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Steven Mai

B.S. Computer Engineering — Georgia Institute of Technology

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology | B.S. Computer Engineering

Expected: December 2027

Relevant coursework

  • Database Systems
  • Data Structures and Algorithms
  • Software Engineering Principles
  • Programming HW/SW Systems
  • Circuit Analysis
  • Differential Equations

Skills

Languages: Javascript, Typescript, Python, Java, C, C++, SQL, HTML/CSS, RISC-V

Tools/Databases: MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Firebase, Supabase, AWS S3, Vercel, Docker, Git, CI/CD

Libraries/Frameworks: React, Node.js, Express, Flask, FastAPI, TailwindCSS, JUnit, REST APIs

Experience

Technical Project Manager | GT Web Dev

Jan 2026 – Present

  • Led a 9-engineer team using pod-based sprints and CI/CD automation to launch a campus event platform, driving 60% weekly engagement across 150+ beta users.
  • Architected a Next.js/Django platform with JWT auth and 10+ REST endpoints, supporting 300+ live events.
  • Integrated PostgreSQL for robust data modeling to reduce API response times by 40%, ensuring platform stability.

Data Science Research Assistant | GT VIP

Jan 2026 – Present

  • Built Python scripts to automate pre-processing and labeling of 40+ hours of human and AI voice data.
  • Developed pipelines to extract pitch, cadence, and spectral data for large-scale emotional tonality analysis.
  • Implemented statistical workflows to quantify recognition accuracy between human and AI-generated voices.

Software Development Research Assistant | Clayton State University

Jan 2024 – May 2024

  • Designed and implemented a photon-based hardware random number generator to communicate with optical hardware, enabling automated data acquisition and statistical entropy validation.
  • Built a Python-based data processing pipeline to analyze 1,000+ photon samples, improving validation accuracy by 25% and reducing runtime by 15% through optimized data structures and batch processing.
  • Awarded 1st place at the Clayton State University 2024 CIMS Symposium.

Projects

Plot Armor | React, Typescript, TailwindCSS, Firebase, Groq LLM

  • Developed a Chrome extension with 100+ active users that censors spoilers on webpages using hybrid AI detection, achieving 92% spoiler detection accuracy through optimized NLP keyword matching and ML APIs.
  • Constructed popup interface processing 500+ daily interactions with real-time stats, user controls, and confidence thresholds improving user satisfaction by 40%.
  • Designed Firebase/Firestore backend managing 50,000+ records, and rate limiting maintaining 99.5% uptime.

SpendWise | Java, Android, Firebase, MVVM

  • Built a full-stack mobile application using Java and Android SDK with Firebase backend integration, featuring budget management, expense tracking, social savings circles with real-time chat, and an AI-powered financial Chatbot.
  • Implemented Firebase Authentication supporting 250+ registered users with session management. Integrated Firestore for real-time data, achieving 99.8% sync reliability and reducing data fetch latency by 40%.
  • Engineered using MVVM, implementing a Singleton Pattern for centralized Firebase and database managers to ensure consistent data access and reduce memory leaks by 25%.

HarmonyAPI | Python, Flask, React, Typescript, Groq LLM, PostgreSQL, Docker

  • Developed an AI-powered medical search platform processing 1,000+ queries during HackGT, enabling healthcare providers to retrieve results with 95% query accuracy and generate summaries 60% faster than manual research.
  • Integrated Groq LLM API to perform semantic search across healthcare datasets, reducing average response time to under 2 seconds and handling 50+ concurrent users while maintaining 99% uptime during the competition.
  • Delivered a full-stack solution in under 36 hours using TypeScript/React and Dockerized Flask/PostgreSQL, enabling 40% faster deployment and 5,000+ transactions.

Certifications & accomplishments

  • TheOdinProject: Foundations, Full-Stack Javascript, React
  • CodePath: Technical Interview Prep 101

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