Open to Work · Software Engineer

Melody Gatan

Full-Stack Developer · AI Tinkerer · Matcha Connoisseur

CSULB CS Grad '25·Bellflower, CA

I build full-stack apps by day and drink way too much matcha by night. Fresh CS grad from CSULB, 2nd place at MarinaHacks, and always looking for the next thing to build.

Ready / Problems

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Selected Work

Projects

Things I've built end-to-end — from AI-powered products to a CNN trained from scratch. Tap any card to dive into the code or a live demo.

Featured

PennySprout

Turns a messy bank-statement CSV into clear spending insights and a 1–10 financial health score.

A full-stack finance analyzer that parses uploaded statements, routes transactions through the Claude API for categorization, and renders interactive breakdowns with Recharts — backed by Clerk auth and per-user CRUD for persistent data.

Next.js

Claude AI

Recharts

Clerk

Riot Hackathon 2025

Rift Rewind

Spotify Wrapped, but for League of Legends — AI-coached season recaps delivered in Discord.

F1GPT

Ask anything about Formula 1 and get real-time answers grounded in live F1 data.

Modo Matcha

Real-time drink ordering that served 200+ guests with zero fulfillment errors.

TypeScript

Firebase

Firestore

Cafinity

Discover cafes nearby, with AI auto-moderating every community submission.

Animals10 Classifier

85% accuracy across 10 animal species with a VGG16 CNN built from scratch.

Python

PyTorch

Colab

Where I've Worked

Experience

#	Role	Period	Type
1	CE Web Developer CSULB Esports Association	Sep 2023 – Jul 2024	Engineering
2	Wi Secretary Women in Computing (WiC) – CSULB	Aug 2023 – Apr 2024	Leadership
3	T Fulfillment Expert Target	Aug 2021 – Present	Operations

Web Developer

CSULB Esports Association · Sep 2023 – Jul 2024

Cut tournament site query response time ~60% and reduced manual registration processing ~75% per season by refactoring PHP/MySQL queries with database indexes and building a self-serve signup system that handled 200+ users with automated roster validation.

Secretary

Women in Computing (WiC) – CSULB · Aug 2023 – Apr 2024

Grew workshop attendance ~45% over the year by running a monthly MailChimp newsletter to 150+ members with event spotlights and recap content.

Fulfillment Expert

Target · Aug 2021 – Present

Met daily fulfillment deadlines in a high-volume store by accurately processing online orders, tracking inventory, restocking shelves, and coordinating shipping handoffs with team members.

Toolbox

Technical Skills

Languages

Web

Databases

Tools

Background

Education

California State University, Long Beach

B.S. in Computer Science · GPA 3.66

Graduated Dec 2025

Coursework: Data Structures, Algorithms, Discrete Structures, Database Fundamentals, Object-Oriented Programming, System Programming, Operating Systems, Mobile App Development.
Honors: President's List (3×) · Dean's List (2×)
Affiliations: WiC — Women in Computing
ACM
SWE — Society of Women Engineers

Contact

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