Northeastern '28 · Data Science & Mathematics · Boston
Jerome
Rodrigo
Data Project Lead @ Generate · Fall 2026
I'm Jerome, a Data Science and Math student at Northeastern interested in ML engineering, data systems, and software engineering. I like working on technically challenging problems and building thoughtful systems that have a real impact.
experience
AI Engineering Intern
LangGraph · SQL · React · Plotly · scikit-learn · RAG · REST APIs · Scientific Data Systems
Software Engineering Co-op
Docker · Polars · Airflow · MinIO / S3 · DuckDB · SQL · FastAPI · ML Infrastructure
ML Research Intern
OpenCV · Image Segmentation · Statistical Analysis · PCA · Biomedical Imaging
leadership
Generate Product Development Studiocurrent
Data Project Lead — Foresightcurrent
Forecasting · Recommendation Systems · Feature Engineering · Applied ML · Product Development
Data Tech Lead — Remetra
FastAPI · pgvector · Sentence Transformers · Gemini · Fisher's Exact Test
Data Tech Lead — Unsprawl
SBERT · pgvector · LLM Evaluation · FastAPI · Semantic Retrieval
AVP of Technical Developmentcurrent
Co-op Teaching Assistantcurrent
Resume Review · Interview Prep · Application Strategy · Student Mentorship
Object-Oriented Design Teaching Assistant
Java · Object-Oriented Design · Design Patterns · Debugging · Weekly Labs
projects
01
Moonseyeshipped
Multi-source retrieval system with live ingestion, cited answers, and an evolving knowledge base.
PostgreSQLpgvectorKafkaGo+1
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02
Unsprawlshipped
AI duplicate task detection across Slack, Jira, and Trello.
SBERTpgvectorFastAPIOAuth 2.0+1
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03
Remetrashipped
Remetra is a mobile health app for autoimmune patients — log food and symptoms, surface statistically significant correlations
GeminipgvectorDjangosentence-transformers
04
Blackjack RL
DQN agent trained to play Blackjack in a custom Gymnasium environment, with an accompanying paper on Deep Q-Learning.
DQNGymnasiumPyTorchReinforcement Learning
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05
GraphDTA reimplementation
Reimplementation of GraphDTA for drug-target binding affinity prediction with graph neural networks.
PyTorch GeometricGNNPyTorch
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06
RAG nutrition recommender
Web app that answers nutrition questions using RAG over health research documents.
RAGLlama 2ChromaDBFastAPI+2
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artifacts
A-004Keeping the North Star
Staying focused on the main goal while still leaving room to explore.
Feb 2026
A-003Decision Velocity
Making reversible decisions quickly enough to keep moving.
Apr 2026
A-002Iterative Development
Why I prefer small changes, short feedback loops, and steady progress.
Mar 2026
writing
Unsprawldesign doc
System architecture, embedding pipeline design, database schema, auth flows, integration pipelines, and deployment for an AI-powered task deduplication platform.
2025
read ↗Blackjack RLpaper
Mathematical foundations of Deep Q-Networks applied to optimal Blackjack strategy. Covers DQN architecture, experience replay, and why neural networks work for this problem.
2025
read ↗GraphDTA Reimplementationpaper
Reimplementation of GraphDTA for drug-target binding affinity prediction. Covers the math behind GNNs applied to molecular graph representations.
2025
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