CS & Economics — University of Minnesota
I build software where code meets markets — from ML models and trading systems to iOS apps people actually use.
Open to internship opportunities
I'm a Computer Science and Economics student at the University of Minnesota (class of 2027), interested in the space where software engineering and markets overlap — machine learning, quantitative trading, and full-stack product work.
I've interned at The Walsh Group and Tartan Supply Company, shipped an iOS app with paying users, and I'm currently building a crypto options-pricing model that paper-trades on Polymarket. Outside of class I'm active in Social Coding and founded the Consulting & Strategy Group at UMN.
Working with
May 2024 — Aug 2024
Integrated a business system suite streamlining timecard management for 6,000+ hourly employees and construction plan management for 30+ projects. Configured SSO via Microsoft Azure across 21 regional offices and built an Excel model on user login data to allocate system billing accurately across company sectors.
May 2023 — Aug 2023
Helped migrate the company website from static HTML to a dynamic React.js / Node.js / MySQL platform, improving performance and scalability. Coordinated with an offshore development team to keep milestones on schedule — cutting average turnaround by 3 days — and assisted in integrating the authorize.net payment gateway for secure online transactions.
A trading model that applies Monte-Carlo Black-Scholes pricing to Up/Down contracts for BTC, ETH, SOL, and XRP, placing paper trades on Polymarket's 5-minute price markets. Not profitable yet — actively in development.
An ML model for game-to-game performance analysis of NFL teams. Improved prediction accuracy by 13% by benchmarking Random Forest, KNN, SVC, and Gradient Boosting models against each other.
An iOS app built with Swift and SwiftUI on Firebase/Firestore, supporting 50+ users. Added authentication and in-app purchase integration, increasing profitability by 85% to date.
A cross-platform running app built with React Native and Expo on Firebase. Led project workflow for a team of 3 developers using GitHub Projects and Issues.
The fastest way to reach me is email — I read everything.
zsyedks@gmail.comOpen to internship opportunities · Minneapolis, MN