General Information
Full NameFlorian Reihl
Emailfrr20@pitt.edu
Office AddressPittsburgh, PA
Education
Aug 2022 – May 2026
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
- ◦Coursework: DS & Algorithms II, Algorithm Design, Software Engineering, Web Dev, Software QA, OS, Database Management Systems
Publications
Honors and Awards
2025
- ◦Fall & Spring Dean's List, School of Computing & Information
- ◦COSA Dataset-JSON Viewer Hackathon — Honorable Mention, CDISC
2024
- ◦CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Finalist, Computing Research Association
- ◦Summer Undergraduate Research Award, School of Computing & Information
2022
- ◦Fall 2022 Dean List, School of Computing & Information
Experience
Sep 2023 – May 2026
Software Engineer & Engineering Lead
STIW Research Lab, Pittsburgh, PA
- ◦Led architecture and drove key technical decisions across 6 projects, including a team of 4 developers on AI canvas project
- ◦Designed a constitutional multi-agent in which 3 adversarial sub-agents benchmark decision-making in governance settings
- ◦Led team to develop goal envisioning multi-canvas AI tool deployed across 3 organizations and ran 4 user study workshops
- ◦Built a Google Analytics, React.js, and Firestore application to test assumptions about reentry support, serving 30+ users
- ◦Optimized video recommendation system using Lazy Loading, reduced load times by 67% (200 videos from 12s to 4s)
- ◦Implemented text highlighting DOMWalker toolkit enabling users to access contextual definitions within interfaces
- ◦Re-architected Firestore database by flattening and denormalizing data, improving query performance by 9x (2min → 20sec)
- ◦Received CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award Runner Up & Summer Research Award (Summer 2024)
- ◦Presented findings to state representatives at 2024 URC-PA (Harrisburg) and attended NCUR conference
Feb 2026 – May 2026
CTO
ReoriCare
- ◦Co-founded a healthcare startup developing a persona-driven AI agent to prevent hospital delirium
- ◦Led customer discovery interviews with physicians and clinical staff to validate workflow needs and usability
Dec 2024 – Aug 2025
Software Engineer
EDA Clinical
- ◦Developed interface of Event-Driven reviewer task tracking and JSON analytics platform for FDA submission workflows
- ◦Optimized the SAS to JSON dataset viewer using lazy loading from Cloud Storage, reducing initial load times by 90%
- ◦Implemented security architecture including Azure Entra ID, JWT/OAuth2, and RBAC with Azure services integration
- ◦Engineered a real-time data stream using React Query to synchronize data for users tracking an ongoing medical study
Feb 2024 – Jun 2024
Software Engineer
Sharp Education
- ◦Developed responsive frontend pages and components using React.js with Storybook for component documentation
- ◦Created pitch slide deck for Big Idea Blitz Competition showcasing Sharp Education’s product vision
Feb 2024 – Jun 2024
UI Designer
Forevergreen
- ◦Designed Figma prototype of mobile carbon calculator with user flows for footprint input, calculation, and carbon offsetting
Selected Projects
Skills
LanguagesPython, Java, C, Rust, Dart, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SQL, Bash, PowerShell
FrameworksFastAPI, Spring Boot, Next.js, React.js, Flutter, JUnit
TechnologiesPostgreSQL, SQLite, Azure, Git, Docker
ConceptsSoftware Engineering, OOP, System Architecture, Design Patterns, API Design, Agile/Scrum
Leadership and Service
Jan 2024 – May 2026
UX Club @ Pitt
VP & Founding Member
- ◦Established interdisciplinary UX club at Pitt and grew membership to 145 students in a single semester
- ◦Led 3+ workshops on case study methodology and user research metrics for 15+ attendees per session
Aug 2023 – May 2024
HCI/UX Branch Leader
Computer Science Club
- ◦Coordinated 2 industry guest speakers and doubled HCI branch Discord engagement through weekly discussion threads