Emmanuel McGrail
Résumé · Pittsburgh, PA · [email protected]
Summary
Data Science & Computer Science student at the University of Pittsburgh (French minor, GPA 3.76, graduating Spring 2027). Spent Spring 2026 on exchange at ENSEA in France; currently interning at BNY. Focused on machine learning, systems, and data engineering — aiming toward graduate study and AI research.
Experience
Data Engineering Intern
Sept 2024 – PresentUniversity of Pittsburgh Athletics
- Built a serverless data pipeline for the diving team using AWS Lambda, turning raw web data into real-time performance analytics.
- Engineered and deployed an LLM-powered TEXT2SQL tool, democratizing SQL access for non-technical staff.
- Built PowerBI dashboards for donors and leadership; integrated position-specific metrics into football recruitment pipelines under the assistant AD.
Engineering Intern
May 2025 – PresentBank of New York (BNY)
- Built a data reprocessing algorithm via Spring and Kafka to automatically resolve failed enrichment pipeline messages.
- Optimized reconciliation workflows — $1.7M in cost savings and 8x reduction in processing time.
- Migrated legacy data zones into a new strategic architecture, improving access for risk analysis teams.
Undergraduate Researcher — NLP & AI
Sept 2024 – June 2025Pitt School of Computing
- Collaborated with PhD students and faculty on LLM-enhanced conversational AI for smart home devices.
- Integrated ChatGPT with the Alexa API via Python and NodeJS to expand functionality and usability.
- Studied how diverse communities interact with AI-driven home technology; presented findings to faculty.
Selected Projects
High-performance ABI for probabilistic computation in C++ and Python. ~2.5x GPU speedup over standard libraries via optimized kernel execution.
Minecraft plugin that lets ML models generate terrain in-game via CNNs. Pipelines extract chunk data and produce real-time topographical outputs.
Web application for visualizing LLM embeddings and token representations interactively.
Machine learning-powered moderation and analytics bot for Discord servers.
A running exploration of mathematics through code — linear algebra, probability, analysis, and more.
Open-source library for Pitt student data. Contributed full study room reservation support.
Education
University of Pittsburgh — B.S. Data Science, B.S. Computer Science, Minor in French
Pittsburgh, PA · GPA 3.76 · Graduating Spring 2027
ENSEA (École Nationale Supérieure de l'Électronique)
Cergy, France · Engineering Study Abroad · Spring 2026
Selected Coursework
Skills
Python · C++ · Java · R · C# · C · SQL · PyTorch · CUDA · Transformers · scikit-learn · Pandas · NumPy · Spring · Kafka · Spark · Snowflake · AWS (Lambda, Step Functions, Athena, S3) · Git
Awards & Honors
Dean's List · French Dedication Award · EU Economic Project Award · All-Academic Athlete