Hello there,
And welcome to my corner of the web!
I am Luisa, a software engineer who thrives on solving problems and building meaningful products. I specialize in back-end and cloud technologies, but I also enjoy crafting front-end experiences.
Say hi anytime, I would love to connect!
INTERACTIVE PROJECTS
try me!
AI powered
chisme
ai-based language quizzes
An AI-powered quiz generator for learning languages
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earthquakes
Interactive earthquake map visualization
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haikus
short haiku inspired thoughts
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memory game
Test your memory in this nature-themed card game!
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HACKATHONS
February 2026
Built a talking, AI-powered sassy plant for the Waterloo Voice
AI Hackathon.
topics: Voice AI ·
WebSockets · Arduino
February 2026
Top 5, Honourable Mention
Simulated a quantum algorithm as part of the q-Volution
hackathon by Girls in Quantum.
topics: Quantum Algorithms
· Physics
BLOG
Exploration and analysis of citizen-driven data for monarch
butterflies.
topics: Python · Data
Analysis · Data visualization
Behind the scenes of building an AI-powered quiz generator.
topics: AI · Prompt
Engineering
Notification service to alert followers of new haiku-inspired
poems.
topics: Event-Driven Architecture
· Notification Service · Sessions ·
Cookies
How I design, build and deploy fullstack interactive projects to
the cloud.
topics: AWS · Gunicorn
· Flask · React
A bird's eye view on Python's compiler and interpreter.
topics: Python · Compiler
· Interpreter
How to handle Python's virtual environments.
topics: Python · Virtual
Environments · Flask · React
COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS
Python Meetup · Michigan Chapter
Gave an introductory
talk
about Pydantic, a data validation library for Python.
Open-source JavaScript widget: isa-bubbles
A
modular suite
of dependency-free JavaScript widgets that add interactive “bubble”
interfaces—like contact forms or feedback prompts—to any website.
Built with performance, accessibility, and seamless integration in
mind.
SKILLS
Languages
Python · JavaScript · HTML5 · CSS3 · C# (.NET Core 3.1)
Frameworks & Libraries
React · Flask · Node.js · Express · Vue · Pandas · NumPy
Cloud & DevOps
AWS (SNS, SQS, Lambda, CloudWatch, S3, RDS, IAM, EC2) · Google Cloud
Platform (GCP) · Heroku
Databases
PostgreSQL · MongoDB Atlas · Oracle · MS SQL Server
Tools & Testing
Git · Jest · GraphQL · REST · WebSocket · AJAX
EXPERIENCE
Software Engineer
Rho Business Banking
Canada | 2021 - 2025
- Implemented back-end functionality to support third party credit card repayments, freeing internal operations team from manually issuing and reconciling repayments for 2 full days/month.
- Spearheaded implementation of dynamic UI form to support integration with international payments provider.
- Worked closely with multiple stakeholders to promptly tackle issues during on-call rotations.
- Developed UI sign-up flow to integrate banking platform with accounting providers.
- Assisted and mentored junior front-end engineers.
Software Engineer
Quicken Loans
Detroit, MI | Oct 2019 - Jun 2021
- Developed multiple flexible API endpoints to enable cross-service communication for new micro-services that replace a legacy application.
- Implemented feature to construct and send messages from internal micro-service to AWS SNS.
- Improved user experience in internal site via UI enhancements such as adding icons to distinguish stakeholder types.
- Set up new infrastructure for AWS SQS and AWS Lambda services via Terraforms.
- Proactively drove cross-team collaboration between technical and business to ensure end-to-end project delivery by gathering requirements, detailing data flow and presenting regular updates.
Business Systems Analyst
Consultant & Co-op Positions
Greater Toronto Area, ON | 2014 - 2016
- Partnered with enterprise clients to define requirements, streamline ETL processes, and deliver advanced data analytics solutions improving business decision-making.
- Clients included TD Bank, Canadian Tire, Bombardier Transportation and UPS Supply Chain Solutions.
EDUCATION
University of Waterloo
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Master of Management Sciences
Co-op Option
University of Waterloo
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Bachelor of Science
Honours Physics, Astrophyics Specialization