Hi, my name is

Nolan Burkhart.

I build intelligent systems.

Award-winning software engineer incoming at Apple with previous experienceuilding full-stack AI solutions, custom LLMs, and GPU-accelerated analytics.

Currently pursuing a B.S. in Computer Science at Cornell University with a minor in Artificial Intelligence.

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02. Experience

Software Engineer Intern

Apple - Central Automation and Tooling

May 2026 - August 2026

San Diego, CA

    Software Development Engineer Intern

    Amazon Web Services - S3

    May 2025 - August 2025

    Arlington, VA

    • -Integrated Model Context Protocol (MCP) and improved RAG systems for internal S3 AI tooling, improving ticket troubleshooting efficiency
    • -Developed a root cause analysis system with high-performance GPU kernel in CUDA/C++ to analyze S3 infrastructure bottlenecks
    • -Deployed full-stack dashboard for server health monitoring, reducing mean time to resolution from days to hours

    Software Development Engineer Intern

    Amazon Web Services - S3

    May 2024 - August 2024

    Arlington, VA

    • -Designed and theorized a large-scale AI language model, reducing inference cost and time
    • -Conducted NLP research, developing algorithms and formal proofs grounded in linear algebra and discrete mathematics

    03. Projects

    Iris

    Unified Academic Platform

    High-performance platform consolidating Cornell systems (Canvas, Gradescope, Student Center) with MCP-enabled AI assistant and Scheduler+ for optimized academic planning.

    C++ | AI/ML | Systems Integration

    September 2025 - Present

    CodeStorm

    AI-Enabled Programming Assessment Practice

    AI-powered C++ programming assessment platform with real-time code compilation, test execution, and intelligent scoring feedback.

    Python | AI/ML | AWS | Deep Learning

    December 2025 - Present

    SchoolPal

    Campus Navigation App

    Mobile campus navigation app with custom interactive map and shortest-path routing. Winner of 2021 Virginia 5th District Congressional App Challenge.

    Dart/Flutter | Algorithms

    June 2021 - March 2022

    Presented to U.S. Congress at #HouseOfCode

    04. Skills

    Languages

    PythonC++CUDAJavaJavaScriptTypeScriptCC#SwiftObjective-CDartAssembly (x86/64, RISC-V)

    Core Concepts

    PyTorchTensorFlowAWSGCPAzureDockerGitKubernetes

    AI & ML Technologies

    RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation)MCP (Model Context Protocol)LLMsNLPGPU KernelsParallel Processing

    Focus Areas

    Algorithms & Data StructuresSystems ProgrammingMachine LearningFull-Stack & Mobile DevelopmentHigh-Performance Computing

    05. Get In Touch

    Feel free to reach out!

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