Ayush Kumar

Software Engineer | Full-Stack Developer | AI/ML Enthusiast
College Park, US.

About

Highly motivated and results-driven Software Engineer with a strong foundation in full-stack development, AI/ML applications, and cloud platforms. Proven ability to design, develop, and deploy scalable solutions that optimize performance, reduce costs, and enhance user experiences. Eager to leverage technical expertise and innovative problem-solving skills to contribute to cutting-edge projects in a dynamic technology environment.

Work

University of Maryland
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Website Developer

Summary

Led the development of a comprehensive full-stack educational technology application for the Art History and Archaeology department, significantly enhancing development workflows and content delivery.

Highlights

Developed a comprehensive full-stack educational technology application using Next.js and Express within a TurboRepo monorepo architecture, enabling streamlined development workflows.

Engineered a robust content management system leveraging Cloudflare R2 and Amazon S3-compatible storage, facilitating seamless delivery of high-resolution images with minimal latency.

Architected a global state management system with Zustand, integrating role-based access control and persistent stores to significantly improve component performance and reduce property drilling in complex UI hierarchies.

UJET.cx
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Software Engineer Intern

Summary

Improved core AI and data infrastructure, enhancing real-time control and data-driven decision-making for contact center operations while drastically reducing deployment time.

Highlights

Improved the feature flag management system by developing an Angular-based admin interface, enabling real-time control of contact center AI features across environments and drastically reducing deployment time.

Refactored a data pipeline to transform JSON payloads from conversations into optimized Google BigQuery schemas, enabling companies to access real-time performance metrics and improve customer support through data-driven decisions.

Collaborated with the engineering team to implement and analyze Apache JMeter load tests for 10,000 concurrent users, contributing to improved session management strategies that reduced latency for maintaining agent-customer connections.

Sociable AI
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Software Engineer Intern

Summary

Optimized AI model deployment and user onboarding processes, significantly reducing operational costs and improving user retention by nearly 60%.

Highlights

Reduced operational costs by over $5,000 per month by self-hosting and fine-tuning an open-source large language model on Amazon EC2 instances using HuggingFace Transformers and PyTorch, enabling text generation through endpoints.

Integrated a seamless onboarding experience in React and Next.js using dynamic templates, optimized user flows, and A/B testing with PostHog, which reduced account creation churn by nearly 60% while dramatically boosting user retention.

Engineered lightweight and efficient integrations for third-party social networks (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) using Bun and Hono, enabling advanced image recognition and intelligent responses to story mentions and replies.

Quantiphi
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Software Engineer Intern

Summary

Designed and deployed intelligent agent solutions and microservices to automate billing inquiries and enhance customer engagement for national healthcare and retail clients.

Highlights

Leveraged Google Dialogflow CX and Google Dialogflow ES for advanced entity recognition, intent classification, and fulfillment capabilities to design and implement intelligent agents capable of handling complex contact center interactions.

Enabled instant itemized bill delivery for a national healthcare provider by developing webhooks and integrating third-party RESTful APIs with telephony partner Avaya, automating roughly 25,000-75,000 billing inquiries.

Deployed a microservice that leverages customer purchase history to deliver personalized product recommendations and promotions, optimizing targeting strategies and resulting in an increase in conversion rates for a national retail company.

Volunteer

Delta Sigma Pi
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Vice President of Alumni Relations

Summary

Led alumni relations initiatives and developed key technological tools to enhance fraternity operations and member support, fostering meaningful connections and streamlining recruitment processes.

Highlights

Developed a comprehensive mentorship program, successfully matching 20+ undergraduate students with experienced professionals, fostering meaningful connections that provided career guidance and networking opportunities.

Implemented a scalable, production-ready full-stack election application for fraternity recruitment using React and real-time database subscriptions, securely processing and authenticating 4,000+ votes.

Education

University of Maryland

Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

Computer Science

University of Maryland

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Linguistics

Skills

Programming Languages

Ruby, Rust, OCaml, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, SQL.

Frameworks & Libraries

Next.js, React, Angular, Express, NestJS, Hono, Django, FastAPI, Scikit-Learn, PyTorch, Tensorflow, Keras.

Tools & Platforms

Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Cloudflare R2, Amazon S3, Zustand, Apache JMeter, HuggingFace Transformers, PostHog, Google Dialogflow CX, Google Dialogflow ES, Node.js, Bun.