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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.

Recently

  • 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

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.

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.

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.

Teaching Assistant & Section Lead

WashU · Data Structures & Algorithms

Jan 2026 - Present

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

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.

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 & Web Developer

AmeriBakes

Feb 2024 - May 2025

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

WashU PointSwap marketplace: a list-your-points form beside a grid of point listings with prices
the marketplace, live
No. 01 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.

# a small, isolated metric
$ curl -X POST :8080/api/v1/change-requests \
    -H 'Idempotency-Key: demo-1' \
    -d @metric-49992.json
202 Accepted  state SUBMITTED

$ curl :8080/api/v1/change-requests/<id>
  riskTier   LOW
  state      AUTO_APPROVED → APPLIED  # <1s

# metric 1, the biggest hub in the graph
$ curl -X POST … -d @metric-1.json
  blast      49,999 downstream metrics
  riskTier   HIGH
  approvals  OWNER → STEWARD → RISK_COMMITTEE

$ curl …/<id>/audit/verify
  { "valid": true }  # hash chain intact
$ 
a change request, end to end
No. 02 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.

Crumb Explore screen with a paste-a-recipe-link card and trending bakes Crumb Hands-Free Kitchen Mode screen listing voice commands: next, back, read, stop Crumb Community screen with a weekly sourdough challenge and a feed of bakes
explore, kitchen mode, community
No. 03 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.

more from the drawer

EarlyBird internship feed: a count of new roles from the last two days, filters, and a list of fresh postings
the internship feed, live
No. 04 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.

TrackLC dashboard: solved counts, streak, review queue and a Blind 75 problem list with confidence stars
the dashboard and the Blind 75 list
No. 05 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. 06 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. 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, see my resume for the full list!

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.