Dustin Tran
CS + Linguistics @ UCLA. Currently interning at TetraMem. Interested in full-stack engineering and embedded systems.
Works
(03)- Replaced polling-based sync with Supabase real-time subscriptions, cutting cross-device delays to sub-second
- Built reusable animated SVG and haptic feedback hooks, cutting UI implementation time ~30% per feature
- Maintained clean main branch across 50+ PRs on a 5-person team with structured Git branching and code review standards
- Shipped a working Leaflet.js map connected to a PostgreSQL backend in 12 hours
- Enabled in-browser voice recording and playback for 20+ pinned story locations via MediaRecorder API
- Owned component architecture for navigation, save/like toggles, and collections page
- Reduced regressions to near zero across two sprints with typed props and mandatory code reviews
Experience
(02)TetraMem — Software Engineer Intern, Testing Lab
San Jose, CA | June 2026 – Present
- Designed and built an internal lab asset tracking app in Django and PostgreSQL, replacing a manual spreadsheet workflow used across engineering teams
- Modeled a self-referential asset hierarchy (chips → boards → stations → testers) with foreign key relationships and enumerated status tracking
- Built REST API endpoints supporting asset search, check-in/out, hierarchy management, and admin bulk registration
Handshake AI — AI Training Data Specialist
Remote – Contract | Dec 2025 – May 2026
- Evaluated LLM outputs across reasoning, coding, and instruction-following tasks, contributing written rationale that directly shaped model fine-tuning pipelines
Education
UCLA
B.A. Computer Science & Linguistics
Expected June 2027
Irvine Valley College
A.S. Liberal Studies (CS Emphasis)
May 2025
Skills
- Languages
- Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, SQL, C, C++, HTML, CSS
- Frameworks
- React, React Native, Expo, Next.js, Django, Leaflet.js
- Tools & Infra
- PostgreSQL, Supabase, REST APIs, JWT Auth, Git, Figma
Let's Talk
(04)Open to SWE internships and new grad roles. Reach out anytime.
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