Software Engineer Intern

Vardaan Chaphekar

****************@*****.*** 413-***-**** San Francisco, CA

WORK EXPERIENCE

EBSCO Jun. 2024 onwards

Software Architect Intern Boston, MA

Modernized search capabilities by replacing a 20-year-old search system with a semantic vector-based model, enhancing accuracy and relevance of search results.

Developed a Confluence-API tool to synchronize GitHub documentation, reducing developer look-up times. Solvoyo Jul. 2023 – Sep. 2023

Software Engineer Intern Boston, MA

Integrated Swagger (OpenAPI) to facilitate seamless communication and collaboration among a team of 30 developers, reducing debugging time and improving efficiency.

Optimized engine heuristics and services used by consultants to advise clients, resulting in improved performance and faster decision-making.

UMass IT Department Sep. 2022 – May. 2023

Support Technician I Amherst, MA

Provided technical support to EDS staff and clients through Service-Now, resolving an average of 5 requests daily, improving overall system uptime and user satisfaction.

Deployed 200 computers through KACE (Windows) and JAMF (Mac). EDUCATION

University of Massachusetts Amherst Graduated 2024 Bachelor of Science, Applied Mathematics Amherst, MA

Dean’s List; Chancellor’s Award, a $64,000 cumulative scholarship awarded for academic excellence.

Coursework: Algorithms and Data Structures; AI; Mathematical Modelling; Discrete Math and Computation; Programming Methodology; Abstract Algebra; Calculus 3; Advanced Linear Algebra; Mathematical Computing; Differential Equations; Statistics 1.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Kotlin, Swift, Bash.

Tools, Databases, and OS: WCF, NumPy, Pandas, Git, GitHub, Windows, MacOS, AWS, SQL, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Linux, Active Directory.

PROJECTS

Bill Splitter Summer 2024 - Present

Creating a free app to split bills with my friends by taking a picture of the bill. Puzzle Solver Fall 2023 - Present

Using Computer Vision and AI to solve puzzles by matching pieces to the final image. White Christmas’s over time Spring 2024

Using US snowfall data on Christmas over a period of 40 years to analyze the effect of climate change. Cipher Decryption Fall 2022

Implemented Markov Chains Algorithm to Decrypt Substitution Ciphers up to the 3rd degree. Rubik’s Cube Solver Fall 2022

Utilized group theory to solve all 43 quintillion Rubik’s cube states in 20 moves or less. Developed in Python. INTERESTS

Formula 1; reading; puns; drawing; chess; working out; guitar and music; soccer; cricket.

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