Rishik Chakraborty

Student • Developer • Problem Solver
Passionate about Mathematics, Machine Learning, and Markets.


Work Experience

Agentic Intelligence Intern @ Cimba.ai

May 2025 - Sept 2025 · Remote/Seattle

Company's only high school intern. Developing agentic processing pipelines for customer data.

AI Software Engineering Intern @ MotionShark

Jun 2025 - Sept 2025 · Remote/San Francisco

Working on integrating customer feedback directly into our digital tutor site. Specifically working on the AI whiteboard mechanism.

Chief Technology Officer @ FinTech Nexus

Sept 2024 - Present · Remote

Leading software engineering initiatives and technology strategy for the organization. Lead developer of fintechnexus.ca

Frontend Developer @ Zeuty

Jun 2024 - Sep 2024 · Waterloo, ON · Remote

Developed mobile applications using React Native, TypeScript, and Expo Go.

Education

University of Waterloo, Honors Software Engineering (BSE)

2026 - 2031 · Waterloo, ON

Incoming Student. President's Scholarship of Distinction: Awarded for academic excellence ($2,500 entrance award + $1,500 research grant)

St. Marcellinus (Grade 12)

2021 - 2026 · Mississauga, ON

Top 6 Average: 98.25%

Highest mark in several subjects.
President of Computer Science Club. President of DECA (4 year executive). Math club executive

Volunteering & Public Speaking

Program Lead + Head Secretary

For The Love of Reading (Brampton) · Sep 2022 - Present · Mississauga, ON

Empowering disadvantaged students through education.

Teacher

Taught my own grade 4 class. · September 2022 - January 2023 · Remote

Mentoring young students to find their passions for math.

Speaker

TEDxMcFarren Boulevard Youth · July 2025 · Remote

Challenged my audience's intuition with tricky puzzles. Watch here

Speaker

HealthCareCoding · September 2022 · Remote

Spoke about quantum computing to 100+ live viewers.

Projects

CareBridge Terrahacks

AI-powered post-operative recovery assistant that helps patients find nearby pharmacies and manage their recovery after surgery.

Next.js 15React 19TypeScriptTailwind CSSPython FlaskMongoDBGoogle Maps API

AutoAlert StarterHacks 2024

Security application that detects car theft and automatically sends alerts to police and car owners with customizable daily protection features.

Mobile DevelopmentSecurity APIsNotification Systems

SafeConnections HawkHacks (Wilfrid Laurier University)

Innovative messaging platform using unsupervised machine learning to detect and prevent child trafficking attempts, targeting Southern African countries.

HTMLCSSJavaScriptReact.jsNode.jsPythonGoogle Sheets APITwiliosklearnMachine Learning

SmartSeed JamHacks8

Agricultural solution that analyzes plant deficiencies to revitalize soil quality, helping communities diagnose crop issues efficiently during climate challenges.

FlaskFull-stack DevelopmentData AnalysisAgricultural APIs

Honors & Awards

Canadian Computing Competition (CCC)

Senior Top 5% Distinction (Score: 43)

University of Waterloo senior programming competition · February 2025

CMIMC (Carnegie Mellon Informatics and Mathematics Competition)

Rank 23 internationally

International competition hosted by Carnegie Mellon University · April 2025

Jane Street Estimation Competition

4th Place out of 185 competitors

Prestigious annual Estimathon for AIME qualifiers · April 2025

AIME Qualification

AMC 12B (2024, 2025 Top 10% globally).

American Invitational Mathematics Examination qualifier · February 2025

Grade 12 Euclid Mathematics Contest

65 (Highest in School + Written one year)

University of Waterloo mathematics competition · April 2024

Grade 11 Fermat Mathematics Contest

128 (Top 7% internationally)

University of Waterloo mathematics competition · February 2024

AP Calculus BC

Score: 5

Advanced Placement examination · May 2025

AP Scholar with Distinction

Completed 9 AP Exams (5,5,5,5,4,4,4,3,3)

Advanced Placement examination · May 2024

Publications

Encryption: Romeo can now text Juliet

students x students · Oct 13, 2023

I explain encryption using an analogy to Romeo and Juliet (a play on the classic Alice and Bob cryptography analogy) and go over the math used in RSA encryption.

There are so many OBJECTS in a CLASSroom

students x students · Jun 4, 2023

I talk about the fundamental concepts of Objects and classes in computer science.

Certifications

Y Combinator Startup School

Y Combinator · 2026

EntrepreneurshipStartups
Cohort Member

Algorithmic Trading and Stocks Essential Training

LinkedIn · July 2025

StocksAlgorithmic Trading
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Python Data Structures and Algorithms

LinkedIn · July 2025

Algorithms
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Let's Connect

Always excited to discuss mathematics, technology, finance, or explore new opportunities. Whether you're interested in collaboration, mentorship, or just want to chat about innovation!

Open to internships, research opportunities, and meaningful conversations.