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Tristan Yi

CS @ Duke · Software Engineer · First-Gen

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Tristan Yi
Tristan Yi
Tristan Yi
Tristan Yi
LanguagesTypeScript · JavaScript · Python · Java · C · C# · Swift
FrameworksReact · Next.js · Flask · HTML/CSS
DatabasesPostgreSQL · MongoDB · Neo4j · Firebase
ToolsDocker · AWS · Git · CI/CD · REST APIs

Experience

Work

Kalshi
Kalshi

01

Kalshi

Market Platforms

Building features for the world's first regulated prediction market exchange.

Jan 2026 — Present
Code+
Code+

02

Duke Code+

SWE Intern

AI fundraising platform. 1 of 4 from 300+ applicants. Projected $10M+ in gifts.

May 2025 — Jan 2026
BDB
Blue Devil Buddies

03

Blue Devil Buddies

SWE Intern

Duke's largest mentorship matching system. 12.5K+ participants, 80% faster processing.

Jun — Aug 2025
Aspin
AspinRock

04

AspinRock

SDE Intern

AI stock forecasting. 1M+ daily records across 5,000+ companies. 35% accuracy improvement.

Mar — Apr 2025
Fuqua
Duke Fuqua

05

Duke Fuqua

Research Assistant

Automated web-scraping for political finance analysis. 98% dataset accuracy.

Aug 2024 — Jul 2025

Involvement

Leadership

Apr 2025 — Jan 2026

Marketing Executive

Catalyst

Duke's largest pre-professional tech org — 150K+ social impressions, 30% attendance boost

Catalyst

Jun 2025 — Present

DukeLife Mentor

DukeLife

Mentoring first-gen/low-income students — ~25% increase in campus resource use

DukeLife

Portfolio

Projects

2x Hackathon Winner

Oct 2025

Deutsche Bank Hackathon — 1st Place

Excess

AI Voice Agent

AI voice agent bridging users to 800+ verified aid programs for housing, food, and energy assistance in underrepresented communities. ~60% lower cost than human ops.

PythonFlaskRetell AI
Deutsche Bank

Apr 2025

Devil's Tracker

Poker Session App

Cross-platform mobile app managing poker sessions — QR-based encoding cut setup from 2min to 10sec, real-time Firebase sync across 30+ games.

React NativeTypeScriptNode.jsPostgreSQL
Devil's Tracker

Mar 2025

CUHackIt — 1st Place

GoHelpMe

Disaster Response App

Disaster-response platform connecting victims with volunteers via real-time geolocation. Backend handled 500+ live help requests during testing.

React NativeExpoNode.jsExpressPostgreSQL
GoHelpMe

2025

This Website

Personal Portfolio

The site you're on. Real-time Spotify integration, interactive travel map, photography gallery, analytics dashboard, and a goals checklist backed by Postgres.

Next.jsTypeScriptTailwindSpotify API

Beyond Code

Hobbies

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Photography

View my photo collection from travels and everyday moments.

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Traveling

Explore my travel map and photos from places I've visited.

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Looking Ahead

2026 Goals

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2026 Goals

Check out what I'm working towards this year — a live checklist of my 2026 goals.

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