Arav Gupta

Carlsbad, California. aravgupta2019@gmail.com github.com/zCranking linkedin.com/in/arav-gupta-9b581a355/

Education

Army and Navy Academy, Carlsbad, CA2023 – 2027

Boarding school. GPA 3.89 unweighted, 4.38 weighted. 8 APs, 4 honors, 4 dual-enrollment courses. AP U.S. History 4, AP Environmental Science 4.

MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA2026

Dual enrollment: C++ programming.

Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX2026 – 2027

Dual enrollment.

Experience

Athira, web development internOct 2025 – Jan 2026

Built interactive, multi-layered pages from Figma designs, including login and Stripe subscription flows and a hiring site with an admin dashboard for reviewing applicants, and worked between the backend and design teams through implementation and deployment.

TRN Global, software engineering internJul – Oct 2025

Wrote scrapers that pulled flight, hotel, and activity data and turned it into itineraries, plus a React and TypeScript front end for an AI itinerary planner with a travel-personality quiz. I tested the code before handing it off for validation and use.

Projects

Veritas ChartingJul 2026

Catches AI-written clinical notes that drift from what the patient actually said. Built at the Abridge AI Healthcare Hackathon.

AI Simulation Prediction MarketJun – Jul 2026

A points-based prediction market where the crowd sets the odds and an AI analyst forecasts on its own, then both get scored.

ChronologixJul 2026

Turns a box of case records into a date-ordered chronology where every fact cites the page it came from.

Signal-to-TicketJul 2026

Reads a company's SEC 8-K filing and turns it into a sized trade ticket, or kills the trade and names the rule it broke.

Quant trading backtestsJun – Jul 2026

Two trading strategies backtested from 2021 to 2026, through the 2022 bear market, for the Harvard Venture Tech Summer Program.

WayfareJul 2026

A corporate travel booking assistant: state your meetings, get itineraries that satisfy every hard constraint, and book with policy checks and manager approval.

Leadership

Battalion Commander, JROTC2026 – 27

Lead 300+ cadets in grades 7 to 12 with the President, Commandant, and Senior Army Instructor.

First Sergeant, Charlie Company2025 – 26

40+ cadets. One of six juniors chosen.

Founding member and project manager, VEX team 92008A2024 – now

Regional champion, 3rd in Robot Skills at JROTC Nationals, VEX Worlds 2025 and 2026.

California Boys State, County Legal Counsel; Harvard Model Congress; Harvard Venture Tech Summer Program; Honor Council; Interact Club, President.

Honors

Skills

Languages: Python, TypeScript, C++, JavaScript. Web and APIs: Next.js, React, FastAPI, Tailwind. Data: Supabase, Postgres, pgvector, pandas. AI: Claude, LangGraph, ChromaDB, Voyage.