Nafiyad Gudina
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Skills
Decentralized Applications
intermediate
Smart Contracts
intermediate
GraphQL API
intermediate
GraphQL
expert
Tailwind CSS
intermediate
JWT
intermediate
Work Experience
Software & Data Science Expert, Independent Contractor
Mercor
2026-06 - Present
Created and reviewed technical tasks for evaluating AI systems on software-engineering and data-focused document-understanding workflows, using the OpenAI API and Git for version control, which helped standardize evaluation criteria across projects. Authored structured prompts, evaluation criteria, and ground-truth outputs for multi-step tasks involving technical specs, API references, codebases, web research, and code execution, enabling more consistent model assessments and reducing review time. Supported frontier-model training and evaluation by implementing data pipelines on MongoDB and AWS S3, and writing test suites with Prisma ORM and TDD, which accelerated model development cycles.
Software Engineer, AI Evaluation Contractor Handshake AI Fellowship
Handshake AI
2026-03 - 2026-05
Reviewed and scored large language model code outputs for correctness, performance, and security using Python and JavaScript. Designed coding tasks and hidden edge case tests to evaluate model reasoning and debugging on real-world software problems. Wrote high-quality reference solutions and feedback to improve AI-generated code and reduce failure rates on complex tasks.
Open Source Contributor
Aden-Hive (Hive AI Agent Framework)
2026-01 - 2026-05
Contributed Wikipedia Search Tool and Competitive Intelligence Agent - 2 PRs merged into a 10,000+ star open-source AI framework. Enabled automated knowledge retrieval for thousands of framework users through GraphQL API integrations and deployed via AWS EC2 containers using Docker, showcasing cloud development.
Software Developer, Co-op
S and M Couture
2025-01 - 2025-04
Shipped full-stack features for a production clothing-rental platform using TypeScript, React, Node.js, and PostgreSQL - processed real customer transactions. Integrated Stripe Checkout with webhook validation into the GraphQL API, allowing customers to complete secure payments on the platform. Improved user experience by iterating on checkout flow through 4 cross-functional experiments with product and design feedback. Modeled the PostgreSQL schema with Prisma ORM and wrote optimized SQL queries for inventory and order management, improving query performance and supporting reliable order processing, and automated deployments with GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines. Accelerated team delivery by leading 4-person sprint planning and code reviews, achieving 100% on-time releases. Built and maintained backend RESTful services with Node.js and Express.js to support platform features. Integrated JWT authentication in the GraphQL API to secure user sessions.
Expenza
2024-05 - 2024-12
Personal Finance Mobile App Developer
2024-05 - 2024-12
Published a mobile app focused on expense tracking and receipt scanning. Secured user data with JWT auth and encrypted localstorage, earning a clean data-safety rating on Google Play. Built performant SQL queries for spending analytics and budget reports using PostgreSQL (Supabase). Eliminated deployment downtime with GitHub Actions CI/CD on AWS EC2 and S3.
Mobile App Developer
2024-05 - 2024-12
Published a mobile app focused on expense tracking and receipt scanning. Secured user data with JWT auth and encrypted localstorage, earning a clean data-safety rating on Google Play. Built performant SQL queries for spending analytics and budget reports using PostgreSQL (Supabase). Eliminated deployment downtime with GitHub Actions CI/CD on AWS EC2 and S3.
Education
Software Development
2023-01 - 2025-01
GPA: 3.73/4.0. Achievements: Graduated with Distinction.