Hello, I'm

Akshaj Kumar

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About Me

Experience

Software Engineer (~1.5 years)
3 SWE Internships
ML · Backend · Frontend

Education

M.S. Computer Science (ML)
B.S. Computer Science
Arizona State University

I’m a curious problem-solver with a deep interest in machine learning and full-stack development. I’m passionate about building things that are not just functional, but genuinely useful and impactful. When I’m not coding, I’m probably playing music or experimenting with new recipes.

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Experience

Software Engineer

Northrop Grumman

Aug 2024 - Present

Software Development Engineering Intern

Starbucks Corporation

May 2022 - Aug 2022

Software Engineering Intern

American Express

Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

Frontend Developer Intern

AJ Design Works LLC

May 2019 - Aug 2019

Graduate Teaching Assistant

FSE 100: Intro to Engineering

Fall 2023

Course Grader

CSE 310: Data Structures and Algorithms

Spring 2024, Spring 2023

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

CSE 355: Intro to Theoretical Computation

Fall 2022

My Technical

Skills

Python

90%

Java

80%

JavaScript

75%

TypeScript

65%

Swift

60%

HTML/CSS

90%

JavaScript

75%

React

75%

Flask

80%

FastAPI

70%

SQL

75%

Data Wrangling

Pandas

90%

NumPy

90%

Data Visualization

Matplotlib

95%

Seaborn

80%

Machine Learning

Scikit-learn

80%

TensorFlow

60%

PyTorch

60%

Keras

60%

AI / LLMs

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

75%

Embeddings

80%

Vector Search (Embedding Similarity)

75%

OpenAI API

80%

Prompt Engineering

75%

NLP

80%

Git

90%

Linux

90%

Jira

90%

Postman

70%

Browse My Recent

Projects

AI Document Explainer

A full-stack AI tool that lets users upload large documents and ask natural-language questions, using a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline to produce accurate, citation-backed answers. Designed to simplify dense documents through summaries, explanations, and direct references to the original source text.

This site + AI Resume Bot

A full-stack portfolio website with an integrated AI resume assistant that answers questions about my experience, skills, and interests in natural language. The Flask backend parses my resume PDF and structured profile data and calls the OpenAI API, while a JavaScript front end provides the chat interface and handles message flow.

Movie Dashboard

A modern movie analytics dashboard built with React and Chart.js, offering real-time insights, interactive visualizations, and a smooth user experience. Features include a responsive dark/light theme toggle, search functionality, an upcoming releases sidebar, and a dynamic trending section with clickable movie cards showcasing posters, cast, summaries, and ratings.

Handwritten Digit Recognizer

A Python application with a simple GUI where users can draw digits and get instant recognition results. Built using TensorFlow for the neural network (99% accuracy) and Tkinter for the interface, it processes hand-drawn input in real-time to identify numbers 0-9.

Get in Touch

Contact Me

akshajk8@gmail.com