Hi, I'm

Michael Tokuda

Software Engineer

Michael Tokuda

Experience

Where I've made an impact

Palantir

Palantir

Software Engineer Intern

May 2026 - Aug 2026New York City, NY

Incoming Software Engineer Intern on Palantir's Foundry team, building AI models and working with large-scale data to help commercial clients.

AI/MLFoundry PlatformLarge-Scale Data
Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech

Teaching Assistant

Jan 2026 - PresentAtlanta, GA

Supporting 250+ students in CS 4400: Introduction to Database Systems by providing feedback on SQL querying and advanced database application development in MySQL during office hours, grading sessions, and project reviews.

SQLMySQLDatabase DesignTeaching
Susquehanna International Group

Susquehanna International Group

Discovery Day Invitee

Dec 2025 - Dec 2025Remote

Selected to attend SIG Discovery Day to learn about quantitative trading, market making, and option pricing.

Quantitative TradingMarket MakingOptions
Meta

Meta

Software Engineer Intern

May 2025 - Aug 2025Menlo Park, CA

Built an Onboarding Org Insight Tool for VPs to track resources delivered to 10,000+ new hires annually. Created interactive metrics UI with filtering and search using React + Relay. Engineered recursive GraphQL data-fetching in Hack to efficiently process 90,000+ onboarding plans and over 2M related data points. Proposed and engineered a notification system increasing onboarding task completion rates by 12.1%.

ReactRelayGraphQLHackInternal Tools
Pool Protocol

Pool Protocol

Quantitative Developer

Jun 2022 - May 2024Remote

Initiated research to develop a delta-neutral DeFi blockchain application for capturing leveraged liquidity pool yields, generating $609,067 in profit with a 24.4% APY over 15 months. Utilized Web3.js and ABIs to integrate with 5 major DeFi protocols, optimizing investment performance by 78% and enabling 40+ smart contract interactions daily.

Web3.jsDeFiSolidityJavaScriptBlockchain

Projects

What I've been building

Team Phoenix HPC

Implemented high-performance C++ systems leveraging multithreading, parallel algorithms (std::thread, OpenMP), and cache-aware optimizations to reduce execution time and improve scalability.

C++CCUDAOpenMPMultithreadingHPC

TokuBot

Developed an AI/ML real-time poker assistance software employing counterfactual regret minimization (CFR) and GTO strategies to enhance decision accuracy. Created a Google Chrome extension to scrape 16,000+ poker hands from 2 major websites, generating 11.5 big blinds per 100 hands.

C++PythonJavaScriptAI/MLChrome ExtensionReact.js

RU Busy

Engineered a full-stack AI-powered time management application using Next.js/React on the frontend and Django with PostgreSQL on the backend to handle RESTful API workflows. Containerized and deployed the backend using Docker and AWS EC2, configuring NGINX for API traffic handling.

Next.jsReactDjangoPostgreSQLDockerAWSNGINX

Education

My academic background

Georgia Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Minor in Mathematics

4.00

GPA

December 2027

Expected Graduation

Atlanta, GA

Relevant Coursework

Data Structures and AlgorithmsHigh Performance Computing in C++Operating SystemsComputer ArchitectureObject Oriented ProgrammingNetworkingDatabases

Skills

Technologies I work with

Languages

C++PythonJavaScriptSQLJavaPHPHTMLCSS

Frontend

React.jsNext.jsNode.jsGraphQLWeb3.js

Backend

DjangoManifest.json

Tools & Systems

GitHubGitMySQLPostgreSQLDockerAWSLinux

Get In Touch

I'm always open to new opportunities

Feel free to reach out if you want to connect, collaborate, or just say hi!

michael.tokuda17@gmail.comLinkedInGitHubmichaeltokuda.com