Jay (Jiale) Yu

Aspiring computer science student with experience in robotics, programming education, and building real-world projects in Python, Java, and Kotlin. Passionate about creating technology that benefits society, with hands-on experience as a robotics team leader and project developer.

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Skills & Tools

Postgres
Postgres
SQL
SQL
Python
Python
Astro
Astro
Java
Java
C++
C++
Git
Git
Spring Boot
Spring Boot
Open CV
Open CV
Mandarin
Mandarin
Hugging Face
Hugging Face
Postgres
Postgres
SQL
SQL
Python
Python
Astro
Astro
Java
Java
C++
C++
Git
Git
Spring Boot
Spring Boot
Open CV
Open CV
Mandarin
Mandarin
Hugging Face
Hugging Face

Backend Development

Building RESTful services with Spring Boot and Python; CRUD APIs, authentication, and data pipelines.

Model Fine-Tuning

Refining open-source LLMs like Mistral with LoRA/QLoRA; optimizing adapters, memory efficiency, and task-specific performance.

Machine Learning & CV

Building ASL recognition models with TensorFlow and MediaPipe; dataset curation, preprocessing, and model deployment.

Robotics & Control

Programming robot autonomy with path planning and vision-based localization.

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Experience

Software Developer

Hack the Future

2025 Oct. - Present

Purdue University

  • Hack the Future is a student organization at Purdue University aimed towards creating software for nonprofits around the world. We develop several projects throughout the school year with various different nonprofits with the hopes of bettering the community.
Git...

Software Engineer Intern

Crcle AI

2025 Sep. - Present

West Lafayette, Indiana

  • Focusing on improving user context with generative pretrained transformer models, refining transformer architectures, and building desktop backends with Node.js and Electron.
TypeScriptNode.jsReactPostgreSQLSupabasePythonElectronGit

Team Captain & Software Lead

FIRST Robotics Team 2204

2024-2025 June

Hayward, California

  • Documented programming concepts (encapsulation, abstraction, polymorphism) and Kotlin fundamentals for new team members, designing robotics and software lesson plans for a 3-month training equivalent to a first-semester university course.
  • Coordinated workflow with ~6 programmers using Git and task management to align with the mechanical subteam, designing vision-based robot localization running at 50Hz with a noise-reducing filter for AprilTag detection.
  • Programmed robot autonomous sequences and path planning with 85% accuracy, contributing to winning the East Bay Regional against 52 teams.
JavaKotlinPythonWPILibGit

Math / Mandarin / Programming Teaching Assistant

The Salvation Army

2023 Jan. - Mar.

Oakland, California

  • Assisted teacher by explaining Mandarin, Math, and Python concepts to ~8 students of various ages.
  • Organized and shared lesson plans with 6 teachers and teaching assistants.
  • Liaised between the organization director and ~50 student families regarding school events and classwork.
Excel
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Education

Computer Science B.S.

Purdue University
Graduating: June 2029

Machine Intelligence track with a minor in Biological Sciences.

Algorithms Data Structures Databases Java OOP Programming in C

High School

California Crosspoint High School, Grade: 3.95
Graduated: June 2025

Relevant Coursework: Calculus I, Structured Programming in C++

C++ Programming Problem Solving Written Communication
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