Ruben Arevalo

• Design and maintain a vehicle maintenance program to track upcoming jobs and streamline gas receipt management, improving organization by ~5-10%. • Coordinated with a team of 3 to develop a Python prototype that improves inventory quantity tracking. • Mentored 2+ new software developers, providing guidance, insights, and tips to improve team productivity and the development process.

• Architected and implemented new features for a proprietary client software project, enhancing performance, functionality, and scalability. • Coordinate with the senior software developer on multiple client projects, ensuring detail accuracy, tracking issues, and resolving bugs. • Design, collaborate on, and manage social media content for Del Valle Pest Control and other clients to optimize reach and user engagement.

• Built and deployed 5 AI projects using React, Next.js, Firebase, Clerk, and Vercel, incorporating CI/CD pipelines to catch regressions that improved system reliability. • Led a team of 3 to build and deploy a SaaS product that generates flashcards from a given topic using the OpenAI API, giving users the option to instantly generate a study plan. • Implemented a RAG-based information retrieval system with a team of 3 using the OpenAI API and Pinecone, improving response accuracy based on a customized dataset.

• Guided 20-25 customers/week on average with product questions or related concerns. • Restocked sold out products in respective bays to maintain inventory levels. • Displayed products in the promotional section of the store to help drive sales.

• Organized merchandise in the storeroom, reducing retrieval and delivery times by an estimated 1-3 minutes per product, varying based on the quantity retrieved. • Enhanced customer experience by cleaning store sections to ensure a presentable environment. • Faced products behind the shelves to the front and rearranged misplaced products to correct bays and aisles.

• Supervised children and adults using the trampoline park to ensure and uphold safety practices. • Cleaned tables and seats to maintain sanitary conditions and allow for a better customer experience. • Took out and picked up trash that was left on the floor or on the tables to maintain cleanliness of the premises.

I graduated from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in May 2023 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering.

I graduated from Achieve Early College High School in May 2019 -- two weeks after I have graduated from South Texas College with an associate's degree in computer science.

I graduated from South Texas College with an associate's degree in computer science in May 2019, which is around the same time I graduated from high school.