Florida International University
B.A. Computer Science · Honors College
- GPA 3.75 / 4.0
Expected Dec 2027Miami, FL
00 — Miami, FL
BrianBazurto
Machine Learning Engineer Intern at Target. Founder of Google Developer Group at FIU, and tech communities lead.
I build machine learning systems, ship apps people actually use, and grow the communities that get more students into this industry.
- GPA / 4.0
- 3.75
- Roles held
- 16
- Open-source projects
- 4
- Project builds
- 17
GPA / 4.0
Roles held
Open-source projects
Project builds
01 — Now
May 2026 — Aug 2026
Target
Machine Learning Engineering Intern
Minneapolis, MN
Jul 2025 — Present
Google Developer Group at FIU
Founder & President
Miami, FL
Jan 2026 — Present
Google Cloud · Target · Linux Foundation
Open Source Contributor
Remote
Google Cloud Platform
OpenTelemetry Operations JS
Observability tooling — the Trace and Monitoring exporters used across GCP services.
Linux Foundation · CNCF
OpenTelemetry JS Contrib
Instrumentation for JavaScript modules in the OpenTelemetry ecosystem.
Target
POSSUM
Target's open-source point-of-service device middleware — device claiming, health checks, and simulation.
Own project
Tessera.io
Collaborative developer sandbox: real-time CRDT sync plus sandboxed remote code execution for human–AI pair programming.
02 — Work
Tech roles and experiences.
2026
TargetMachine Learning Engineering Intern · Minneapolis, MN
May 2026 — Aug 2026
- Engineered ML-ready datasets from retail operational data (demand, inventory, availability) using Python, SQL, and pandas; applied feature scaling, time-based train/validation/test splitting, and sequence generation for supervised time-series forecasting.
- Implemented and evaluated TCN, N-HiTS, and XGBoost models for time-series forecasting in PyTorch; performed EDA to surface seasonal trends and data quality issues, assessing performance with MAE, RMSE, MAPE, and WAPE.
Google Cloud Platform · Target · Tessera.ioOpen Source Contributor · Miami, FL
Jan 2026 — Present
- Contributed to Google Cloud Platform's OpenTelemetry Operations JS, improving observability tooling used across GCP services.
- Contributed pull requests to Target's POSSUM point-of-service repository.
- Built Tessera.io, an open-source collaborative developer sandbox with real-time CRDT synchronization and secure remote code execution for human–AI pair programming.
- Contributed to the Linux Foundation's OpenTelemetry JS Contrib project.
University of North Carolina at CharlotteTeaching Assistant — ITSC 2214 Data Structures · Remote
May 2026 — Present
- Mentor students through CodePath's Emerging Engineer Empowerment (E3) initiative in data structures, algorithms, object-oriented programming, recursion, and complexity analysis.
- Run weekly technical sessions and code reviews, coaching students through debugging and toward writing efficient, maintainable code.
Aloyd, LLCSoftware Engineering Intern · Remote
May 2026 — Jun 2026
- Developed full-stack features across web and mobile, spanning interactive UI components, 3D architectural components, and backend services.
- Contributed AI-powered features, LLM tooling, and voice-driven speech-to-text / text-to-speech workflows for real-time, hands-free interaction.
- Worked in an Agile cycle of feature design, testing, debugging, and performance optimization alongside cross-functional teammates.
CodePathTech Fellow — Applied AI Engineering · Remote
Feb 2026 — Present
- Mentor students building AI-powered applications: large language models, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, API integration, and production-ready design.
- Lead architecture reviews, debugging sessions, and code optimization, applying software engineering and system design practice to real projects.
WTRway WorldSoftware Engineer Intern · Miami, FL
Feb 2026 — Apr 2026
- Developed and shipped cross-platform mobile features in Flutter and Dart, contributing to a production iOS and Android application from a single codebase.
- Integrated RESTful APIs and built responsive UI components while supporting DevOps workflows including Git-based version control, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing and deployment.
2025
University of North Carolina at CharlotteTeaching Assistant — ITCS 3050 iOS Development · Remote
Aug 2025 — Apr 2026
- Delivered project-based iOS curriculum in partnership with CodePath — Swift, UIKit, MVC, data modeling, error handling, and UI design.
- Guided students twice weekly through coding labs and Xcode debugging, from weekly projects to Demo Day capstone presentations.
- Worked with the Professor of Record and adjunct instructors on student evaluation, course logistics, and academic policy.
CodePathTech Fellow — Technical Interview Prep · Remote
Sep 2025 — Apr 2026
- Led weekly coding labs on advanced data structures, algorithms, and interview problem-solving for CodePath's TIP 102 course.
- Gave one-on-one mentorship and written feedback that measurably improved student readiness for internship and full-time interviews.
Great Minds in STEM · CAHSIResearch Poster Presenter · San Diego, CA
2025-10-01
- Presented “Enhancing Software Security through Grammar-based Fuzz Testing” at the CAHSI Research Poster Competition, GMiS Conference 2025.
- Built grammar-based fuzzers to uncover vulnerabilities in RPN calculators, CGI decoders, and URL parsers; analyzed crash data, coverage curves, and convergence with Python automation.
- Recognized as a CAHSI Advocate for the U.S. Southeast Region.
Google Developer Group at FIUFounder & President · Miami, FL
Jul 2025 — Present
- Founded FIU's Google Developer Group chapter and grew it into an active developer community.
- Led technical workshops on Google Cloud Platform, Vertex AI, Gemini, and LLM integration while organizing hackathons and developer events to grow community engagement.
WorkdaySoftware Development Engineer Intern · Atlanta, GA
May 2025 — Aug 2025
- Designed and developed a backend feature to improve report display across the Workday Extend platform, enhancing usability for all Extend applications.
- Integrated CI pipelines for automated testing and deployment, improving quality and delivery speed.
Floreo LabsSoftware Development Engineer Contractor · Atlanta, GA
Mar 2025 — May 2025
- Built Android apps using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose with clean architecture, improving development speed and user experience through modular, maintainable code.
CAHSI LREUResearcher · Chicago, IL
Feb 2025 — May 2025
- Conducted experiments on cache replacement strategies for gray-box fuzzing in controlled environments, yielding insights that improved vulnerability discovery efficiency; presented findings at the 2025 GMiS conference.
2024
Management Leadership for TomorrowSoftware Engineer Fellow · Remote
Feb 2024 — Oct 2025
- Selected for MLT Career Prep, a 20-month program preparing high-potential engineering talent for technical internships and full-time roles.
- Sharpened data structures, algorithms, system design, and interview skills through intensive workshops, mock interviews, and industry-led training.
SEO Tech DeveloperSoftware Engineer Intern · New York, NY
May 2024 — Aug 2024
- Created EcoRoute, HealthWatch, and StockSnap using Python, Flask, and APIs, integrating ChatGPT for intelligent processing to deliver sustainability, health monitoring, and financial insights.
2023
American ExpressSoftware Engineer Intern · Miami, FL
May 2023 — Jun 2023
- Enhanced web and mobile application security by implementing new Java/Spring-based protocols, improving protection against vulnerabilities for Amex products.
Leadership & community15 more
Jul 2025 — Present
Founder & President · Miami, FL
Founded FIU's Google Developer Group chapter — workshops on Google Cloud, Vertex AI and Gemini, plus the DevFest Miami conference series.
2024 — Present
Founder & President · Miami, FL
Founded the global tech and coding community — curriculum hub, certificate courses, and a recurring hackathon series open to any learner.
2025 — Present
Founder & President · Miami, FL
Founded a worldwide hackathon initiative out of FIU — registration, attendance and event tooling for twelve annual hackathons.
2024 — Present
Founder & President · Miami, FL
Founded the FIU chapter connecting Black and Latinx computing students to industry through events, resources and interview prep.
2024 — Present
Founder & President · Miami, FL
Founded the FIU chapter of the Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions — research pathways, the dissertation award, and student programming.
2025 — Present
Founder & President · Miami, FL
Founded FIU's Swift and iOS development club.
2025 — Present
Founder & President · Miami, FL
Founded the chapter of the international computing honor society.
Google Developer Group at FIU
Mar 2026 — Apr 2026
Director — DevFest Miami, Spring 2026 (Build with AI) · Miami, FL
Ran operations for a hybrid DevFest and AI hackathon — Gemini, Vertex AI, Cloud Run and Firebase workshops, Google Developer Expert speakers, judging, sponsorship and registration.
Nov 2025 — Jan 2026
Organizer — National Winter Hackathon · Remote
Led a multi-week national virtual hackathon end to end: strategy, platform setup, onboarding, mentor and judge coordination, and final demos.
Google Developer Group at FIU
Oct 2025 — Nov 2025
Director — DevFest Miami 2025 · Miami, FL
Planned and ran FIU's annual Google Developer Group conference, powered by Google for Developers.
Florida International University
Aug 2025 — May 2026
Resident Assistant — Housing & Residential Life · Miami, FL
Supported 50+ residents with academic and career guidance; built programming around career readiness, leadership and emerging tech, tracked with engagement data.
Apr 2025 — Present
Founder & President · Miami, FL
Founded FIU's chapter of the national nonprofit growing the number of Black and Latinx computer science graduates.
Aug 2024 — Present
Founder & President · Miami, FL
Student-run organization for technical interview prep — workshops, coding sessions, and speaker panels with engineers from Goldman Sachs, UKG and others.
Three Wise Monkey Volunteer Program
Sep 2023 — Apr 2025
Volunteer
Exotic animal care and socialization at a rescue shelter.
Sep 2019 — Mar 2020
Community Volunteer · Philadelphia, PA
Client intake and referrals across special education, housing, voting, employment, health care and environmental justice; drafted project budgets and monthly grant reports.
03 — Build
17 projects — swipe, or use the arrows.
- TE
Open source
2026
Tessera.io
A collaborative developer sandbox for human–AI pair programming. Real-time CRDT synchronization keeps every participant's buffer consistent, and remote code execution runs untrusted code in isolation.
- CRDT
- TypeScript
- Sandboxed execution
- Real-time sync
English for Spanish speakers
2025 — 2026
Habla 365 Inglés
A free 365-day English course written for Spanish speakers — one short lesson a day, explained in Spanish, practised in English. Weekly projects, level exams, and a downloadable certificate at the end of each level.
- Static web
- Capacitor
- Vercel
Language learning suite
2025 — 2026
Speak 365
The same 365-day format as Habla 365, shipped across ten more languages from a single framework — Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic and Russian.
- Static web
- Capacitor
- Android
- iOS
- Vercel
Community platform
2024 — 2026
Google Developer Group at FIU
Chapter site for the Google Developer Group at FIU — event calendar, workshop material, and the member pipeline into Google's student developer programs.
- Next.js
- Vercel
Hackathon platform
2025 — 2026
Hack University
A worldwide hackathon initiative run out of FIU — registration, attendance, one-stop event tooling, and the album of everything that shipped.
- Next.js
- Vercel
- Event tooling
Cross-platform tool
2025 — 2026
PaperTeX
LaTeX to PDF and Word conversion across desktop, web, and mobile — a PySide6 app, a Vercel site, and a Flutter iOS/Android build, all sharing one texlive + pandoc converter service.
- PySide6
- Next.js
- Flutter
- Pandoc
- TeX Live
Community platform
2024 — 2026
ColorStack at FIU
Chapter site for ColorStack at FIU — events, resources, and the interview-prep pipeline that connects Black and Latinx CS students to industry.
- Next.js
- Vercel
Community platform
2024 — 2026
CAHSI at FIU
Chapter site for the Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions at FIU — research pathways, the dissertation award, and student programming.
- Next.js
- Vercel
Community platform
2024 — 2026
Swift Club at FIU
Chapter site for the Swift Club at FIU — iOS workshop schedule, project showcases, and the resources members use to ship their first App Store build.
- Next.js
- Vercel
Community platform
2024 — 2026
Upsilon Phi Epsilon (ΥΦΕ)
Site for the computing honor society chapter — induction requirements, member directory, and the academic-standing criteria that gate membership.
- Next.js
- Vercel
- AI
Developer tool
2025 — 2026
ai-media
A local, free brand-media generator — flyers, promo videos, and cartoon mascots — usable by any AI agent over MCP, CLI, HTTP, or a GUI.
- MCP
- Node.js
- FFmpeg
- Headless Chrome
Android app
2025 — 2026
Habla 365 for Android
The Habla 365 course as an installable Android build — the same 365 lessons, packaged with Capacitor so progress is stored on the device and lessons work without a connection.
- Capacitor
- Android
- Offline storage
Android app
2025 — 2026
Code Crunch for Android
The Code Crunch community hub as an Android build — courses, hackathon schedule, and membership in a native shell over the same codebase as the site.
- Capacitor
- Android
- Static web
Ordering platform
2026
PSJ Dough Drop
Order-ahead site for a small bakery operation — product listing, scheduling, and pickup flow.
- TypeScript
- Next.js
- Vercel
- HO
AI product
2026
HomePilot AI
An AI assistant that finds affordable housing options against a budget, location and eligibility profile. Built at a hackathon; the walkthrough below is a recorded demo, not a hosted app.
- AI
- Next.js
- Vercel
Earlier — the archive
AI Customer Support Web App
2024-08-01
Next.js · Firebase · GPT-4o mini
FlashGenius
2024-08-01
Next.js · Clerk · OpenAI · Stripe
StockSnap
2024-08-01
Python · Flask · Vantage API
HealthWatch
2024-08-01
Flask · Streamlit · Fitbit API
TuneTrek — iOS
2024-04-01
Swift · UIKit
BitFit — Android
2024-03-01
Kotlin · RecyclerView
Tumblr Feed — iOS
2024-03-01
Swift · REST
Flixster+ — Android
2024-03-01
Kotlin · TMDB API · Glide
Task Manager — iOS
2024-02-01
Swift
Wordle — iOS
2024-02-01
Swift
Wordle — Android
2024-02-01
Kotlin
Wishlist — Android
2024-02-01
Kotlin · Room
Trivia Quiz — iOS
2024-02-01
Swift
PingPong Agent
Jan — May 2024
Python · OpenAI Gym · RL
ActiveAmigo
Jan — Apr 2024
React · Node.js · Express
04 — Stack
What I reach for.
Languages
SQLJavaPythonCC++JavaScriptKotlinDart
Web
Next.jsFlaskFirebaseClerkPineconeSQLiteSQLAlchemyVercelFlutter
Developer Tools
IntelliJGitKubernetesNumPyBrunoPostgreSQLXpressOJenkinsJIRAData VisualizationPyTorchGoogle Cloud PlatformVertex AI
05 — Proof
The receipts.
Google — Tech Exchange
2024 Cohort
- Accredited curriculum in Data Structures & Algorithms, Software Development, Careers in Tech, and Technical Communication.
- Direct mentorship from Googlers.
Jan 2024 — May 2024Remote
Honors & awards
Dean's List — 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Honors Dean's List — 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar — 2023, 2025
Out for Undergrad (O4U) Fellow — 2024, 2025, 2026
REBOOT Scholar
Tau Sigma National Honor Society
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
First Presbyterian Church Scholarship
Professional development
Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) Fellow
ColorStack · Break Through Tech Miami
NSBE · WICS · SWE · ALPFA · SHPE
BookTok Club · FIU Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Major League Hacking (MLH) — participant and organizer
Communities I run
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07 — Contact
Let's build something.
Open to machine learning, data science and software engineering roles, open source collaboration, and speaking at student developer events.
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