[01] ai / ml engineer
- ○placed 3rd of 110+ teams fine-tuning qwen3-4b, 0.123 → 0.802 accuracy
- ○built a langchain + mcp ai agent, -40% cost, +40% conversion
- ○causal inference research: medi-cal enrollment & crime
[02] full-stack developer & product manager
- ○react/typescript dashboard, blue shield of california
- ○zenpower saas features, +25% users, 10x roi pipeline
- ○react/java internship at intellinum
[03] data scientist & researcher
- ○shiny dashboards over 10,000+ rows, 976 features
- ○800k+ record pipeline, fairness eval, -13% mae
- ○stationarity testing & granger causality, faculty-advised
[04] community & program lead
- ○directed dataHacks — $70k+ raised, 400+ students
- ○gendigital academy, 6,000+ learners reached
- ○misi gizi head/president, ~$9,500 raised
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central park, nyc (2025)
Hi! I'm Varick.
I'm a builder at the intersection of software, data, and design — drawn to problems that need all three. Currently at Blue Shield of California Foundation as a Software Developer Intern, and finishing up my Data Science degree at UC San Diego.
Outside of work I'm usually reading, snowboarding somewhere with actual snow, or eating my way through a new city. I care a lot about craft, whether that's a clean data pipeline, a well-timed animation, or a really good bowl of katsu.
I enjoy eating, burning calories, snowboarding, talking, and reading!
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Work
Software Developer Intern (Incoming)
·Blue Shield of California FoundationPublic opinion data project for Blue Shield of California Foundation.
Data Scientist Intern
·ZenPowerBuilt a direct mail automation pipeline integrating Supabase with Postalytics, generating a 10x return on marketing spend. Improved PermitIQ SaaS features using React.js and TypeScript, contributing to 25% user growth through product enhancements and workflow optimization.
Student Programmer
·UC San Diego — School of Global Policy & StrategyBuilding interactive dashboards for 10,000+ rows and 976 features of California Violence Experiences Survey (CalVEX) data from 2020–2025 using R and Shiny. Optimizing data pipelines in Python and presenting findings to policy stakeholders.
Undergraduate Researcher
·UC San Diego — Halicioglu Data Science InstituteApplied stationarity testing, VAR modeling, and Granger causality tests under Prof. Ben Smarr and Conan Minihan, finding a negative relationship between Medi-Cal enrollment and violent crime at a 6-month lag. Presented at the HDSI Undergraduate Research poster presentation.
AI Engineer Intern
·QuantumByteEngineered an AI graphic design agent using LangChain, LangGraph, and the MCP framework, reducing operational costs by 40%. Developed RAG-driven design pipelines in Python, enhancing lead conversion by 40% and user satisfaction by 30% through prompt engineering and workflow customization.
Awards
CSE 151B · UCSD
2026
3rd Place — QwenMath Fine-Tuning Competition
Ranked 3rd of 110+ teams, 300 students, and 989 submissions. Fine-tuned Qwen3-4B using QLoRA, improving accuracy from 0.123 → 0.802.
University of California, San Diego
2022 – Present
Provost Honors
Awarded 8 consecutive quarters for academic excellence at UCSD.
Halicioglu Data Science Institute
2024
HDSI Scholarship Awardee
Merit-based scholarship recognizing outstanding performance in data science at UCSD.
ASEAN+ Youth Summit
2023
Biggest Digital Literacy Teaching Session in Indonesia
Recognized for growing GenDigital Academy's digital literacy reach to 6,000+ learners across Indonesia and ASEAN.
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