Hello! I'm Leila, a full-stack engineer with a focus on AI-powered solutions. I enjoy building intelligent, data-driven systems that personalize user experience and drive business growth.
RAG-based chatbot powered by Groq, Llama, HuggingFace, Pinecone, Python, FastAPI, LangChain + LangSmith
Recent Projects
Sci-Guard: Saving science one word at a time with GenAI ✨
I developed this free AI tool that scans grant proposals for banned words and rewrites sentences using OpenAI's GPT-4.1-mini.
- Python
- FastAPI
- ntlk
- spaCy
- GPT-4.1-mini
- OpenAI
- Hugging Face
- Docker
- AWS
- React
Stash Money Coach
Brought AI-powered Money Coach to life on web. Fine-tuned GPT agents provide personalized financial advice.
- OpenAI
- Python
- FastAPI
- HTTP Streaming
- React
- Vite
- TypeScript
- A/B Test
Versatile Event Hubs
Developed a unified BFF API and UI to support event hubs for 25+ sports.
- Node.js
- Nest.js
- BFF
- SSR
- A/B Test
- Server Driven UI
- Storybook
- TypeScript
- Jest
- Cypress
Athlete Profiles
Built full stack pipeline for ingesting & displaying sport data on expertly crafted athlete profiles.
- TypeScript
- SEO
- Node.js
- Nest.js
- Firestore
- NoSQL
- Storybook
- SSR
- Redis
- CDN
- A/B Test
- Jest
Flight Tracker
Developed Flight Tracker, the most feature and data rich application for globally tracking and managing private jets.
- Geological Mapping
- MapBox
- Geometry
- Typescript
- SaaS
- Data Feeds
- Map Projection
Payment Processing
I worked on an agile team to deliver a more flexible payment processing platform to a luxury travel company.
- JavaScript
- ASP.NET Web Api
- SQL
- Agile Scrum
- Git
My skills
- TypeScript
- Nest.js
- Git
- Python
- FastAPI
- OpenAI
- Ollama
- Hugging Face
- Transformers
- GenAI
- LangChain
- RAG
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- Next.js
- React
- Vite
- Redux
- Node.js
- A/B Testing
- Segment
- Mixpanel
- Analytics
- Terraform
- Docker
- CI/CD
- Jest
- Playwright
- Cypress
- Supertest
- NoSQL
- SQL
- Postgres
- Redis
- Firebase
- API Design
- Http Streaming
- C#
- Performance
- Caching
- Discoverability
- Monitoring & Alerting
- DX
- AWS
- GCP
My experience
Enrolled in Purdue University's Applied Generative AI Program
Gaining foundational knowledge of Transformer Architecture, LLMs, RAG, and the use cases for each in order innovate. Creating projects with Hugging Face transformers, Open AI GPTs, Ollama, and cloud-hosted services + vector databases.
March 2025 - July 2025Senior Software Engineer IV at Stash
New York, NY
Currently building the future of finance for everyday people with the help of our robust AI system!
2024 - PresentDev Lead
Orlando, FL
As the cross-team dev lead at FloSports, I led all major initiatives for four years! I upskilled in Performance & Observability.
2019 - 2024My Consulting Business
Melbourne, FL
I ran my own consulting business for a few years. My clients ranged from the Department of Energy to hardware startups.
2018-2019Senior Software Engineer
Melbourne, FL
My first official senior role was at Satcom Direct building full stack aviation software. I LOVED working with geospatial data and building map features!
2015 - 2018Consulting in Colorado
Denver, CO
I worked full time for a small software consulting company called Aspenware. We shipped as an agile scrum team to solve problems at various companies. Besides all the cool tech, I learned how to set customer expectations & deliver on time.
2012 - 2015Graduate Degree from FIT
Denver, CO
I earned a graduate degree from the College of Engineering while working full-time.
2009 - 2012My First Job
Satellite Beach, FL
Began my professional journey as an Application Developer on a secret 🤫 government contract. I worked mainly with relational databases and server-driven web applications.
2007 - 2012University of Florida 🐊
Gainesville, FL
Go Gators! As a student, I rebuilt my college's science library and worked at the Digital Library Center using technology to bring old stories to life.
2003 - 2007
