RESUME
ANDRE ATHARI
QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIST
SUMMER 2025GOLDMAN SACHS
WILL FIND OUT SOON...
IN FOCUS FELLOW
JANUARY 2025 - JANUARY 2025JANE STREET
DEVELOPED A SNAKE GAME IN OCAML WITH CUSTOM GRAPHICS AND AN AUTONOMOUS ALGORITHM THAT COMPLETES THE GAME WITH 100% SUCCESS. PARTICIPATED IN THE ELECTRONIC TRADING CHALLENGE, DESIGNING MARKET-MAKING AND ARBITRAGE STRATEGIES THAT ACHIEVED 20% PROFITABILITY WHILE BUILDING A ROBUST TRADER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR REAL-TIME POSITION MANAGEMENT AND FAIR PRICING.
PROJECT MANAGER
FALL 2024 - SPRING 2025SPOTIFY MAP
DEVELOPED AN APP TO ENHANCE SPOTIFY'S SOCIAL FEATURES BY PROCESSING 100+ REQUESTS PER USER TO GENERATE PLAYLIST ANALYTICS. IMPLEMENTED ANNOY TO CLUSTER VECTORS BASED ON PLAYLIST CO-OCCURRENCE, BOOSTING QUERY PERFORMANCE BY 40%. LED A 6-PERSON BACKEND TEAM AND OPTIMIZED OAUTH2 REQUESTS TO SPOTIFY’S API, REDUCING RESPONSE TIME SIGNIFICANTLY.
PROJECT MANAGER
FALL 2023 - SPRING 2024NOTES W/ CANVAS
DEVELOPED A TIME-MANAGEMENT APP USING THE CANVAS API TO HELP STUDENTS EFFICIENTLY SCHEDULE STUDY AND HOMEWORK TIMES. LED A 9-PERSON BACKEND TEAM, DESIGNING THE DATABASE SCHEMA AND DEVELOPING A ROBUST REST API ARCHITECTURE. CONDUCTED SURVEYS WITH 50 STUDENTS AND IMPLEMENTED 3 NEW FEATURES THAT BOOSTED USER SATISFACTION.
LECTURE ASSISTANT
MARCH 2024A FULL-STACK MOBILE APP THAT USES OPENCV AND EMOTION RECOGNITION MODELS TO ANALYZE STUDENT ATTENTIVENESS IN REAL TIME WITH HIGH ACCURACY AND EFFICIENCY.
LEASES.LOL
FEBRUARY 2025AN ANONYMOUS PLATFORM FOR USERS TO SHARE AND VIEW CAR LEASE/FINANCING RATES TO PROMOTE PRICE TRANSPARENCY AND ELIMINATE OVERPRICING
PEN2PAD
APRIL 2025A WEB APP WHERE USERS CAN TURN TWO-DIMENSIONAL DRAWINGS INTO A 3D PRINTABLE FILEFORMAT
VR CLASSROOM
MARCH 2025A VR-APP WHERE USERS CAN WATCH LECTURE VIDEOS AND ENGAGE IN VOICE-TO-VOICE CONVERSATIONS WITH AN AI AGENT.
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SEPTEMBER 2024AN APP TO GENERATE A DIFFICULTY SCORE FOR ANY CLASS AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY WHICH IS CALCULATED THROUGH GRADE DISTRIBUTIONS, AND LEVERAGING NLP ON REDDIT COMMENTS.