Yahya Ozay

Yahya Ozay

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About

About me.

I am a Computer Science student at the University of Houston with experience in software engineering, applied AI, and product-focused development. I enjoy building fast, practical systems that solve real problems and feel polished for users. My work so far has ranged from startup engineering and research to full-stack product builds, and I am especially interested in roles where I can contribute across frontend, backend, and intelligent systems.

Experience

Experience and education.

Software Developer Intern

HCSS

Jan 2026 - Present

Software Engineer Intern

Pearson Labs (YC F24)

June 2025 - Aug 2025
  • Built AI-powered dataroom features with TypeScript, FastAPI, Pinecone, Supabase, and GPT-4o.
  • Contributed across backend and frontend product tickets in a startup environment using Linear and feature PRs.
  • Improved document ingestion and retrieval flows for early-stage users with production-focused engineering work.

AI Research Assistant

University of Houston, Systems and Simulation Lab

May 2025 - Dec 2025
  • Fine-tuned a 7B Mistral model on 1M tokens with Hugging Face and LoRA.
  • Reduced average query latency from 850 ms to 65 ms and built a ChromaDB-backed RAG service.
  • Shipped a React interface for retrieval context and model confidence visualization.

Software Engineer Resident

Headstarter AI

Nov 2024 - Apr 2025
  • Built 14+ ML and full-stack projects in a rapid execution environment.
  • Worked across neural networks, cloud deployment, and product shipping with AWS and Vercel.
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Education

M.S. in Computer Science

Georgia Institute of Technology

Expected May 2029
UH

Education

B.S. in Computer Science

University of Houston

Honors College · Minor in Data and Society

Expected May 2026

Skills

Core technologies I use.

Languages

TypeScriptPythonSQLJavaScriptC++JavaC#

Frameworks

Next.jsReactNode.js.NETFastAPIPrismaTailwind CSSPyTorchTensorFlow

AI Stack

RAG pipelinesLoRA / QLoRAPineconeChromaDBEvaluation and prompting

Tools

SupabaseAWSAzureDockerGitHub ActionsVercelPostmanFigma

Projects

Selected projects.

PowerPulse

Built an AI energy coach that forecasts household usage from IoT and weather data, then turns those predictions into practical recommendations through a natural-language assistant.

Projected household energy cost reductions of up to 10% with 24-hour usage forecasting and a Gemini-powered coaching experience. Oct 2025.

Live demoSource
Next.jsFastAPITailwind CSSGoogle Gemini APIPython

AI Document QA Platform

Built a document intelligence product that ingests PDFs, extracts structured content, stores embeddings, and returns grounded answers with citations.

Indexed 50K+ vectors and delivered GPT-4o responses in under 1 second.

Live demoSource
PythonFastAPINext.jsSupabasePineconeOpenAI

Real-Time Air Traffic Safety Dashboard

Created a streaming dashboard that consumes live flight data, detects hazards, and visualizes alerts through a responsive operational UI.

Ran at an 80 ms update rate and placed 3rd at the HP Create & Innovate Hackathon.

Live demoSource
TypeScriptNode.jsWebSocketsMongoDBNext.js

PopReel

Engineered a short-form video platform with authentication, uploads, feed interactions, and a modern mobile-first interface.

Shipped a complete social app workflow using Clerk, Prisma, PostgreSQL, and AWS S3.

Live demoSource
Next.jsTypeScriptPrismaPostgreSQLAWS S3Clerk

Contact

Let's connect.

I am looking for software engineering and applied AI opportunities where I can ship products, learn quickly, and work with people who care about quality.

Contact me
GitHubgithub.com/yaozayLinkedInlinkedin.com/in/yahyaozay