Introduction
Work Experience
Education
Technical skills
America/Los_Angeles
English
Spanish

Pedro Ochoa Navarrete

Software Engineer
I’m a CS student at UC Berkeley with hands-on experience building real products; from Stripe-powered payment systems and AI-driven recommendation prototypes to data pipelines and full-stack tools that solve real problems.

I thrive in fast-moving environments, enjoy understanding systems at the deepest level, and take pride in shipping clean, reliable, and maintainable code. I’m actively looking for opportunities where I can contribute to impactful engineering work while continuing to grow as a builder.
Involvement
  • Attended ETHDenver, ETHSF, CalHacks 2026, and UC Berkeley XRPL Hackathon (2nd place winner)
  • Academic mentor supporting high school student-athletes through BUILD/Oakland Genesis

Work Experience

Sharpen MindsAugust 2025 - Present
Software Developer Intern
  • Extracted NLP-based features and built graph representations of discussion data to inform a personalized recommendation model.
  • Built knowledge graphs to reveal engagement patterns, and guide initial ML model parameters
  • Led user feedback interviews with Bay Area students, that shaped feature prioritization.
Carbon SustainAugust 2024 - June 2025
Blockchain & Software Developer Intern
  • Developed a payment processing system for Carbon Removal Units, integrating Stripe for secure checkout sessions.
  • Designed and implemented workflows and APIs using AWS services, to handle transaction data storage, and integration across systems.
  • Resolved UI defects and refactored components, reducing page load issues and improving usability across flows.
Eviction Research NetworkAugust 2023 – February 2024
Undergraduate Researcher
  • Conducted exploratory data analysis (EDA) on raw census data, as well as local and federal bills, to uncover key findings and trends related to evictions in the state of Delaware.
  • Authored a comprehensive report for publication on the Eviction Research Network's official webpage, presenting data-driven conclusions and recommendations.

Education

University of California, Berkeley
  • Majored in Computer Science
  • Graduation Date: May 2026
  • GPA: 3.58
  • Relevant Coursework: Algorithms, Data Structures, ML/AI, Databases, Computer Security.
Berkeley City College
  • Transferred to UC Berkeley
  • Transferred in 2022
  • GPA: 4.00

Technical skills

LanguagesC++, Python, SQL, Java, Ruby, HTML/CSS, TypeScript/JavaScript,
Frameworks & LibrariesNext.js, React, Node.js/Express, Tailwind CSS, FastAPI, RSpec, Cucumber
Tools & PlatformsAWS(EC2, S3, RDS), Stripe API (Checkout, Webhooks), Git & GitHub, Vercel, Postman, Heroku, Jupyter Notebook, Figma
DatabasesPostgreSQL, SQLite, Prisma
AI/ML & LLMLLM APIs, OpenAI API, Prompt Engineering, RAG, Embeddings & Vector Search, NLP, Knowledge Graphs, Feature Extraction, Recommendation Systems, AI Tooling
Data / AnalyticsPandas, NumPy, Matplotlib/Seaborn, Scikit-Learn, EDA
Other Technical SkillsREST API Design, Full-stack development, CI/CD basics