Knight Hacks
Software Engineer & Hackathon Organizer
Jan. 2026 - PresentUniversity of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Building production features for the Knight Hacks platform while helping organize a 1000+ attendee hackathon.
Next.jsReactTypeScripttRPCCI/CDGitHub
Highlights
- Organize Knight Hacks, a 1000+ attendee hackathon, coordinating sponsors, logistics, volunteer teams, workshops, judging, and event operations.
- Develop production-grade features in the Knight Hacks monorepo using Next.js, React, TypeScript, and tRPC.
- Ship internal tools for a 1000+ user community, including the website, application forms, and alumni platform.
- Collaborate through GitHub issues, pull requests, code reviews, and CI/CD workflows with a focus on reliability, maintainability, and performance.
- Document workflows and implementation details to improve maintainability and team collaboration.