William Graziano

Computer Science student and founder of Optimal Data Inc. Seeking a Summer 2027 software engineering internship.

Education

The Ohio State University, Columbus, OHExpected May 2028

B.S. Computer Science

Coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms, Operating Systems, Database Systems, Computer Organization, Web Applications, Discrete Structures, Digital Logic
Activities: A Kid Again (volunteer), Cyber Security Club, Claude Builder Club

Founder & Lead EngineerJan 2025 – Present

Optimal Data Inc. (Optimal Shopping)

Founded and run a New York corporation with no outside funding; hired and manage a product and marketing lead
Building Optimal Shopping (pre-launch, waitlist live), a location-aware grocery price comparison app for web, iOS and Android covering 1,000+ store branches
Designed a basket optimization algorithm that finds the cheapest way to split a shopping list across 1–4 stores, weighing distance and trip time
Built the production retail data pipeline in Python with FastAPI and Docker, using checkpoint-resumable batch jobs and automatic detection of dead stores
Implemented semantic product search with OpenAI embeddings, query expansion, a brand lexicon and 15+ category filters
Shipped the mobile app in React Native and Expo with in-app purchases, Apple Sign-In, GPS and push notifications; unified Stripe and RevenueCat billing into one subscription profile
Designed a multi-schema Supabase Postgres database with row-level security; all user data stays in-house
Built an internal company workspace with role-based access for 5 roles, audit logging, payroll and expense tracking, and campaign analytics

Monorail Cast MemberAug 2026 – Jan 2027

Walt Disney World College Program, Orlando, FL

Earned the Monorail Operations Team certificate after two weeks of training and a skills assessment
Run opening and closing safety checklists and diagnostics on high-voltage rail and power systems across every monorail station
Coordinate in real time with the control tower and station teams; completing Ohio State coursework alongside the program

Student ManagerSep 2024 – Jan 2026

Sloopy’s Diner, The Ohio State University

Promoted to Student Manager; ran daily shift operations at a high-volume campus dining facility
Led every station, from serving and hosting to Grubhub orders and delivery robots, and trained new student staff on all of them

BartenderMay 2025 – Present (seasonal)

Tiki Joe’s at Smith Point, Long Island, NY

Promoted from barback; lead the bar team at night and run the bar alone on slower shifts at a high-volume beachfront venue

BBFL League Platform2025 – 2026

Founder, commissioner and developer

Started and ran a 4-team, ~40-player football league for 3–4 seasons, and built its web platform in Next.js and Firebase
Shipped schedules, standings, player stat tracking, a live draft room, trades and admin tools

After-School Programming2023 – 2024

Founder & Instructor, Comsewogue High School

Launched an after-school coding program, recruited 35 students and taught them from language basics to building a small video game

1st Place, Longwood Hack-A-Thon2023

Two-person team, 200+ participants

For the robot-car challenge, wrote a small command language to drive the car live instead of pre-programming its route

Texas Instruments Feature2021 – 2023

Calculator programming

Calculator programs featured three times by Texas Instruments: New Year's Eve 2021, and World Emoji Day 2022 and 2023

Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Java, SQL

Web & mobile: React, Next.js, React Native, Expo, Tailwind

Backend & data: FastAPI, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Supabase, Firebase, Docker, web data pipelines

Platform: Stripe, RevenueCat, OAuth, role-based access control, OpenAI embeddings and semantic search