Lucia Gomez

NYU ITP

Brooklyn, NY

About Me

I'm a postdoc Research Resident at NYU Tisch's Interactive Telecommunications Program and a freelance Creative Technologist and Web Developer. Formerly a Senior Software Engineer at Meta Reality Labs. I'm currently focused on

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

... Or wherever the wind takes me.

I have a Master's from NYU ITP and a B.A. in Computer Science and Linguistics from Cornell University. I enjoy making use of my background in Linguistics; my ITP thesis was 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

Blender

Lottie

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Premiere

Autodesk Fusion 360

3D Printing

Circuit Prototyping and Debugging

Printed Circuit Boards

Soldering

Laser Cutting

CNC Milling

three.js

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

Deeplocal Sygma NYU Meta Juni Learning Cornell CIS CUDAP Aurora

Creative Technologist, Deeplocal

May 2025 - present, May-Aug 2024

2025: Creative Technologist (Contractor)
2024
- Helped earn 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

Sep 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
Lead Coding Lab Mentor
- Organized office hour schedules, workshops, and guest speakers
- 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, Jun-Aug 2020, Jun-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-May 2022, Sep 2020 - Jul 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 University, Computer and Information Science

Oct 2018 - Dec 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)

Deeplocal Sygma NYU Meta Juni Learning Cornell CIS CUDAP Aurora

Creative Technologist, Deeplocal

May 2025 - present, May-Aug 2024

2025: Creative Technologist (Contractor)
2024
- Helped earn 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

Sep 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
Lead Coding Lab Mentor
- Organized office hour schedules, workshops, and guest speakers
- 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, Jun-Aug 2020, Jun-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-May 2022, Sep 2020 - Jul 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 University, Computer and Information Science

Oct 2018 - Dec 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

Creative Technologist, Deeplocal

UX Engineering Intern, Sygma

Graduate Student, NYU Tisch, Interactive Telecommunications Program

Senior Software Engineer, Meta

Instructor, Juni Learning

Teaching Assistant, Cornell University, Computer and Information Science

President, Cornell University Deaf Awareness Project

Software Engineering Intern, Aurora Flight Sciences

Creative Technologist, Deeplocal

UX Engineering Intern, Sygma

Graduate Student, NYU Tisch, Interactive Telecommunications Program

Senior Software Engineer, Meta

Instructor, Juni Learning

Teaching Assistant, Cornell University, Computer and Information Science

President, Cornell University Deaf Awareness Project

Software Engineering Intern, Aurora Flight Sciences