Cameron DeBough

Cameron DeBough

Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, University of Arizona

I'm a double major in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Arizona, with a minor in mathematics and a 3.87 GPA. I build backend systems as a software engineering intern, do research in two labs (nonlinear acoustics and embodied AI robotics), and built DeBough Systems, a security monitoring product for businesses without IT staff.

I'm looking for software engineering internships for Summer 2027.

Experience

Software Engineering Intern

Oct 2025 - Present

SkillfullyAware / SAAQ

  • Own the production backend of an AI-powered leadership assessment platform used by executive peer organizations (EO, YPO): Python and FastAPI services on Supabase (PostgreSQL), live in production.
  • Built a streaming LLM analysis pipeline with multi-stage scoring and two-pass generation that eliminated timeouts and truncated output, plus automated DOCX report generation from the analysis results.
  • Implementing authentication, Stripe payments, and persistent user storage for MVP launch.

Founder & Engineer

Aug 2026 - Present

DeBough Systems

  • Built and launched a security monitoring product for businesses without IT staff: a Next.js and TypeScript app with Supabase auth and Postgres, Stripe billing, and automated weekly re-scans.
  • Engineered a passive scanning engine that checks email security (SPF, DMARC, DKIM), TLS certificates, domain registration (RDAP), and registered lookalike domains, with transparent scoring and plain-English fix steps.
  • Hardened the app with a strict nonce-based CSP, security headers, SSRF-safe outbound requests, and rate limiting. Breach monitoring requires DNS ownership verification first, so the tool can't be used for reconnaissance.
deboughsystems.com

Research Software Engineer

Mar 2026 - Present

NewFOS Center, University of Arizona

New Frontiers of Sound, an NSF Science & Technology Center. PI: Dr. Pierre Deymier

  • Built Python automation pipelines for nonlinear acoustics experiments (hysteresis sweeps, harmonic SNR analysis, transfer-function extraction) used to model signal distortion in acoustic transducers.
  • Designed and validated an electrical impedance measurement rig with a full de-embedding pipeline that isolated a 42% cable-parasitic error in a previously reported measurement.
  • Developed MATLAB signal-analysis pipelines (SVD, dynamic mode decomposition) that produced publication-quality figures for experiments on a three-rod coupled acoustic waveguide.
  • Automated Tektronix oscilloscopes and function generators via VISA/SCPI for synchronized multi-channel data acquisition.

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Sep 2025 - Present

VSI Lab, University of Arizona ECE

Embodied AI and accessibility. Advisor: Prof. Eungjoo Lee

  • Building 3D reconstruction (Gaussian splatting) and NVIDIA Isaac Sim environments for robot inspection, with ROS 2 control of LeRobot SO-101 arms and TurtleBot4 navigation.
  • Building computer-vision pipelines for Meta Aria 2 smart glasses (hand tracking, gaze data, real-time on-device ML inference) for ASL accessibility and skill-assessment applications.

Projects

Thermal-Tracking Turret

Embedded systems and robotics

An autonomous heat-tracking pan/tilt turret on a Raspberry Pi. An AMG8833 8×8 thermal array over I²C feeds a closed-loop feedback algorithm that drives PCA9685 hardware PWM servos to keep a moving heat source centered in real time. Runs headless as a systemd service.

Python · Raspberry Pi · I²C · PWM · systemd

APEX QUANT

Algorithmic futures trading system

An event-driven backtesting and paper-trading engine for micro futures (MES/MNQ/MGC), with a modular strategy framework, risk-management controls, and a broker-integration layer targeting Interactive Brokers (ib_insync).

Python · event-driven architecture · Interactive Brokers API

Synapse Finance

Full-stack financial SaaS, 50+ active users

A production web app with a Flask backend, React frontend, PostgreSQL, RESTful APIs, JWT authentication, and CI/CD deployment.

Flask · React · PostgreSQL · JWT

Code Live demo (free hosting, may take 30s to wake)

Vital Guard

AI health management

A symptom analyzer that uses the OpenAI API and NLP to give personalized health insights, with SQL-backed data persistence.

Python · OpenAI API · SQL

Code Live demo (free hosting, may take 30s to wake)

Advanced Log Analyzer

Security tooling

Rule-based anomaly detection for log files using statistical analysis, pattern matching, and configurable alerting.

Python

Code

More projects on GitHub

Education

University of Arizona

Expected May 2029

B.S. Computer Science and B.S. Artificial Intelligence, minor in Mathematics

GPA 3.87 · Dean's List with Distinction (Fall 2025) · Dean's List (Spring 2026)

Coursework: Software Development, Discrete Mathematics for CS I-II, Analyzing Data, Web Programming, Calculus I-II, Linear Algebra

Certifications: Certiport Java Foundations, JavaScript Specialist

Skills

Languages
Python, C++, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL, MATLAB, Bash, HTML/CSS
Frameworks
FastAPI, Flask, React, Next.js, Node.js, Tailwind CSS
Embedded & hardware
Raspberry Pi, I²C sensors, PWM servo control, VISA/SCPI instrument automation, ROS 2
Data & ML
NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, signal processing (FFT, SVD), computer vision, LLM integration
Tools & databases
Git, Docker, Linux, PostgreSQL, Supabase, Stripe, CI/CD

Leadership & Activities

Coke Fellow

May - Jul 2026

The Coca-Cola Company, Introships Career Discovery Program

Selected as 1 of 50 fellows nationwide for a coached cohort program with Coca-Cola executives.

Founder & Operator

May 2023 - Present

Durian Car Detailing

Grew a car detailing business to 100+ completed jobs, and built its website and a custom CRM.

University of Arizona AI Club · MLH Global Hack Week