Jacob Cadavez
Software Engineer and AI/ML Developer
(with interest in Game Development)

Featured Projects

Professional Experience

Peer partners

Special ed tutor

sep 2019 - may 2022

As a Special Education Tutor for Peer Partners, I worked with educators to provide individualized plans to students with special needs. I helped these students with physical education.

umn vgdc

programming board member

sep 2023 - may 2024

I organized workshops and tutoring sessions, helping members improve their coding skills and develop video game projects. I also worked as a lead programmer for many projects.

umn research dep.

research assistant

june 2024 - current

I am currently aiding in a research project focused on evaluating the efficiency of various techniques in robot swarming.

resilience inc.

ai / ml developer

may 2024 - current

I worked with Resilience Inc. as an AI/ML Developer, focusing on fine-tuning models to accurately identify emotions in a user's voice.

Game shift

qa engineer / game developer

2024 - current

I am a game developer for this studio working on two different projects in Unreal using C++. I currently implement different functionalities and debug others work before merge.

Education

waubonsie valley
high school

sep 2018 - may 2022

Graduated with a Summa cum Laude Honors Award due to my GPA of 4.64. I won a Green and Gold Computer Science Award due to my performance.

Technical Interview Prep @ codepath

may 2024 - current

Currently enrolled in an advanced technical interview course to improve my technical interview skills and coding proficiency.

generative ai extern
@ cognizant

june 2024 - current

I am currently working at Cognizant as a Generative AI extern, learning more about the fundamentals and practical applications of generative AI using Python and deep learning frameworks.

university of minnesota twin cities

sep 2022 - current

I will graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science in Spring 2025, maintaining a current GPA of 3.981. I am also pursuing a Master’s in Computer Science, with an anticipated graduation in December 2025.