Software engineer obsessed with building full-stack systems, AI-driven applications, and products that bridge ideas and reality.

I study Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence at Carnegie Mellon University.

Projects

Dream Scope

AI platform that tries to make sense of the weirdest thing humans produce: their dreams.

AWS ECS, NestJS, BullMQ, Redis, PostgreSQL, OpenAI GPT, React

AI Translator Service

Bolted an LLM-powered translation microservice onto a live forum and made language barriers someone else's problem.

Node.js, MongoDB, Flask, Azure, GitHub Actions, JavaScript

Precinct

Engineered a full-stack crime database with 100% test coverage.

Ruby on Rails, React, SQLite, REST API, Token Auth

Tech Notes

A digital garden where half-baked ideas somehow become polished technical guides.

MkDocs, Markdown, GitHub Pages, Python

Experience

Software Engineer Intern @ GameChanger by Dick's Sporting Goods

Developed full-stack tools to evaluate computer vision models for real-world sports analytics.

GameChanger by Dick's Sporting Goods

Full Stack Developer @ Scotty Labs

Built tools for CMU students, engineering APIs, data models, and systems that actually scale.

Scotty Labs

Research Assistant @ CMU Statistics and Data Science Department

Engineered data pipelines to standardize and reconcile a 65K+ NSF dataset.

CMU Statistics and Data Science Department

Business Strategy Intern @ Jaguar Land Rover

Dissected China's EV battery economy and rebuilt it into insights that drove real decisions.

Jaguar Land Rover

About

Hi, I'm Amanda, a builder at heart, currently studying Information Systems and AI at Carnegie Mellon.

I love working across the full stack, from spinning up distributed backends to crafting clean UIs that feel just right. I'm especially drawn to AI-powered products that make complex things feel simple and magical.

Outside of code, I'm usually exploring a new city, hunting down the best coffee, reading about art history, or writing short stories. I believe the best engineers are also curious humans.

Amanda Lu