Ramp ↗
Software Engineering InternJun 2025 – Present
Selected for the internship while still in high school. I owned the Reserve RBA launch.
Jiawen (Carmen) Zhang · New York / Cambridge
Computer Science & Mathematics
Hi, I’m Carmen.
Computer Science & MathematicsI study CS and math at MIT. I’ve worked on protein evolution at MIT CSAIL, software at Ramp, and context for agents at Everant AI.
A little background
Everant AI ↗
Founding Research InternMar 2026 – May 2026
As the third team member, I designed and shipped an LLM-agent context engine with memory, retrieval, compression, and structured state.
MIT CSAIL · Berger Lab ↗
Undergraduate Researcher · RSI / UROPJun 2024 – Present
I developed an RL framework for protein evolution through RSI and was invited to continue the research through UROP.
Selected work
Ramp · Software engineeringSelf-serve Reserve RBA
I owned the self-serve Reserve RBA launch, reaching 700+ customers.
My work at Ramp ↗
Machine learning for science · Berger LabProtein evolution with RL
I developed an RL framework for SARS-CoV-2 mutation trajectories and evaluated its predictions against observed mutation patterns.
About the research ↗
Robotics · Perception + controlTerrain-adaptive exoskeleton
I designed and built the prototype using IMU and RGB-D sensing, PointNet++ terrain classification, and high-torque servos.
Watch the demo ↗Context for LLM agents
As Everant AI’s third team member, I designed and shipped a context engine combining memory, retrieval, compression, and structured state.
Project details ↗ETF rotation research
I designed a frozen-spec, one-shot out-of-sample validation of ETF rotation signals and benchmarked against buy-and-hold and 1,000 randomized rotation portfolios.
Study design ↗Memories
Then and now
My school project was about AI and robots; a few years later, I brought an exoskeleton I’d built to ISEF.
“Just how fast the night changes”
Building and presenting
USACO camp
USACO Platinum · EGOI finalist training camp participant