I'm Aden, a computer science student who likes the reliability work in engineering as much as the first build.
SHPE Research Technical Specialist · ColorStack Technical Officer · Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar · First-generation college student
I'm a computer science junior at UTEP, minoring in math, and I like building software that holds up, not just software that looks good in a screenshot.
Most of the work I enjoy lives in backend systems, distributed pipelines, testing, and the rollout work between "it runs" and "it's ready." At Google I spent a summer on Workspace Policy Infrastructure, parallelizing a policy compilation pipeline and shipping it through a zero-incident gated rollout.
Outside of that I've taught STEAM to 200+ kids, supported TurboTax customers, sold electronics, and worked a pizza counter. Every one of those jobs taught me something about patience, communication, and the people depending on the work.
I'm the first in my family to go to college. Right now I'm looking for Summer 2027 SWE internships and co-ops where I can contribute early, learn from stronger engineers, and keep getting better at shipping careful work.
I like the parts of software that have to survive retries, concurrency, and edge cases, and still read cleanly after the first version ships.
I still care whether an interface makes sense, whether the copy sounds like a person wrote it, and whether someone would keep using it after the demo.
A lot of my best work comes from tightening coverage, watching latency, and making sure a change is safe enough to ship without drama.
The interesting part for me is not just calling a model. It is knowing where automation actually helps and where normal, deterministic software should stay in charge.
Where I spend time on campus outside of class and work.
ColorStack, UTEP Chapter
Run technical programming for underrepresented CS students, from hands-on workshops to tech events. Since September 2026 I also serve as the chapter's Social Media Manager, running its LinkedIn and Instagram.
Google Developer Groups on Campus, UTEP
Mentored 3+ underclassmen across two mentorship cohorts, guiding project planning and interview prep.
SHPE // MAES at UTEP
Maintained utepshpemaes.org, compressing 30+ leadership photos and cleaning up page structure for faster loads. This work led into my current MinerSpark role.
Coding Interview Club
20+ sessions and 100+ interview problems solved.
What I reach for, matched to what is actually in my code.
Languages
Frameworks
Cloud and data
Testing and DevOps
This fall I'm a Research Technical Specialist with MinerSpark, Technical Officer for ColorStack at UTEP, a GDG on Campus mentor, a Civic Engagement Organizing Fellow, and part of the Code2Career Fall 2026 cohort. I'll also be at the 2026 SHPE National Convention in Indianapolis (Oct 28 to 31) — always glad to connect in person there.
I still volunteer as a tutor at the Boys & Girls Club, played golf from elementary school through high school with The First Tee of Greater El Paso, and fly my drone when I get the chance. This site is deliberately a little quieter than most developer portfolios. The work should do the talking.