Summary
Madison Thantu is a Senior Software Engineer with six years of experience blending machine learning, product development, and interdisciplinary research into human-centered software. With an MS in Computer Science (ML track) from Columbia and dual undergraduate degrees in Cognitive Science and Human Biology & Society from UCLA, she specializes in data-driven product features, recommender systems, and supply-chain-aware web applications. She has shipped full-stack solutions—from Shopify apps and GraphQL-backed services to research simulators for long-term recommender dynamics—and has practical experience wrangling large vehicle telematics datasets at Ford. Madison gravitates toward projects at the intersection of technology, science, and society, aiming to design value-laden systems that prioritize fairness and accessibility. Based in Los Angeles, she brings a research-informed perspective to product engineering, bridging user behavior insights with production-ready code.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Comparative Legal Systems: Focus on Human Rights, Undergraduate Pre-Law Summer Program, Comparative Legal Systems: Focus on Human Rights, Undergraduate Pre-Law Summer Program at University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Columbia University
University of California, Los Angeles
University College London