SOFTWARE ENGINEER — BACKEND SYSTEMS & DEVELOPER TOOLS
Software, engineered
with clarity.
Computer Science student at BITS Pilani building backend systems, developer tools, and open-source software across Java, Python, and TypeScript. I focus on system design, reliability, testing, debugging, and thoughtful use of AI.
ABOUT ME (&)
Visual communication taught me clarity. Backend engineering, open source, and client development turned that instinct into working systems.
2024
Visual foundations
Worked independently with clients on visual-design projects, developing practical experience in communication, feedback cycles, visual hierarchy, and independent delivery.
FORM → HIERARCHY → CLARITY2025
Backend engineering
Built Java/Spring and full-stack systems with authentication, persistence, validation, payments, API contracts, and increasingly clear domain boundaries.
CONTRACT → SERVICE → DATA2025–PRESENT
Open source
Working inside Submitty through issue investigation, debugging, targeted implementation, regression testing, code review, and maintainer collaboration.
ISSUE → ROOT CAUSE → REVIEW2026
Client development
Delivered the complete development scope for an independent music-industry client, translating requirements into implementation, responsive interactions, debugging, deployment, and final polish.
REQUIREMENT → BUILD → SHIP2026
Developer tools & reliable AI systems
Building developer tools and AI-assisted systems where probabilistic components are constrained by testing, deterministic verification, and explicit authority boundaries.
MODEL → ARTIFACT → VERIFYSELECTED WORK
Backend systems, developer tools, and reliability-focused software built around explicit architecture, measurable behavior, and clear engineering trade-offs.
Autocomplete with Trie indexing, caching, persistence, and performance instrumentation.
From an engineering alert to a patch backed by reproducible tests.
AI proposes. Deterministic systems verify, allocate, and authorize execution.
Subscription, billing, authentication, caching, usage, and payment workflows in Spring Boot.
Symptom extraction separated from deterministic safety controls.
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A topic-aware MCP server with structured inputs, draft-first workflows, and write operations that fail closed unless caller-supplied approval controls permit them.
A Python socket server with a bounded work queue and worker threads for static files, JSON uploads, and HTTP keep-alive connections.
Java exercises in SOLID, object modeling, and documented design-pattern refactoring, including adapter, proxy, flyweight, and singleton examples.
Earlier full-stack product development connecting a React food-ordering interface to Node/Express APIs, MongoDB, and a Stripe checkout integration.
EXPERIENCE
2026
Handled end-to-end development for an independent music-industry client, taking the project from requirements through implementation, responsive interactions, debugging, deployment, and final delivery.
December 2025–Present
Contributing to a large open-source education platform through issue investigation, root-cause analysis, feature and bug-fix implementation, regression testing, code review, and maintainer collaboration across an unfamiliar multi-language codebase.
November 2024–September 2025
Worked independently with clients on visual-design projects, managing requirements, revisions, communication, and delivery.
OPEN-SOURCE EXPERIENCE
Issue investigation, root-cause isolation, targeted implementation, testing, review, and maintainer feedback inside Submitty.
Reproduce the issue and map the affected interface or backend path.
Reduce the failure to its root cause and identify the smallest responsible boundary.
Implement a targeted fix with attention to nearby behavior and edge cases.
Test the change and peer pull requests in the real project workflow.
Discuss trade-offs with maintainers and iterate on feedback.
Worked across discussion-forum attachments, forum statistics, legacy grading edge cases, UI rendering issues, and regression coverage.
CAPABILITIES
Backend systems, developer tools, and reliable software — tested at the seams.
APIs, domain boundaries, caching, indexing, persistence, performance instrumentation, and service-design trade-offs.
CURRENT DIRECTION
Exploring deeper work across AI/ML systems, cloud infrastructure, data engineering, application security, and software architecture.
EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS
Currently pursuing
Computer Science
Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani
B.Sc. route: 2027 · Optional B.Sc. (Hons.) pathway: 2028
3-course specialization
DeepLearning.AI and Stanford Online · Coursera
FAQ
I’m open to selected opportunities across software engineering, backend systems, developer tooling, and applied AI/ML — including internships, new-grad roles, and technically interesting collaborations.
START A CONVERSATION
I’m looking for software engineering internships and new-grad opportunities focused on backend systems, developer tooling, and reliable software. Open to relocation, as well as selected engineering collaborations.
