Akshath Mahajan
AI Software Engineer at New York University
Redwood City, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAkshath Mahajan is a results-driven software engineer and graduate researcher blending advanced computer engineering research with practical full-stack and ML/AI development. He is pursuing an MS in Computer Engineering at NYU, where he is advancing Fully Homomorphic Encryption work as a Graduate Research Assistant, delivering a 1.4x performance boost through an out-of-order instruction compiler for custom hardware. Based in Redwood City, CA, he has 10 years of experience spanning ASIC-oriented research, ML operations, frontend/backend development, and data visualization tools at SimPPL, with notable wins like cutting Django REST API latency by 28% and reducing initial load times by 80% through code-splitting. He has mentored 70+ high school students in ML as part of NYU's K-12 STEM initiative, reflecting a commitment to education and knowledge transfer. His tech breadth includes building data pipelines with Firebase, deploying ML endpoints on AWS Lambda, and leading full-stack projects that improve maintainability and scalability. Akshath earned a BTech in Computer Engineering with a 9.5/10 from Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering and a perfect 4.0/4.0 during his MS at NYU, underscoring a strong academic foundation paired with hands-on delivery across diverse domains.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering, 4.0/4.0, Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering, 4.0/4.0 at New York UniversityHighschool, ICSE, Highschool, ICSE at Thakur Public SchoolBachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Engineering, 9.5/10, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Engineering, 9.5/10 at Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering
Github Skills (26)
android7
nexus6
material-ui5
modular5
workspace4
material-design4
indicator4
launcher4
google-workspace3
ui-components3
material-components3
factory3
ui-design2
converter2
kotlin2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
saurabhnmahajan/Share
Nov 2015 - Jun 2018
Contributions:8 PRs, 14 pushes, 9 branches in 2 years 7 months
nyu-cds/sm6921_assignment3
Feb 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:6 PRs, 18 pushes, 6 branches in 2 months
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