
Claire C.
Microsoft Software Engineer | CMU CS Grad | Head TA | Ace Interviews

Studied at Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science
Works at Microsoft
Available Saturday at 2:00 AM UTC
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Claire's Coaching Offerings

Craft a Winning Software Engineering Resume
Build a resume that highlights your technical skills and impact
Starting at $1382h+ of coaching

Land a Software Engineering Offer — Getting Started
Streamlined coaching for fast, focused SWE job prep
Starting at $327.755h+ of coaching

Nail Your Software Engineering Interviews
Crush the interviews with mock sessions, key frameworks, and tailored prep.
Starting at $327.755h+ of coaching
Custom hourly · $69/hr
Get help with Skill Building, LinkedIn Review, and .
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
Work Experience
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)
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.
Software Engineer Intern
Microsoft
May 2024 - August 2024
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
Software Engineer Intern
Stryker
May 2023 - August 2023
MLOps
Claire was also given offers to work at
PwC
Leidos
ServiceNow
Vanguard Group
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Education

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