Current
University of Rochester
B.A. in Computer Science
Expected December 2026Software engineer · Rochester, NY
Hey, I'm Apostle Sowell.
I'm a computer science student at the University of Rochester building full-stack and AI software across healthcare, workforce technology, and consulting.
Where I'm learning
School notes
My path into software started at community college and continues in Rochester, New York.
Foundation
Monroe Community College
A.S. in Computer Science
Completed 2024Where I've worked
Experience
A few teams that have given me the chance to learn by contributing to real software.
Summer 2026
Application Developer Intern
IBM Consulting
Contributed to an AI platform modernization project for the New York Power Authority, researching unstructured-data search patterns across Databricks and Azure AI Search and presenting recommendations to the client.
Spring 2026
ETL Software Engineer Intern
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
Analyzed and modernized an annual rate-notice workflow shared across multiple teams, focusing on automation, accuracy, traceability, and a clearer handoff between systems.
Fall 2025 · Sep 2025–Feb 2026
Full-Stack Software Engineer Co-op
Paychex
Built and tested full-stack improvements for Paychex Flex Time & Attendance, including an inline punch-editing experience and fixes spanning React, TypeScript, ASP.NET Core, and legacy applications.
Summer 2025
Software Engineering Intern
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
Developed healthcare prototypes for annotating medical documents and helping people compare health-plan information using OCR, Databricks, and retrieval-augmented generation.
Things I've made
Selected projects
Two projects centered on making information easier to discover, understand, and use.
01
Browser extension · In development
Pronuncify
A pronunciation extension I’m rebuilding around a local-first lookup flow: normalized CMUdict results first, followed by an external fallback with caching, timeouts, and graceful failure handling.
- TypeScript
- CMUdict
- Browser APIs
- Node.js
Open field notes
- Problem
- Pronunciation tools often depend on remote requests even when a common word can be resolved locally.
- Approach
- Normalize the selected word, check CMUdict first, then use a cached external fallback with clear timeout and error behavior.
- Status
- Architecture rebuild in progress
02
Full-stack application
OtherPOV
A concert discovery and tracking experience that brings artists, events, and listening information together so live-music fans can find shows and keep up with the performers they care about.
- React
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
Open field notes
- Problem
- Concert, artist, and listening information often lives across separate services.
- Approach
- Bring those sources into one full-stack experience focused on discovering shows and following artists.
- Status
- Full-stack personal project
A little more
About me
I'm a Rochester-based computer science student growing into a full-stack and AI software engineer one project at a time.
I enjoy the part of development where a messy idea gradually becomes something clear and useful. That curiosity has taken me through full-stack applications, healthcare tools, enterprise data systems, and AI products.
Beyond the code, I care about asking thoughtful questions, learning from the people around me, and leaving systems easier to understand than I found them.
Tools I've used
The toolbox
- TypeScript
- React
- Next.js
- Node.js
- Python
- ASP.NET Core
- SQL
- PostgreSQL
- Databricks
- Azure
- LangChain
- LangGraph
- Docker
- GitHub Actions
- Jest
- ETL
Thanks for stopping by
It's nice to meet you.
If you'd like to talk about software, school, or one of my projects, feel free to send me a note.
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