Rajat's Resume
Experience
Lead Software Engineer + Product Manager
October 2023 – Present
Remote
Full Stack Software Engineer Intern
June 2023 – August 2023
Chicago, IL
Software Development Intern
June 2022 – December 2022
Remote
CEL Consultant
August 2022 – October 2022
Barcelona, Spain
Product Management Intern
June 2022 – August 2022
St. Louis, MO
Software Engineer Co-op
June 2021 – June 2022
St. Louis, MO
Education
B.S. Business + Computer Science (BUCS)
GPA: 4.00/4.00
December 2023
St. Louis, MO
Finance and Computer Science Study Abroad Student
Spring 2023
Dublin, Ireland
High School Diploma
GPA: 4.83/4.00 (Valedictorian)
May 2020
St. Charles, MO
Summer Exchange Student (Cambridge A-Levels)
Summer 2019
Kathmandu, Nepal
Leadership & Activities
Undergraduate Tutor
October 2023 – Present
St. Louis, MO
Founder, President, Varsity Captain
August 2021 – Present
St. Louis, MO
Intro to Computer Science (CSE 131) Teaching Assistant
August 2021 – May 2022
St. Louis, MO
BUCS Peer Mentor
August 2021 – May 2022
St. Louis, MO
Orientation Leader
May 2021 – May 2022
St. Louis, MO
Executive Board
May 2021 – December 2021
St. Louis, MO
Personal Projects
RajatAI
Language(s)/Stack: Python (Flask), JavaScript, Heroku
Made a personal website with an AI resume bot based on ChatGPT 3.5 - Turbo. Integrated CI/CD pipeline with Heroku. I was using AWS at first, but Heroku was much faster for CI/CD. If you are reading this, you are currently using this project. Enjoy your time here :)
September 2023
Derivative Securities Portfolio Optimization
Language(s)/Stack: Matlab
Designed a portfolio of fixed-income instruments immune to Delta and Gamma risks. Optimized the portfolio with an iterative algorithm by reimmunizing its composition using duration and convexity calculations. Mitigated macroeconomic risks by calculating interest rate term structures, extracting yield curves using the Nelson-Siegel model, and simulating hypothetical recessions.
May 2023
Machine Learning Trend Analysis Using Big Data Techniques
Language(s)/Stack: Bash, Python, Hadoop, Spark, and MySQL
Employed big data programming tools to analyze historical versions of Wikipedia’s machine learning page. Implemented MapReduce jobs to dissect co-occurrences and n-grams in the articles, further enhancing the depth of analysis. Transformed raw data into actionable insights, presenting the evolution of machine learning concepts, techniques, and milestones.
March 2023
Artificial Intelligence Models Marketplace
Language(s)/Stack: Java, JavaScript, MySQL, Spring Boot, and Maven
Created a full stack Marketplace selling Artificial Intelligence models. Customers can create an account, log in/out, view available AI models, add them to their shopping cart, checkout from shopping cart, and view their order history. Admin User can add/update/delete/hide AI models, view orders, change order status.
March 2023
Pacman AI
Language(s)/Stack: Python
Engineered an Artificial Intelligence to play Pacman. Based on UC Berkeley’s AI course. Used probabilistic inference in a hidden Markov model to track ghosts' movements. Implemented standard machine learning classification algorithms using Naive Bayes and Reinforcement Learning.
December 2022
Movie Recommendation Website
Language(s)/Stack: Python (Django), MySQL
Developed a full-stack movie recommending website. Utilized a cosine similarity algorithm to match each user with their “movie soulmate” by calculating which other user has the most similar movie interests. Users can like, dislike, and comment on each movie. Admin users can add movies, edit movies, and delete offensive comments.
May 2022