William Leung
Computer Science Student at Cornell University [cite: 4]
An aspiring software engineer passionate about solving real-world problems by crafting performant, user-friendly applications that blend technology and creativity.
Work Experience
Development Manager · SeaBridge Sustainability
- Architected an enterprise RAG platform on AWS for ESG data processing[cite: 18].
- Shipped AI agents that automated 85% of manual ESG workflows, cutting report generation time by 90% (from weeks to days)[cite: 19].
AWS BedrockLangGraphFastAPIMongoDBRAG
Software Engineering Intern · NetApp
- Engineered a fully AWS S3 compliant API (GetObjectAttributes) in C++ for the ONTAP storage system, supporting 25K+ concurrent requests for 10K enterprise clients[cite: 23].
- Delivered production-ready code with 97% test coverage across 70+ tests, achieving a zero-defect release[cite: 24].
C++AWS S3Distributed SystemsAPI Design
Head Teaching Assistant · Cornell University, Analysis of Algorithms
Ensured fair and consistent grading for a 400+ person class by coordinating a team of 14 graders[cite: 27].
LeadershipEducationGrading
Frontend Developer Team Lead · Global Business Consulting Services
- Led a cross-functional team of 7 engineers through Agile sprints, delivering 9 major feature releases on schedule[cite: 32].
- Delivered a real-time fleet management app tracking 2K+ vehicles with 99.9% uptime[cite: 30].
- Implemented a CI/CD pipeline, accelerating feature delivery by 20%[cite: 31].
ReactJSTypeScriptAgileCI/CDTeam Leadership
Key Projects
Tree of Thoughts (ToT) LLM Framework Enhancement · Personal Project
- Enhanced an LLM reasoning framework by integrating a custom reinforcement learning component in PyTorch.
- Reduced API costs by 100x and latency by 75% while maintaining 92% accuracy on math reasoning tasks[cite: 36].
PyTorchReinforcement LearningLLMAPI Cost Reduction
UpStyle: AI Outfit Recommender · Personal Project
- Built an end-to-end ML pipeline, scraping 30K+ fashion items from 7 e-commerce sites[cite: 38].
- Fine-tuned a sentence transformer, allowing users to search with natural language to get outfit recommendations[cite: 38].
ML PipelineWeb ScrapingSentence TransformersFine-tuning
Data Team Lead, GeoData Project · Cornell University
- Deployed a computer vision pipeline processing 70K+ BirdCam frames daily using YOLO[cite: 41].
- Built ML models to predict harmful algal blooms with 85% accuracy[cite: 42].
- Created a visualization that identified 15% potential energy savings on campus[cite: 43].
Computer VisionYOLODynamoDBPoisson RegressionNeural Networks
Education
Cornell University [cite: 4]
Expected Dec 2026 [cite: 5]
M.Eng. in Computer Science [cite: 5]
B.A. in Computer Science, GPA 4.0 [cite: 6]
Minors in AI and Data Science [cite: 6]
Technical Skills
ML/AI
PyTorchTensorFlowscikit-learnLangChainYOLO
Languages
PythonC++JavaTypeScriptSQLR
Cloud & Data
AWSGCPDockerPostgreSQLMongoDBVector DBs
Beyond the Code
Long distance running Pickleball Language learning Cognitive science Creative writing