M.S. Computer & Information Sciences
University of California, Davis
Hello, I’m
PrasannadattaKawadkar.
CS grad student at UC Davis building production-grade systems.
Open to
- Software Engineer
- AI / ML Engineer
- Forward Deployed Engineer
Based inSan FranciscoCalifornia
ABOUT ME
A little better.
Every day.
I believe in getting a little better every day. Kaizen keeps me curious, open to learning, and willing to try again.
Away from the keyboard, I’m usually into a story—anime, fiction, or a book—or up for a racquet sport. I love cooking and good company, too.
Always a student.
B.Tech. Computer Science & Engineering
MIT World Peace University
Built in the real world.
2022 — 2026
Jun — Sep 18, 2026New York
Sunshine Homecare Services
Software Engineering & Automation Intern
Turning manual operations into dependable software and automated data pipelines.
More about this role
- Built production reporting pipelines across scheduling, billing, and visit data.
- Developed configuration-driven administrative tools, reducing manual processing by an estimated 15+ staff hours per week.
- Worked directly with leadership on requirements, architecture, deployment, and production support.
Jun — Sep 11, 2026Berkeley, CA
UC Berkeley · CITRIS
Research Software Engineering Intern
Building a research intelligence platform, from scholarly data ingestion to discovery and analytics.
More about this role
- Developed a five-layer platform across acquisition, processing, storage, analytics, and visualization at CITRIS & the Banatao Institute.
- Integrated OpenAlex, arXiv, and grant repositories with entity resolution and deduplication.
- Built semantic search, research discovery, and graph-based analytics capabilities.
Jun 2023 — Aug 2024Pune, India
Way Beyond Tech
Software Developer Engineer
Shipped multimedia capture, full-stack modules, and the data systems behind them.
More about this role
- Led WebRTC video, screen, and voice capture for a platform launched across 10+ countries.
- Designed MongoDB and SQL warehouse architecture with AWS ETL pipelines and reporting dashboards.
- Built a reusable ticketing framework with service layers, role-based access, and unit tests.
Jul 2022 — May 2023Pune, India
Way Beyond Tech
Full Stack Developer Intern
Built a cloud operations platform for transport teams, from interface to secured APIs.
More about this role
- Delivered responsive screens and REST APIs using MongoDB, Hapi.js, React, and Node.js.
- Shipped finance, task, live-location, and reporting workflows informed by client requirements.
Ideas, made tangible.
LOCAL CONTEXT. ON-DEVICE INTELLIGENCE.
Knowledge
packON DEVICELocal RAGTravel
answers
packON DEVICELocal RAGTravel
answers
A travel companion that brings AI along—even when the internet doesn’t.
LISTEN. UNDERSTAND. PROTECT.
VOICE→TRANSCRIPT→SIGNAL
Spotting scam signals while a call is happening, with a live view of the conversation.
KNOWLEDGE, WITH A PERSONAL TOUCH.
39K+recipes
LoRA + RAGPersonalized
meal plans
meal plans
Personalized meal planning, grounded in recipe retrieval and fine-tuned language models.
DISTRIBUTED BY DESIGN.
Decentralized file sharing with verifiable integrity and resilient storage.
Skills
Engineering
Python · JavaScript · C++ · Kotlin · SQL
React · React Native · Node.js · FastAPI · REST APIs · WebSockets
Data & Systems
PostgreSQL · MySQL · MongoDB · ETL
Data Pipelines · AWS · Docker · Linux
ML & AI
PyTorch · TensorFlow · Hugging Face · LoRA
RAG · FAISS · Sentence Transformers · LiteRT-LM
Tools & Platforms
Git · GitHub Actions · Vite · Jetpack Compose
ML Kit · Twilio · Deepgram · ElevenLabs
REACH ME