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Grace Fu — CS & Business at WashU
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[ ABOUT ]

Hi, I'm Grace —

CS & Business @ Washington University in St. Louis · Class of 2028

Recruiting for SWE internships, Summer 2027

Research-trained, founder-tested. Here to build software where it matters.

Currently

  • SWE Intern @ World Wide Technology
  • SWE Intern @ OpsCompanion
  • Chapter President, Google Developers Group

Favorite tools

  • Python
  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Node.js
  • FastAPI
  • PostgreSQL
  • Docker
  • AWS

A story told in bloom

— engineer —

Software Engineer Intern

World Wide Technology

May 2026 — Aug 2026

Built “Ask Brett,” a RAG-optimized AI agent that cut troubleshooting latency 60% with custom audit APIs across 5+ enterprise workflows.

— shipper —

Software Engineer Intern

OpsCompanion

May 2026 — Aug 2026

Architected a local-first image PII redaction pipeline in Rust + Tauri, hitting 93% detection accuracy at ~400ms inference latency.

— researcher —

AI/ML Software Engineer Intern

Health XR (DentalTechup)

Sep 2025 — May 2026

Built a HIPAA-compliant pipeline turning 4,500+ dental visits into secure LLM training data.

— mentor —

Teaching Assistant & Section Lead

WashU — Data Structures & Algorithms

Jan 2026 — Present

Led 15+ graders for 200+ students; automated assignment distribution in Python.

— selected —

Technology Summit — 1 of 35 Nationally

Capital One

2026

Chosen from a national pool to build a C/C++ Arduino IoT sensor bridge in Node.js.

— leader —

Bank of America Student Leaders Intern

United Way of Greater St. Louis

May 2024 — Apr 2025

One of 300 chosen from 7,000+ applicants. Flew to D.C. Learned a lot.

— founder —

Founder & Web Developer

AmeriBakes

Feb 2024 — May 2025

Turned a baking obsession into $3,500 in revenue and 150+ happy customers.

No. 01 Backend

Redline

Metric change management 2026

Risk-scores changes to business metric definitions by walking their blast radius across a 50k-metric dependency graph. Low-risk edits auto-approve in under a second; riskier ones route through an approval chain.

No. 02 Web

WashU PointSwap

Campus marketplace 2026

Buy and sell MarketPoints — WashU's campus dining currency — across an 8,220-student campus, with 230+ students onboarded. Google OAuth scoped to @wustl.edu over a JWT-authenticated FastAPI backend.

No. 03 Web

EarlyBird

Real-time job aggregator 2026

Polls 1,300+ companies' applicant-tracking systems every 15 minutes, surfacing SWE, ML, and data roles days ahead of the community aggregators — plus an email-driven application tracker.

No. 04 Web

TrackLC

Spaced-repetition tracker 2026

Spaced repetition for the Blind 75, NeetCode 150, and company lists. Confidence ratings feed a review queue, with streak stats and a contribution heatmap over offline-first storage.

No. 05 Desktop

UniVerse

Academic workspace 2026

A local-first Electron study workspace for macOS with Canvas sync, a per-course knowledge base, and a source-grounded AI assistant. I redesigned its visual system, Grades, Calendar, and Study session.

No. 06 iOS

Crumb

Native iOS assistant 2025

A native baking assistant built around kitchen workflow friction — hands-free Kitchen Mode via the Speech framework and AVKit, plus a smart pantry algorithm on the Spoonacular API.

No. 07 Mobile

Planetopia

Gamified sustainability 2024

A gamified sustainability tracker with real-time Firebase state sync and a live eco-news feed aggregating 150+ articles. Presented at House of Code in Washington, D.C.

No. 08 Web

Bubble Cup

Recipe search 2023

A recipe translation and instant-search app covering 100+ drinks for a multilingual team, cutting lookup time by 90%.

No. 09 Web

BeMyValentine

Interactive scrapbook 2026

A digital scrapbook reimagining the Valentine's card — glassmorphism panels in a responsive bento grid, a heart cursor trail, and burst interactions. No framework at all.

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What's in

My Bag?

CS SKILLS

bag
Python
Java
Rust
TypeScript
C/C++
React
Next.js
Node.js
FastAPI
PyTorch
Git
Docker
PostgreSQL
AWS
GCP
Native iOS Dev
AI Agent Dev
REST APIs
Agile/Scrum
Prompt Engineering
languages
frameworks & libraries
tools & platforms
proficiencies
English (Native) · Spanish (Bilingual) · Mandarin (Bilingual/Distinguished)

psst — there's more in the side pocket: the full list lives on my résumé.

Six that meant the most.

  1. 01

    Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate

    Google / Coursera·2025

    8-course program: Python, Linux, SQL, SIEM & IDS tools.

  2. 02

    Full-Tuition Danforth Scholar

    Washington University in St. Louis·Class of 2028

    Full tuition merit scholarship.

  3. 03

    Congressional App Challenge — 1st Place

    U.S. House of Representatives·2024

    Presented at House of Code in Washington D.C.

  4. 04

    Google Developers Group — Chapter President

    WashU·2026

    Led DevFest WashU 2026: 100+ teams and $5k+ in sponsorships raised.

  5. 05

    Dean's List · 4.0 GPA

    Washington University in St. Louis·All Semesters

    Perfect 4.0 across CS & Business coursework.

  6. 06

    MIT Women's Technology Program

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology·Summer 2024

    Selective residential summer program in EE/CS.

Pink envelope with a handwritten note

and that's

a wrap.