Developed the foundational Web API framework for the LeonG19/CS4311_TRACE_Epsilon_Spring2025 repository, focusing on integrating FastAPI to support REST endpoints and file uploads. Leveraged python-multipart to enable multipart request handling, ensuring robust file upload workflows and scalable API patterns. Updated dependency management by aligning requirements.txt with FastAPI and python-multipart, streamlining environment setup for consistent onboarding and testing. The work established a reproducible development environment and laid the groundwork for future feature delivery, facilitating easier frontend integration. Demonstrated skills in dependency management and Python, with an emphasis on backend architecture and maintainable API design for ongoing project scalability.