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
- Silver A Award (12th grade)
- Rising Star Award (12th grade)
- 3rd in Robot Skills, JROTC National Championship (11th grade)
- Bronze Patrick Henry Medal (10th grade)
- Department of the Army Superior Cadet Decoration (9th grade)
- NCO of the Grading Period
Skills
Languages: Python, TypeScript, C++, JavaScript. Web and APIs: Next.js, React, FastAPI, Tailwind. Data: Supabase, Postgres, pgvector, pandas. AI: Claude, LangGraph, ChromaDB, Voyage.