Lucia Gomez

NYU ITP

Brooklyn, NY

About Me

Former Senior Software Engineer at Meta Reality Labs, current Master's student at NYU Tisch's Interactive Telecommunications Program (graduating May 2025). My background is in Computer Science and Web Development but I'm transitioning into more of a Creative Technologist role. I'm currently focused on

Interactive digital + physical installations
Creative coding
Paint plotters
Jello ?!

... Or wherever the wind takes me.

I studied Computer Science and Linguistics at Cornell University. I enjoy making use of my background in Linguistics; my ITP thesis is an installation that represents American Sign Language as a machine-made watercolor painting.

I have at least one ABBA song stuck in my head at any given time.

Tools & Technologies

I fell in love with programming and creative technology when I was 10 years old. My humble nerd beginnings include an animated Star Trek fanfiction in Scratch, and nothing I've made since can ever compete with that. More recently, I've gained hands-on experience with several creative tools and technologies to bring my ideas to life.

All

Creative Technology

Rapid Prototyping

Graphics

Frontend

UI Frameworks

Backend

Languages

Hosting

Arduino

Particle

TouchDesigner

Max/MSP/Jitter

Axidraw

Raspberry Pi

Spark AR

Blender

Lottie

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Premiere

Adobe After Effects

Autodesk Fusion 360

3D Printing

Circuit Prototyping and Debugging

Printed Circuit Boards

Soldering

Laser Cutting

CNC Milling

threeJS

p5.js

WebGL

Risograph Printing

HTML/CSS

Styled Components

Bootstrap

Materialize

Material UI

React

React Native

Next.js

Flutter

Express

Node.js

GraphQL

Django

Firestore

Supabase

MongoDB

MySQL

Javascript

Java

Python

OCaml

C++/Arduino

Heroku

Netlify

GitHub

AWS

Google Cloud Platform

Google Apps Script

Squarespace

Experience

Sygma Deeplocal NYU Meta Juni Learning Cornell CIS CUDAP Aurora

UX Engineering Intern, Sygma

Jan 2025 - present

Full-stack web development at a startup, building program management tools to accelerate hardware development with AI
Integrated custom Gantt chart UI to visualize hardware development lifecycle
Tech stack: Apollo, Next.js, React, Typescript, GraphQL, Django, Strawberry

Creative Technology Intern, Deeplocal

May - Aug 2024

Earned 224.7M+ in reach for White Claw brand via bespoke, high-tech coolers for sweepstakes and ad campaign
Owned full-stack web app, motion graphics, custom firmware, and Twilio API integration for White Claw coolers
Developed communication protocol between web app, Raspberry Pi, and Particle microcontrollers
Gauged feasibility of client asks via rapid prototyping product design: CAD, 3D printing, custom electronics
Brainstormed digital and physical interactive experiences to pitch to clients

Graduate Student, NYU Tisch, Interactive Telecommunications Program

Sept 2023 - present

Web Developer

Launched a room reservation system for the NYU Media Commons
Working with React, Material UI, Next.js, Firestore, Google App Engine, Google Calendar + Gmail APIs

Coding Lab Mentor

Holding weekly office hours to provide programming advice
Working as a general resource for my peers with all levels of programming experience

Graduate Assistant

Graduate teaching assistant for an NYU IMA class, ReCode
Helping undergraduate students learn about HTML/CSS, vanilla Javascript, and APIs

Senior Software Engineer, Meta

Aug 2021 - Aug 2023, June - Aug 2020, June - Aug 2019

2023: SWE working on full-stack software for system level user experiences on AR glasses
2020 (internship): Full-stack web development on the Marketplace ML Foundations team

Created a series of internal UI tools to empower logging interactions on Facebook Marketplace
Optimized interaction logging logic to reduce errors and redundancy

2019 (internship): Full-stack web development on the Integrity Review Platform team

Implemented a web app using PHP and React to provide feedback to content reviewers

Instructor, Juni Learning

Feb 2022 - May 2022, September 2020 - July 2021

2022: Content Creator

Part-time contractor to create short, asynchronous courses
Brainstormed and wrote curricula for courses on GitHub, React, and Intro to Linguistics until the contractor program was terminated

2021: Instructor

Executed one-on-one Computer Science lesson plans for students ages 8-18, while adapting to student needs and interests
Debugged student code in Java, Python, JavaScript, and HTML/CSS
Maintained records for each student and communicated progress to parents

Teaching Assistant, Cornell CIS

October 2018 - December 2020

Tutored students on effective programming practices in Java, OCaml, and Python
Received two awards for dedication to helping students
Held frequent office hours, graded written and programming assignments, and coordinated projects
Helped refactor courses for a virtual format during COVID-19
Courses: Object-Oriented Data Structures Honors (CS 2112), Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (CS 4700), and Functional Programming (CS 3110)

Sygma Deeplocal NYU Meta Juni Learning Cornell CIS CUDAP Aurora

UX Engineering Intern, Sygma

Jan 2025 - present

Full-stack web development at a startup, building program management tools to accelerate hardware development with AI
Integrated custom Gantt chart UI to visualize hardware development lifecycle
Tech stack: Apollo, Next.js, React, Typescript, GraphQL, Django, Strawberry

Creative Technology Intern, Deeplocal

May - Aug 2024

Earned 224.7M+ in reach for White Claw brand via bespoke, high-tech coolers for sweepstakes and ad campaign
Owned full-stack web app, motion graphics, custom firmware, and Twilio API integration for White Claw coolers
Developed communication protocol between web app, Raspberry Pi, and Particle microcontrollers
Gauged feasibility of client asks via rapid prototyping product design: CAD, 3D printing, custom electronics
Brainstormed digital and physical interactive experiences to pitch to clients

Graduate Student, NYU Tisch, Interactive Telecommunications Program

Sept 2023 - present

Web Developer

Launched a room reservation system for the NYU Media Commons
Working with React, Material UI, Next.js, Firestore, Google App Engine, Google Calendar + Gmail APIs

Coding Lab Mentor

Holding weekly office hours to provide programming advice
Working as a general resource for my peers with all levels of programming experience

Graduate Assistant

Graduate teaching assistant for an NYU IMA class, ReCode
Helping undergraduate students learn about HTML/CSS, vanilla Javascript, and APIs

Senior Software Engineer, Meta

Aug 2021 - Aug 2023, June - Aug 2020, June - Aug 2019

2023: SWE working on full-stack software for system level user experiences on AR glasses
2020 (internship): Full-stack web development on the Marketplace ML Foundations team

Created a series of internal UI tools to empower logging interactions on Facebook Marketplace
Optimized interaction logging logic to reduce errors and redundancy

2019 (internship): Full-stack web development on the Integrity Review Platform team

Implemented a web app using PHP and React to provide feedback to content reviewers

Instructor, Juni Learning

Feb 2022 - May 2022, September 2020 - July 2021

2022: Content Creator

Part-time contractor to create short, asynchronous courses
Brainstormed and wrote curricula for courses on GitHub, React, and Intro to Linguistics until the contractor program was terminated

2021: Instructor

Executed one-on-one Computer Science lesson plans for students ages 8-18, while adapting to student needs and interests
Debugged student code in Java, Python, JavaScript, and HTML/CSS
Maintained records for each student and communicated progress to parents

Teaching Assistant, Cornell CIS

October 2018 - December 2020

Tutored students on effective programming practices in Java, OCaml, and Python
Received two awards for dedication to helping students
Held frequent office hours, graded written and programming assignments, and coordinated projects
Helped refactor courses for a virtual format during COVID-19
Courses: Object-Oriented Data Structures Honors (CS 2112), Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (CS 4700), and Functional Programming (CS 3110)

About Me

Tools & Technologies

Experience

UX Engineering Intern, Sygma

Creative Technology Intern, Deeplocal

Graduate Student, NYU Tisch, Interactive Telecommunications Program

Senior Software Engineer, Meta

Instructor, Juni Learning

Teaching Assistant, Cornell CIS

President, Cornell University Deaf Awareness Project

Software Engineering Intern, Aurora Flight Sciences

UX Engineering Intern, Sygma

Creative Technology Intern, Deeplocal

Graduate Student, NYU Tisch, Interactive Telecommunications Program

Senior Software Engineer, Meta

Instructor, Juni Learning

Teaching Assistant, Cornell CIS

President, Cornell University Deaf Awareness Project

Software Engineering Intern, Aurora Flight Sciences