Claire C.

Claire C.

Microsoft Software Engineer | CMU CS Grad | Head TA | Ace Interviews

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Studied at Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science

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Works at Microsoft

Available Saturday at 2:00 AM UTC

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Claire's Coaching Offerings

Custom hourly · $69/hr

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Claire’s Software Engineering Qualifications

Experience level: Associate

Software Engineer at Microsoft with a CS degree from Carnegie Mellon (#1 CS school in the US), where I specialized in Machine Learning and Security & Privacy. I've worked at Microsoft, Splunk (acquired by Cisco), and Stryker across tech stacks. Secured final rounds at Apple, NVIDIA, OpenAI, SIG. Got tech job offers in Big 4 consulting, financials, and numerous government defense contractors. Published as first-author at a top-tier ACM conference. As a Head Teaching Assistant for CMU's flagship computer security course, I've guided over 120 students to technical and academic success, and I've successfully coached 5 individuals to excel in their software engineering careers (including Ivy League students and graduate students) and make 6+ figures. I've reviewed hundreds of resumes and know the key to building your professional branding. Whether you're looking to break into the tech industry or advance your current skills, I'm here to help you navigate the path to success. Let's connect and create a tailored plan to achieve your goals!

Claire can help with:

Skill Building

LinkedIn Review

Resume Review

Networking Strategy

Salary Negotiation

Technical Interview Prep

Behavioral Interview Prep

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Work Experience

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Software Engineer

Microsoft

July 2025 - Present

Azure HPC/AI Training Platform Winner, capstone hackathon at Microsoft's internal Azure Engineering Boot Camp (out of 20 teams)

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Head Teaching Assistant

Carnegie Mellon University

August 2023 - December 2024

TA'd for CMU's flagship intro computer security course with 120+ CS/ECE students and 8 TA's.

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Software Engineer Intern

Microsoft

May 2024 - August 2024

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Software Engineer Intern

Splunk

January 2024 - April 2024

• Splunk 2024 Grand Hackathon Finalist among 92 teams • Optimized Core Search test suite runtime by 43%, driving substantial cloud cost savings

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Software Engineer Intern

Stryker

May 2023 - August 2023

MLOps

Claire was also given offers to work at

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    PwC

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    Leidos

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    ServiceNow

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    Vanguard Group

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    Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Education

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Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

2021 - 2025

Concentrations: Machine Learning and Security & Privacy Activities and societies: Women in Cybersecurity (VP of Corporate Relations), Data Science Club, Plaid Parliament of Pwning (Competitive Computer Security) Graduated with Senior Leadership Recognition

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