Hi, I’m Smit, a software engineer in the making, and a “build-it-until-it-works” kind of developer by instinct. I’m currently pursuing my Master’s in Software Engineering at Arizona State University and I love working on backend systems, AI-powered apps, and anything that combines logic with a bit of chaos.
My projects range from developing a full-stack Software Metrics Calculator using Java Spring Boot and Vue.js to an AI-driven waste classification tool (RecycleMate), which was published in IEEE and classifies trash with 85% accuracy. I’ve also built a carpooling web platform from scratch and engineered a recommendation system for short videos using NLP techniques like CountVectorizer and Cosine Similarity (also IEEE-published). That one proves I can make Python and Firebase agree on something.
Professionally, I work at the ASU Experience Center where I help customers solve technical problems and navigate digital services.
I’ve also had the thrill of winning the Smart India Hackathon 2023, where my team uncovered 60+ vulnerabilities in OpenSSL-based systems and presented the findings directly to company leadership.
Tech stack? I speak Python, Java, C++, React, Flask, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, AWS and sarcasm, fluently.
In short, I enjoy turning real-world problems into clean, scalable code. And if I can automate something in the process? Even better.