About Me

Software Engineer & Finance Student, building at the intersection of code and capital

Kasra Sedghi

A software engineer and business minded builder with a blend of technical depth and an entrepreneurial mindset. I care about solutions that solve real problems and hold up under real usage.

Iโ€™m double majoring in Computer Science and Finance, with a Data Science minor, at the University of Marylandโ€™s Interdisciplinary Business Honors College, splitting my time between shipping software, evaluating startups as a venture analyst, and learning what makes both durable.

Iโ€™m also part of the QUEST Honors Program, a three year track that runs alongside IBH and puts business, engineering, and computer science students on the same team to solve real problems for corporate partners. Between the two, most of my coursework happens in a group, on something a real company actually needed built.

Professional Experience

  1. Software Development Engineer Intern

    Amazon

    June 2026 to August 2026

    Spending the summer on Amazon's Alexa Shopping team, building a feature that lets people share what they find with an AI shopping assistant.

    • Built a share feature for Alexa's AI shopping assistant, used across an audience of hundreds of millions of people.
    • Made the experience feel instant by caching what people were searching for, so shared links open right where the other person left off.
    • Looked at how people actually used the feature after it shipped, to help the team understand what was working and what wasn't.
  2. AI Engineer Intern

    Maryland Tech Ventures

    January 2026 to Present

    Building AI tools for the University of Maryland's startup accelerator, helping mentors get through mountains of pitch decks and interview notes faster.

    • Built a system that automatically reads through thousands of slides, interview notes, and research logs, so mentors don't have to review everything by hand.
    • Used AI language models to pull useful insight out of messy customer interviews and spreadsheets.
    • Created a way to automatically score how strong a startup's customer research is, cutting manual review time way down.
  3. IT Support Technician

    Terrapin Tech, University of Maryland

    September 2025 to Present

    Help students and staff across campus fix everyday tech problems, from Wi-Fi and login issues to broken laptops.

    • Solve dozens of tech support tickets every week, covering Wi-Fi, two factor login, and hardware issues.
    • Work with a small team to track and close tickets, and write down fixes so the next person can solve similar problems faster.
    • Untangle common software and hardware conflicts that knock people off the university network.
  4. Project Manager & SDET Intern

    BizBuzz

    October 2024 to August 2025

    Managed testing and training for a small marketing app startup, making sure both the software and the people using it worked well.

    • Trained a small team of virtual assistants to use the app more effectively.
    • Wrote simple guides that helped over a thousand users troubleshoot the app on their own.
    • Ran regular tests and organized incoming bug reports, cutting the number of reported problems by a quarter.
    • Reported weekly on bug trends and code quality so the engineering team could prioritize better.
  5. Business Operations Manager

    The Red Bean

    January 2023 to August 2025

    Ran the day to day business side of a local coffee shop, from ordering supplies to marketing.

    • Grew revenue thirty percent in a year by cutting costs and adding new menu items that actually sold.
    • Handled inventory, vendors, staffing, and the books, which improved cash flow and profitability.
    • Built the shop's social media following past three thousand followers, including a video ad that played in a hotel lobby.

Education

University of Maryland, College Park

B.S. Computer Science, B.S. Finance, Minor in Data Science

Expected May 2029

Interdisciplinary Business Honors College

Double majoring in Computer Science and Finance with a Data Science minor, through the Interdisciplinary Business Honors College and the QUEST Honors Program, which pairs business, engineering, and computer science students on real projects for corporate partners.

Activities & Affiliations

QUEST Honors Program

Honors Student

Expected 2027 to 2029

A selective honors program where small teams of business, engineering, and computer science students take on real consulting projects for companies, studying how a process works and handing back recommendations the company can act on.

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Dingman Venture Capitalist Group

Junior Analyst

October 2025 to Present

Helping design and run a $140,000 fund that invests in student startups at Maryland, from finding companies to deciding who gets funded, including how applications get scored.

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Management Leadership for Tomorrow

Ascend Program Scholar

August 2025 to Present

An eleven month program for first generation college students that pairs me with a coach and a network of professionals to help me grow.

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Hack4Impact

Software Engineering Member

September 2025 to Present

Picked from the top eight percent of applicants for a technical bootcamp, now building real full stack apps for local nonprofits with a small developer team.

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Startup Shell

Member

October 2025 to Present

A student run startup incubator where I go to idea sessions and help other students shape their own companies.

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Skills & Technologies

Languages

JavaPythonTypeScriptJavaScriptSQL

Frameworks & Data

ReactNext.jsPandasNumPyLangChainStreamlitPyTorch

Platforms & Tools

AWSSupabaseGitIntelliJTableauExcelClaude CodeAnthropic Claude APIOpenAI API

Spoken Languages

English (Fluent)Farsi (Fluent)

Certifications

  • AWS Cloud Practitioner
  • CodePath Technical Interview Prep
  • CodePath Web101: Web Development
  • Anthropic: Claude101 & AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations

Awards & Recognition

๐Ÿ† Amazon Future Engineer๐Ÿ† Central Maryland Chapter STEM Freedom Scholar๐Ÿ† Maryland Senatorial Scholar๐Ÿ† Maryland Delegate Scholar๐Ÿ† WSSC Robert G. Memorial Scholar