Om Ogale

Senior at University of Waterloo studying Computer Science.
Looking for 2027 New Grad opportunities.

Waterloo time, shown on an abacus.

I like building at the intersection of ML, infrastructure, and distributed systems, most recently at GPTZero. Previously worked on fullstack and systems at Carta and Ford.

At GPTZero I led our investigations initiative into LLM hallucinations, primarily into EY, KPMG, and PwC. All three reached the front page of the Financial Times, and the work was highlighted in Grammarly’s acquisition of the company. Also featured by Bloomberg, Forbes, the Telegraph, and more.

Outside of code I like playing video games, reading, and writing.

Work

Rated Outstanding on five co-op terms.

  • Grammarly Software Engineer InternJun–Aug 2026Continued my GPTZero work after Superhuman (Grammarly) acquired it.
  • GPTZero Software Engineer InternJan–May 2026Brought the search behind hallucination detection in-house on OpenSearch, saving $100K+ a year, and built a citation cache that saves another $55K+. Won the quarterly hackathon.
  • Carta Backend Software Engineer InternSummer 2025Built eligibility checks that route expenses automatically, saving 600+ hours of manual triage a year. Also built an AI tool that reads wire instructions out of spreadsheets, saving 5,000+ hours of manual entry a year.
  • Ford Pro Software Engineer InternFall 2024Architected the vehicle enrollment flow, handling 5M+ transactions a year. Introduced composite monitoring across 100+ teams.
  • Ford Software Developer InternWinter 2024Built KPI reports in Next.js and cut their load times by 90%.
  • Ford Systems Software Developer InternSummer 2023Owned the KPIs for evaluating the Rigil ECU behind Ford’s next-gen infotainment, and set up Ford Ottawa’s first lab installation.

Projects

  • RPGAn AI role-playing game that generates NPC dialogue, judges free-form actions, and keeps world state so the story branches.
  • ZippyFile compression in C++ using parallel Huffman coding, reaching better than 2:1.
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Around campus

  • UW Blueprint. Project lead on a Discord integration for BobaTalks (13K+ members); before that, built tools for Marillac Place and Extend-A-Family.
  • Hack the North and Hack Canada. Hackathon judge.
  • Google Developer Group. Software executive, built auth for GDG's monorepo.
  • UW Computer Science Club. Built the CS class profile, visualizing the graduating class’s journeys.

Before Waterloo

  • First place at the 21st UCMAS International Abacus Competition, representing Saudi Arabia. Our team placed second overall among 58 countries.
  • Third out of ~13,500 teams in IIT Bombay’s Eureka! Junior 2021 pitch competition.
  • Debating and public speaking, including serving as President and Vice President Education of two Toastmasters youth leadership clubs.