Hi, I'm Maheen
Harvard Master's student in Edtech, who finished a BA in Computer Science + Data Science at NYU in 3 years. Winner of the Brown University Hackathon 2025 and Top 5 at the NVIDIA x Vercel Hackathon 2025. I love building agentic workflows and making technology that helps people learn better—especially those who tend to go quiet when they feel behind.
Graduate Research Engineer
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Present · Cambridge, MA
Graduate research engineering at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Backend Developer
Human Flourishing Program at Harvard
Present · Cambridge, MA
Backend development for the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard.
Software Engineer
Zencube
Present (Part-time)
Software engineering on a physical mental health device.
Where I've Built
Data Engineering Intern
Lexor Strategies
New York, NY
Built end-to-end data pipelines using Supabase and SQL to automate client reporting workflows for real-estate and marketing teams, cutting delivery time from ~2 days to same-day. Designed and deployed ETL automation scripts in Python that improved data processing speed by ~100% and reduced manual errors in deliverables. Eliminated 20+ hours/week of manual data work by engineering LLM-powered automation tools (Claude Cowork) to handle repetitive data extraction and formatting tasks.
Teaching Assistant
City Tech College
New York, NY
Instructed 50+ students on AI/ML fundamentals funded by the Tsai Social Justice Fund. Facilitated coding labs across 10 intensive sessions, maintaining consistent participation and positive evaluations. Presented student projects (natural language processing, computer vision) for nonprofit leaders.
Fullstack Developer
Simply Friendly, Inc.
New York, NY
Increased relevance of student club recommendations by analyzing 5,000+ interaction records on an AI-driven matchmaking platform built with Next.js, React Native, and AWS Amplify. Boosted real-time engagement across student organizations by implementing WebSocket chat for 100+ beta users, reliably supporting 30+ concurrent testers without downtime.
Software Engineering Intern
Passengers United
New York, NY
Designing a React Native app to enhance safety and provide convenience for NYC public transit users. Aggregating live traffic and safety updates from the MTA and crowd-sourced data into a real-time delays dashboard.
Software Developer
Buildspace
Remote
Developed a neural network model from scratch (no TensorFlow or PyTorch) using NumPy to classify handwritten digits from the MNIST dataset, achieving 85% accuracy. Preprocessed and normalized dataset of 60,000 training images and 10,000 testing images with pandas. Implemented ReLU and softmax activation functions and fine-tuned hyperparameters to optimize model performance.
Web Development and Graphic Design Intern
Verste
Developed infographics and flyers to increase interaction on social media for a non-profit. Collaborated with team to edit and draft website in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Simplified over 15 research articles for website content.
Leading
Co-President
HGSE Venture Capital & Entrepreneurship Club
Present
Starting the school's own student venture fund, and hosting founder and investor networking events for 80+ people.
Organization Director
iCreate (Harvard)
Present
Bringing influencers, celebrities, and speakers to give talks at Harvard.
Head Developer
Google Developer Group
Sep 2025 - Present
Leading a team of 5 to build an NFL outcome prediction app, engineering data pipelines to ingest and transform historical game stats via public APIs into BigQuery for downstream model training. Built Python ETL scripts to clean and aggregate player and team metrics across 10+ seasons, enabling feature engineering for an XGBoost classification model with real-time prediction output.
Mentor
Tech @ NYU
Sep 2024 - May 2025
Mentored 30+ students on SWE fundamentals and Git workflows through weekly office hours, increasing attendance by ~50% over the academic year. Led an introductory SQL workshop covering query writing, data filtering, and aggregation fundamentals for students with no prior database experience.
🏆Hackathon Wins
Realtime AI Debate Platform
WINNERBrown University Hackathon 2025
Built a Vite-based AI debate platform that used OpenAI GPT to analyze arguments, select winners, and stream real-time feedback via MongoDB. Implemented custom Express.js routes to handle livestreams transcribing debates.
Story Generation Web App
TOP 5NVIDIA x Vercel Hackathon 2025
Built a Next.js 15 story-generation app with React 19 and Tailwind UI to create personalized children's comics from user prompts. Orchestrated multi-step AI pipelines using NVIDIA NIM VLMs (Llama 3.3, Consistency NIM), with TypeScript APIs and image-validation middleware for robust error handling.
Projects
Aurangzeb — E-Commerce Website
Developed an interactive online storefront with Next.js, using PostgreSQL and Prisma for database management to handle product listings, secure order workflows through Webhook endpoints, and payment processing with Stripe. Integrated React-Three-Fiber for 3D apparel previews and built a comprehensive admin dashboard styled with Tailwind CSS to streamline product drops and inventory customization.
Kalendar
Developed an app with Next.js using Postgres Realtime features to create a unique calendar experience for friends. Generated high demand with a 50-person waitlist due to popularity.
Inventory Manager Web App
Built a web application for managing pantry and storage items using Next.js and Majuro UI components, incorporating full CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) functionalities to enhance inventory management. Integrated Firebase for real-time data synchronization and persistent local caching with Firestore, ensuring reliable performance and offline accessibility.
AI Chatbot
Developed an AI chatbot integrated with OpenAI's GPT-4, implementing system prompts for clear and respectful user interactions and accurate answers.
Learning Design Work
I also spend a lot of time thinking about how people learn—especially students who disengage quietly. My learning design portfolio explores feedback loops, psychological safety, and practice environments that make revision feel normal.
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