Work

Software engineering, AI/ML, and full-stack development across production and academic settings.

  • Graduate Assistant, Full-Stack Developer

    Virginia Tech • Blacksburg, VA
    May 2025 - May 2026
    • Grew the user base 42% (5K to 7.2K+) and expanded accessibility for 2,000+ students with disabilities by leading iterative frontend modernization of a legacy exam platform across multiple sprints, migrating to HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript with WCAG compliance.
    • Delivered 5+ production feature enhancements as primary developer — including an exam-management module built from scratch — using PHP, JavaScript, MySQL, and GitLab CI/CD, eliminating manual deployments through automated pipelines.
    • Conducted user research with students and staff to shape exam and student-facing workflows, translating findings into prioritized feature requirements.

  • Grader, ECE-5464 (Applications of Machine Learning)

    Virginia Tech • Blacksburg, VA
    Jan 2025 - May 2025
    • Evaluated and debugged 500+ ML assignments for 80+ graduate students across supervised learning, neural networks, ensemble methods, and unsupervised learning, delivering targeted feedback on model architecture, hyperparameter tuning, and code quality.
    • Guided students through backpropagation, gradient descent, and regularization via written feedback and 1:1 sessions, bridging ML theory and practical implementation.

  • Software Engineer (incl. SWE Intern, Jan–Jun 2023)

    Persistent Systems • Goa, India
    Jan 2023 - Jun 2024
    • Reduced code vulnerabilities 30% by building a full-stack code-quality analysis platform with a user-facing dashboard in TypeScript across the full SDLC, integrating SonarQube and CAST APIs to automate error detection across 15+ enterprise codebases.
    • Cut manual review cycles by conducting user research with 8+ developers across QA, Frontend, and Product to identify code-review pain points, then partnering with ML designers to integrate intelligent, AI-assisted code-review suggestions.
    • Shipped 10+ RESTful APIs for data ingestion, reporting, and ETL pipelines using Java, Spring Boot, and MySQL, deployed on GCP with Kubernetes-based horizontal scaling.
    • Reduced deployment time from hours to minutes by configuring GitLab CI/CD pipelines with Docker-based builds, eliminating manual releases for the backend team.
    • Earned Google Associate Cloud Engineer certification and onboarded 5+ teammates through knowledge-sharing sessions and reusable GCP project templates, accelerating cloud adoption.

  • Blockchain Software Developer (Intern)

    Antier Solutions • India
    Mar 2022 - Jun 2022
    • Audited and developed ERC20/BEP20 smart contracts in Solidity and contributed to DeFi protocols and NFT platforms across the full Web3 product lifecycle, improving contract security and reliability.