Santa Cruz, California, United States
Hi, my name is Ivan Kuria. I'm a computer science student @ UC Santa Cruz and an aspiring software engineer. I also make a mean beef stew 😤 - IBM: Automated developer workflows with Python + Bash GitHub/Slack API integrations, reducing manual load by 70% and boosting team efficiency; trained a LoRA-adapted Granite LLM for smarter Java unit test names, improving test readability by 40% and raising coverage +25% across critical modules. - RateMy Slugs: Built a Chrome MV3 extension integrating Rate My Professors data into UCSC’s enrollment system for 300+ students; designed caching + fuzzy name-matching that cut API calls by 80% while keeping sub-500ms responses. - Slug Meter: Built a multi-tenant web service that scrapes, geocodes, and maps public parking citations across 3 U.S. cities and 327K+ records. Designed REST API endpoints, interactive MapLibre GL maps, and a 6-tab analytics dashboard. Attracted 2,253 unique visitors and 6,948 page views within 72 hours of launch. My Website: https://ivankuria.com
• Automated repetitive developer workflows by building Python and Bash automation scripts integrated with REST APIs (GitHub, Slack), reducing manual task load by 70 %. • Trained a LoRA-adapted Granite LLM to generate semantically rich Java unit test names, improving test readability and developer efficiency by 40%. • Increased code coverage by 25 % across critical Java modules by analyzing CI/CD build logs (Travis CI, SPS), identifying untested paths, and deploying targeted JUnit regression test suites. • Built a Python-based data ingestion pipeline to crawl and convert technical documentation into structured markdown, enabling knowledge capture for downstream ML applications. • Generated vector embeddings from documentation and indexed them in a Milvus vector database