EXPERIENCE

Granola Product Engineer Intern
London, June - September 2025
  • Designing and building the most popular AI notetaking app to help people work and think better at one of the fastest growing startups
Standard AI Software Engineering Intern
San Francisco, June - September 2024
  • Developed models to analyze shopper behavior and enhance conversion rates for brick-and-mortar stores
  • Utilized computer vision, Markov chains, and clustering methods to derive insights from large amounts of customer data
SparkleVerse Software Engineering Intern
Virtual, May - September 2021
  • Led the design and implementation of features using React and Firebase to improve platform usability and scalability
  • Platform was used by GitHub, Google, and Burning Man to host large events with thousands of attendees

EDUCATION

University of Oxford BA Computer Science
Graduating 2026
  • Relevant coursework
  • CS:
    • Functional Programming, Imperative Programming, Algorithms and Data Structures, Digital Systems, Compilers, Concurrent Programming, Machine Learning, Computational Complexity, Lambda Calculus
  • Math:
    • Probability, Discrete Mathematics, Linear Algebra, Intro to Proof Systems, Continuous Mathematics

PROGRAMS

Alignment Research Bootcamp Participant
University of Oxford, January 2025
  • Covered the ARENA curriculum at an intensive bootcamp covering interpretability techniques and replicating key papers.
Program on AI And Reasoning AI Scholar
University of Cambridge, August 2023
  • Invited on full scholarship to this program on ML, AI, and cognition for mathematically talented students
  • Built transformers from scratch with Neel Nanda, worked on a project exploring the latent space of VAEs
PROMYS Europe Math Student
University of Oxford, July - August 2022
  • Selectively chosen for an intensive 6-week program from Oxford, MIT and Boston University professors on number theory and combinatorics
tech Websites, notes, projects, etc.
thoughts What's in Malaika's notes app?
craft The things I make by hand 
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