Ho Sim

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Dec 2025 (Expected)

University of Central Florida

GPA: 3.8/4.0
Organization: KnightHacks Kickstart Mentor
Relevant Coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms, Computer Logic & Organization, Computer Architecture, Systems Software, Web & User Experience, Algorithms for Machine Learning

Amazon Web Services May 2025 - Jul 2025

Software Development Engineering Intern

Reduced service maintenance overhead by 75% by centralizing business logic from a no‑code decision‑tree ticketing framework into a Java AWS Lambda - S3 microservice.
Reduced customers’ time spent creating tickets by 50% by implementing support for multi-regional workflow.
Improved service maintainability by consolidating routing logic to an S3‑backed configuration store.

SRAM May 2024 - Apr 2025

Software Engineering Intern

Sped up development time by 70% by automating dev environment setup and system for running tests locally
Led the migration of custom SQL query builder module to Django ORM, improving service maintainability
Decreased pipeline duration by 50% by improving CI/CD pipeline conditions for rebuilding images

Center for Distributed Learning, UCF Apr 2024 - Sep 2024

Web Developer | Techranger

Cut deployment time by 80% by automating database initialization and container orchestration
Helped enhance LMS tool accessibility by researching implementations for math equations, videos, etc.

Wearable Engineering & Assistive Robotics Lab, UCF Oct 2023 – May 2024

Undergraduate Researcher

Led the full-stack development of a React Native app, gathering biometrics from a wearable device
Improved developer velocity by leveraging agile methodologies, code reviews, and documentation
Improved codebase maintainability by migrating to Expo Router and adding a custom native Bluetooth module

Review Summarizer TypeScript, Python, React.js, Flask, OpenAI, Semantic Kernel

Won 1st place in Microsoft & RBC’s challenge: “Use Generative AI to create better shopping experiences”
Improved response times by 1,200% with asynchronous request processing and response streaming
Engineered a resilient web scraper with rotating user agents to gather product reviews
Protected against AI hallucination by attaching source references to AI-summarized reviews

HandyDollars TypeScript, Next.js, Node.js, Azure AI Vision, OpenAI, Supabase, TailwindCSS

Secured 2nd place in Google’s challenge: “Empowering Learners with Technology” at ShellHacks 2023
Digitized physical receipts using Vision AI and linked them to bank transactions for added context
Built secure caches to eliminate redundant processing

Mapping for the Masses TypeScript, React, jest, Flask, pytest, QGIS

Developed a tool to automate various aspects of converting floor plans to the IMDF standard
Integrated headless QGIS into backend for GeoJSON processing, layer filtering, & venue size estimation
Reduced blueprint conversion time by 30% by implementing project-based UI, enabling concurrent conversions
Improved maintainability by developing a robust testing framework for the frontend and backend**

Languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, HTML/CSS
Frameworks: React/Next.js, React Native, Express, Django, Flask, Prisma, tRPC, Dagger, Lombok
Tools: AWS, Git, Docker, NGINX, GitLab CI/CD, Webpack, Babel, Vite, Figma, OpenAI, Supabase