowship providing 1:1 mentorship with Netflix Engineers through DSA & System Design

Software Engineer Intern

Summer 2024

Intuit (Mailchimp)

First Time Use - Guide Me: Led full-cycle & cross-functional development of a revamped contact import experience resulting in a 57% increase in integrations from 15,000+ e-commerce Mailchimp users

Software Engineer Intern

Summer 2023

SQOR Technologies Inc.

Spearheaded OAuth integration with Meta & GitHub