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AkshatTalwar/README.md

Hi, I'm Akshat Talwar

Software engineer and UC Irvine Computer Science graduate focused on backend, cloud, and full-stack systems. I enjoy turning complex workflows into reliable, measurable software.

I'm currently open to new-grad software engineering opportunities.

LinkedIn | Email | Live Project

About me

  • B.S. in Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine (GPA: 3.87)
  • Former Software Development Engineering Intern at AWS, Tech Mahindra, and Grant Thornton
  • Experience building data pipelines, cloud services, APIs, database-backed systems, and production-facing dashboards
  • Former undergraduate teaching assistant for Python and UI/UX & Web Design Lead for Student Government at UCI

Featured project

Live demo | Source code

A full-stack ridesharing prototype built around ranked rider matching and real-time coordination. It demonstrates weighted route and preference scoring, a PostgreSQL repository with B-tree indexes, Redis-backed caching, WebSocket updates, Dockerized development, and automated CI.

Next.js TypeScript Node.js PostgreSQL Redis WebSockets Docker GitHub Actions

Experience snapshot

  • Amazon Web Services: Java data pipelines, AWS analytics workflows, and React dashboards
  • Tech Mahindra: FastAPI services, TensorFlow model integration, PostgreSQL performance, and Dockerized testing
  • Grant Thornton: C#/.NET Azure Functions, Blob Storage, Service Bus, and automated tests

Technical toolkit

Area Technologies
Languages Python, Java, TypeScript, C++, C#, SQL
Backend & web FastAPI, Node.js, React, Next.js, REST APIs, WebSockets
Cloud & infrastructure AWS, Azure, Docker, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps
Data & ML PostgreSQL, MySQL, TensorFlow, PyTorch, TF-IDF, PageRank, NLTK
Testing xUnit, Moq, unit testing, integration testing

What I value

Clear interfaces, measurable performance, practical testing, and documentation that makes a project easy for the next engineer to understand.

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  1. ZotPool ZotPool Public

    Real-time ridesharing prototype with ranked matching, PostgreSQL, Redis, WebSockets, Docker, and CI.

    TypeScript