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pablo mendoza

Where I’ve worked

Work experience

Pablo posing with three people in blue flight suits in front of a NASA backdrop.
A moment beyond the code / NASA

Summer 2026

NASA Kennedy Space Center

Software Engineering Intern

Built an internal full-stack platform supporting payload and science experiment processing analysis during my summer 2026 internship.

  • Designed REST APIs and asynchronous jobs with persistent state, progress tracking, and error handling.
  • Connected an AI-assisted workflow to structured inputs, persisted results, and frontend status updates.
  • Built for fully local operation while keeping a path open to hosted deployment and role-based access.
  • Nominated for NASA’s Shining Star recognition.
  • Python / FastAPI
  • React
  • Background workers
Pablo with the Credit Karma internship cohort in front of a colorful Credit Karma mural.
Summer with the team / Credit Karma

Summer 2025

Credit Karma / Intuit

Software Engineering Intern · User Management

Software engineering experience on the User Management team, spanning frontend development, service infrastructure, and testing.

  • Shipped security-settings upgrades for a platform serving more than 120 million users.
  • Migrated authentication functionality from a legacy monorepo into Scala microservices.
  • Added schema validation, unit and integration coverage, and monitored staged Kubernetes rollouts.
  • React / TypeScript
  • Vite
  • GraphQL
  • Scala