Hi, I'm Daniel
I'm a software engineer who enjoys reverse-engineering old games, pushing their engines beyond their original limits to unlock features they were never intended to support.
Since graduating from UC Irvine with a degree in computer science, I worked at Handshake as an AI QA, evaluating and improving LLM outputs. I currently contribute to Alpha Ring, an open-source mod used by thousands of players, as one of its core developers.
When I'm not buried in a disassembler, I'm probably at the piano, the gym, or gaming with friends.
This October, I'm joining Akamai as a Software Engineer on the Control Plane team, where I'll be working on infrastructure behind its AI cloud platform.
Always happy to connect. Feel free to reach out!
Birmingham, AL
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Akamai · Incoming Software Engineer
Starting Oct 2026
Joining the Control Plane team for Akamai's Inference Cloud as a Software Engineer.
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Handshake · AI QA
Oct – Nov 2025
Annotated and evaluated image data for a confidential AI lab project through Handshake AI, contributing to a dataset used to train and evaluate frontier models.
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Calit2 · Software Engineer
Mar – Jun 2024
Developed the Cooling Center Locator, a full-stack web app helping users find nearby cooling centers and access heat-safety resources.
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UCI Esports · Scholarship Athlete
Mar 2022 – Jun 2025
Competed on the League of Legends team at a professional level (Challenger rank), balancing competitive play with a Computer Science courseload.
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University of California, Irvine · B.S. Computer Science
2021 – 2025
B.S. Computer Science, Class of 2025. Coursework in data structures, algorithms, systems, and databases.
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