Music Recommendation Engine
A personalized music recommendation engine that suggests similar songs from a database based on user input.
About Me
Full-Stack Developer with 8+ years of experience building scalable web applications using Java, JavaScript, React, and Spring Boot, now expanding into AI/ML through a Master’s program focused on LLMs, knowledge graphs, and deep learning. Known for writing clean, efficient code and delivering robust backend systems and intuitive frontend experiences. Passionate about continuous learning, I’ve mentored 25+ junior developers and interviewed 800+ candidates, combining strong engineering fundamentals with emerging AI capabilities to build impactful, intelligent solutions.
What I’ve Been Building
E-Commerce Web App
A full-featured client-side e-commerce platform with an admin dashboard, real-time Firestore db, and Cloudinary-powered image management.
Hate Speech Detector
A Streamlit web app that detects toxic or hate speech in text using a fine-tuned BERT model, displaying predictions with confidence scores.
My Journey
Master’s in Applied Machine Intelligence
Northeastern University, Boston, USA — Class of 2026CGPA: 3.8
Senior Software Engineer
VMware Inc., Boston — 11/2019 – 10/2024- Developed 20+ cross-browser pages using React.js and TypeScript.
- Improved load times by 80% with virtualization.
- Built apps to monitor and collect data from customer S3 buckets.
- Reduced infrastructure cost from $75k to $23k/month via optimization.
- Managed deployments using Kubernetes and CI/CD tools.
- Maintained RabbitMQ workflows and legacy Rails apps.
- Collaborated cross-functionally and mentored new engineers.
Freelance Mock Interviewer
Newton School, Bangalore — 08/2021 – 09/2022- Conducted 800+ MERN stack interviews.
- Created AI PoC for feedback analytics and course suggestions.
- Mentored 25+ students in coding and communication.
Software Engineer
Lemnisk, Bangalore — 03/2019 – 11/2019- Led Angular to React migration and built new REST APIs.
- Increased revenue by $350k in 3 months.
- Oversaw Nginx and deployment workflows.
Software Developer
GrabOnRent, Bangalore — 06/2018 – 03/2019- Migrated Rails app to React with Redux and Immutable.js.
- Boosted user engagement by 60% in 6 months.
- Improved marketing efficiency with better analytics collection.
Program Analyst
Cognizant, Bangalore — 06/2016 – 06/2018- Created responsive UI components from UX wireframes.
- Developed reusable component libraries for consistency.
- Worked with global teams to gather requirements and resolve issues.
