Hi, I'm Diego Robles Costa. Software Engineer

I'm a computer science student at USF who builds software end to end: a multi-tenant recruiting platform on React, TypeScript, and Postgres, backend and infrastructure work on an LLM healthcare app presented at Google DevFest, and a model-serving REST API with its own CI and secret-scanning pipeline. I work hands-on with Python, TypeScript, SQL, and C, and I care about the parts most people skip — row-level security, offline test suites, and keeping secrets out of the browser. I'm looking for a software engineering internship building AI and accelerated-computing products.

1. 
   Sep 2026 – Present · Tampa, FL

   Outreach Director — Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

   Lead corporate outreach for USF's SHPE chapter, securing sponsorship from major technology companies to fund Hackabull, the chapter's hackathon. Manage the sponsorship pipeline from first contact through commitment while building relationships with company recruiters and engineering teams.

2. 
   Jul – Aug 2026 · Boston, MA

   IT Intern — WS Development

   Administered 511 user identities across Windows Server, on-premises Active Directory, and Azure/Entra ID hybrid environments spanning 100+ properties and 400+ tenant companies. Scripted Group Policy deployment of Claude Co-Work to 500+ employees across Active Directory and helped build a Claude Skills library distributed through SharePoint. Remediated 193 NinjaOne-flagged vulnerabilities while working from a queue of roughly 200 weekly tickets.

3. 
   Aug 2026 – Present · Tampa, FL

   Cooperative Internship, Python & Database Development — Global Career Accelerator

   Selected for the Global Career Accelerator, a competitive internship program through USF focused on Python and database development, including a project with Intel analyzing data for real-world business cases. Collaborate with peers and industry experts in interactive, team-based sessions to solve technical problems and deliver structured project assignments.

4. 
   Aug – Nov 2025 · Tampa, FL

   Backend Developer Mentorship Program — Google Developer Group

   Selected as 1 of 20 students for GDG Tampa's AI/ML and cybersecurity mentorship, building a healthcare application in Python under weekly mentor code review, and continued contributing to the codebase after the program ended.

Highlights

Presenting AI Doctor App at Google DevFest

Last November at Google DevFest, we presented our AI Doctor App, the healthcare application my team and I built throughout the GDG mentorship program. Showcasing it to developers and industry professionals, and hearing their feedback on our architecture and user experience, it was an incredible experience.

The event offered more than the presentation itself. Hearing from experienced engineers and founders gave me new insight into model integration, responsible deployment, and how to position technical projects in a professional setting. I left motivated to keep improving the project.

Completing my IT internship at WS Development

This summer I wrapped up my IT internship at WS Development in Boston, working on the identity and security infrastructure behind 100+ retail and mixed-use properties and 400+ tenant companies. I administered 511 user identities across Windows Server, on-premises Active Directory, and Azure/Entra ID, and remediated 193 NinjaOne-flagged vulnerabilities in six weeks.

Most of what I learned came from the ticket queue, roughly 200 a week of server, network, and authentication issues. Little of the work involved writing code; however, resolving authentication failures across distributed site networks gave me a formidably practical understanding of how enterprise systems hold together. Maintaining the infrastructure documentation as I went.