Will Palaia
Software Engineer

About Me

I'm Will Palaia, a third-year student at UMass Amherst studying Computer Science and Economics.

Currently, I work as a Software Engineer Intern (SWE) at Imago Rehab, a virtual therapy startup based in Lowell, MA.

Previously, I was a Software Engineer Intern (SWE) at ISO New England and a Software Developer Intern (SDE) at BigBear.ai.

I am currently interested in reinforcement learning and the applications it has in my current life.

In my free time, I enjoy stock trading, poker, soccer, golf, tennis, and drumming.

Education
University of Massachusetts Amherst
BS · Computer Science
BA · Economics
Expected 2026
Experience
Imago Rehab
Software Engineer Intern
· Created web app through Android Studio, Nodejs, and ExpressJS, connected to a MongoDB database.
· Integrated AI-powered chatbot into app through OpenAI API to enhance customer support, offering automated responses to user generated queries.
Sep 2024 - Dec 2024
ISO New England
Software/Data Verification Engineer Intern
· Implemented a process to verify transformer energy levels across New England as well as dynamically adjust their representation in the power grid model, enhancing daily energy forecast accuracy by >5%.
· Developed Python script to filter and format >37,000 rows of Excel data, reducing processing time by ~30 hours.
· Programmed internal tool to analyze discrepancies in load data files, build without any built-in libraries.
June 2024 - Aug 2024
BigBear.AI
Software Developer Intern
· Built top-to-bottom Jira cloud-based web application over three two-week sprints using agile technologies.
· Implemented hierarchical UI and progress features to increase efficiency and scalability on the user-side.
· Designed and integrated unit and CI/CD pipeline tests - increased total app test coverage by >25%.
· Deployed on AWS ECS and released to the Atlassian Marketplace, contributed to 100% of total profits.
June 2022 - Aug 2022
US Soccer
Soccer Referee
Sep 2017 - Aug 2022
Skills
Languages
Python
Java
JavaScript
TypeScript
C
SQL
HTML/CSS
Technologies
Node.js
React
Git
AWS (EC2)
Jira
Linux
CI/CD
Docker
Kubernetes
VBA
Projects
Personal Website
GitHub
Soccer Team Generator
Github
Rubik's Cube Solver
Github
Voice Controlled Spotify
GitHub
Restaurant Food Tracker
GitHub