Hi, I'm Krish.

Student & Software Engineer

I'm a B.S. Computer Engineering (Software) student at the University of Texas at Austin. I build backend systems, machine learning tools, and full-stack applications that solve real problems — currently a SWE Intern at Visa.

Student at UT Austin
Pursuing a Bachelors in Electrical & Computer Engineering
Previous SWE Intern at Visa
Tabla percussionist

Experience

Visa logo

Visa

Software Engineering Intern
May 2025–Present
Austin, TX

Working on high-performance financial systems and data processing.

  • Crafted a Scala cron job scanning 5 PB of data with optimized Spark configurations
  • Automated overlap-report generation reducing manual effort by 80%
  • Tuned Spark with custom partitioners achieving 3x performance improvement
ScalaSparkBig DataAutomation
Toyota Motors North America logo

Toyota Motors North America

Software Engineering Intern
May 2024–Aug 2024
Dallas, TX

Developed AR solutions for automotive applications.

  • Engineered an AR solution in Swift for vehicle maintenance guidance
  • Utilized CoreML for AR vehicle recognition and part identification
  • Decreased calibration-related labor costs by 25% through automation
SwiftCoreMLARiOS
Thaker Management logo

Thaker Management

Software Engineering Intern
Jun 2024–Jul 2024
Dallas, TX

Built scalable web applications and ML systems.

  • Designed REST APIs serving 10K+ daily requests with 99.9% uptime
  • Integrated WebSocket notifications for real-time updates
  • Optimized neural networks in TensorFlow achieving 15% accuracy improvement
REST APIsWebSocketsTensorFlowPython
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MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Data Science Summer Institute
Jul 2023–Aug 2023
Cambridge, MA

Research in machine learning for disaster assessment.

  • Engineered damage classification ML model with 92% accuracy
  • Refined geospatial ML pipelines for satellite imagery analysis
  • Presented findings at internal research symposium
Machine LearningComputer VisionGeospatialPython

Featured Projects

Order Book Matching Engine screenshot

Order Book Matching Engine

Apr 2025–Jun 2025

Implemented a lock-free ring buffer and priority matching in C++ to simulate bid/ask order matching at 5M ops/sec; exposed a gRPC API for order entry/cancel with <1 ms p99; containerized with Docker and instrumented via Prometheus.

C++gRPCDockerKubernetesPrometheus
Predictive CV Modeling screenshot

Predictive CV Modeling

Mar 2025–May 2025

Built image preprocessing filters and trained CV models; created a React/TypeScript dashboard to visualize results and improved damage detection accuracy for emergency response.

PythonTensorFlowReactTypeScriptOpenCV
SmartBite Restaurant Platform screenshot

SmartBite Restaurant Platform

Dec 2024

Full-stack restaurant platform with React frontend, Express/Postgres backend, and Yelp API integrations; Dockerized and deployed to Heroku/AWS ECS.

ReactExpressPostgreSQLDockerHeroku

Skills & Technologies

Languages

Python
Java
C
C++
C#
Swift
JavaScript
TypeScript
SQL
Scala
Go

Frameworks & Tools

Docker/K8s
TCP/IP
AWS
Cassandra
TensorFlow
Scikit-Learn
Hadoop
Spark
Matplotlib

DevOps/Infra

Git
AWS CLI
Xcode
IntelliJ
VS Code
Linux
Jenkins
Prometheus

Activities & Certifications

Extracurricular Activities

Texas Convergent IoT Build Team

Team Member

2024–Present

Collaborating with cross-disciplinary students to build innovative IoT solutions.

  • Developed smart home automation system using Raspberry Pi and sensors
  • Implemented real-time data collection and visualization dashboard
  • Presented project at UT Austin Engineering Showcase

Shooting Stars Foundation Texas Ambassador

Student Ambassador

2023–Present

Representing the foundation and promoting STEM education in Texas schools.

  • Organized coding workshops for high school students
  • Mentored 20+ students in programming fundamentals
  • Coordinated hackathon events with 100+ participants

Certifications

MIT Remote Sensing for Disaster Response

MIT Lincoln Laboratory / Beaver Works

Issued Mar 2023View Certificate

IT Specialist – Java

Certiport (A Pearson VUE Business)

Issued May 2022View Certificate

Introduction to Packet Tracer

Cisco

Issued Dec 2021View Certificate

Get In Touch

I'm always interested in new opportunities, collaborations, and interesting projects. Let's discuss how we can work together!

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Quick Facts

  • U.S. Citizen
  • Available for remote work
  • Open to relocation opportunities
  • Response time: Usually within 24 hours