Andrea López

Hi there! 👋 I'm Andrea. Welcome to my website, which I built from scratch! 🤗 I graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University with a degree in Computer Science. 💻 Now I'm a software engineer at Palantir in New York. 👩‍💻 I'm passionate about using technology and data to understand and elevate the human experience. ✨

Experience

Software Engineer

Palantir

Sep 2025-Present

New York, NY

Backend engineer on an infrastructure team.

Software Engineer Intern

Palantir

May-Aug 2024

New York, NY

Frontend engineer on an infrastructure team.

React

TypeScript

Grafana

Teaching Assistant

Columbia University

Jan-May 2024

New York, NY

TA for Fundamentals of Computer Systems class.

Break Through Tech AI Fellow

Cornell Tech

Jun 2023-May 2024

New York, NY

ML foundations course, career coaching, mentorship, and projects.

Data Science Intern

Oracle

May-Aug 2023

Seattle, WA

Data science and UX research on the design team.

Natural Language Processing Researcher

Columbia University

May-Aug 2022

New York, NY

Worked at Julia Hirschberg's Natural Language Processing lab. Funded by the Barnard College Summer Research Institute.

Python

Projects

Portfolio Website

Jan 2025

This website! 😊

InspoHub

Nov 2023

A simple social media web app. My final project for my CodePath Intermediate Web Development course.

Misinformation Detection

United Nations International Computing Centre

Sep-Dec 2023

Implemented a machine learning model to detect misinformation about polio vaccines on social media.

Pantry Puzzle

HackMIT 2023

Sep 2023

A website which uses the OpenAI API to suggest recipes people can create using ingredients they already have.

Event Planning Website

May 2023

Website where Columbia and Barnard student organizations can easily plan events on campus. My final project for my Introduction to Databases class at Columbia University.