aakash / ahhcash

cs @ nyu, swe, system programming, web, ai, databases. also, gym and anime

new york, NY

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about

i'm an aspiring 10x dev currently exploring database internals. i'm proficient in most fullstack + ai/ml frameworks but i can easily adapt to anything new. i'm a true believer of "you can learn anything in two weeks". looking for SWE roles starting 2025

work

new york university

2024 - present

graduate course assistant

CA for CSGY 9163 - application security. tech: c, python, django, kotlin, kubernetes

[stealth startup]
Remote

2024 - 2024

software engineer intern

enabled hybrid full text and vector search capabilities on [stealth startup]'s knowledge graph by integrating lanceDB. tech: python, pydantic, openAI, RAG, lanceDB

cloudera

2021 - 2023

software engineer intern → software engineer II

engineered cutting edge features for the cloudera data platform. tech: java, spring, docker, kubernetes, apache YARN, aws

[startup]

2019 - 2020

software engineer intern

developed automated data pipelines to generate performance analysis reports. tech: python, pandas, apache airflow

education

new york university

2023 - 2025
master's degree, computer science

visvesvaraya technological university

2017 - 2021
bachelor's degree, computer science

skills

java
python
go
typescript
angular
nextJS
svelteKit
spring
gradle
maven
junit
mockito
postgreSQL
mongoDB
lanceDB
docker
kubernetes (eks, openshift)
aws
gitHub actions
vercel

projects

medical healthscibe

created a real-time speech to text transcriber for patient-clinician interactions with AI powered NLP capabilities.

java
spring
swing
openAI
postgreSQL

tap&go

an ai-powered app integrated with RAG to provide super personalized travel recommendations. created this as part of the ivyhacks and mongoDB hackathons.

nextJS
typescript
tailwind css
clerk auth
postgreSQL
supabase
mongoDB atlas
RAG
openAI

terminator

an ai assisted terminal that uses LLMs to translates natural language into shell commands, boosting my productivity.

go
anthropic
openAI
mistral
gemini

vexDB (wip)

my very own lightweight, key value vector database

go
embedding models
vector search
database fundamentals