I'm Carla Lopez. I'm a passionate learner with +1 years of experience in Software and Data Engineer. I am currently seeking 2027 full-time roles. Please feel free to reach out to me via email or LinkedIn if you would like to connect!
Research Assistant
Graph Oriented Lab - Rochester, NY
May 2026 – Present
- Developed a high-performance Python ETL pipeline to ingest and normalize 200k+ software vulnerability records from Google’s open-source OSV database and 72+ million package information from PyPI ecosystem into a MySQL adjacency list, resolving complex PEP-compliant specifiers in-flight.
- Architected a Supply Chain Vulnerability system using a Java embedded Neo4j graph database, writing highly responsive, optimized Cypher queries to execute security assessments across dependencies.
Lead Software Engineer
Accessible Learning Labs - Rochester, NY
December 2022 – Present
- Engineered and maintained scalable React-based web applications, contributing to an open-source project funded by the NSF aimed at advancing AI/ML education and supporting 40+ higher education schools in the US.
- Exhibited ownership by leading a team of 3 to successfully deliver outreach events, sparking interest in computer science and cybersecurity among 100+ students from K-12 and undergraduate institutions.
Data Engineer Co-op
Oracle - Remote
June 2025 – December 2025
- Designed and built an end-to-end ETL data pipeline using Python and SQL to ingest, transform, and load large-scale datasets from OCI Object Storage into Oracle Data Warehouse for analytics and reporting.
- Built automated data generation and validation Python tools producing 5M+ records to support analytics testing, data accuracy verification, and pipeline scalability.
Software Engineer Co-op
Vicor - Boston, MA
June 2024 – December 2024
- Designed and built Spring Boot services to extract, cleanse, and transform 30+ critical data objects from an Oracle distributed database to support enterprise analytics and SAP reporting systems.
- Optimized and re-engineered 50+ SQL workflows processing over 15M records, improving pipeline execution performance by 30% while ensuring data quality and consistency during large-scale ERP migration.
Software Engineer Intern
MS4M Mining - Lima, Peru
May 2023 – September 2023
- Designed and deployed scalable Spring Boot RESTful APIs, implementing backend business logic with Dijkstra’s algorithm to compute optimal mineral transport paths, reducing path computation time by ~30% in a cloud-based fleet management system.
- Enhanced software quality and reliability by designing and implementing robust unit and integration tests with JUnit and Mockito, achieving an exceptional 90% code coverage within Azure DevOps pipelines for improved CI/CD workflows.
Engineered a data pipeline that captures audio on an ESP32 Arduino, sends it to a backend transcription service using Whisper open-source model, and showcases the transcription in a web interface
Created an informational platform for the 2026 peruvian elections, automated the creation of 30+ candidate profiles including their political history, background summary, and social media sentiment analysis. Utilized LLMs to summarize and standardize the information across all candidates.
Design and develop a Python-based tool leveraging locally hosted large language models via Ollama to analyze relationships between knowledge graphs
Lead a team of 5 students to design and develop a smart mirror software from scratch, including facial recognition and a touchscreen interface.
Developed an image classification system to identify Minecraft biomes, evaluating and comparing performance between KNN, Random Forest, and CNN classfiers
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