Maria Rice
Associate
Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Summary
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Top SchoolMaria Rice is an early-career technology professional and Columbia-trained computer engineer now based in Dubai, currently working as an Associate at Boston Consulting Group after a prior visiting internship with BCG. She brings hands-on engineering experience from internships at Nuro, Cornet Technology, and Johns Hopkins APL, where she worked on vehicle electrical systems, FPGA programming for secure communications, and cross-language deployment tooling. Maria pairs technical fluency with a strong record of organizing and mentoring—she founded a beginner-focused hackathon (CavHack), led DEI efforts and editorial strategy at Columbia Daily Spectator, and has mentored girls in STEM. Her background shows comfort navigating both confidentiality-bound defense projects and fast-moving product teams, suggesting she thrives in high-stakes, multidisciplinary environments. Fluent in translating technical work for broader audiences, she blends practical engineering chops with program leadership and social impact experience.
3 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, Computer Science, High School Diploma, Computer Science at C.G. Woodson High SchoolBachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering at Columbia University
English, Arabic, French
Github Skills (12)
transform10
data-loading10
data-lake10
python10
data-warehouse10
elt9
data-engineering9
dlt9
api7
pipeline6
data-science5
data-analysis4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mariarice15/AlarmBuddy
Mar 2024 - Mar 2024
Contributions:4 pushes, 3 branches in 1 day
mariarice15/Clock-Game
Sep 2023 - Sep 2023
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
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