# Darshan Vekaria

> Software Engineer @ TikTok

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/darshanvekaria

I work with the AI Camera Effects team at TikTok.

I graduated with a Master of Science (Thesis track) in Computer Science from Virginia Tech with a specialization in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

Competitive Programming and Problem Solving:
• Top 30 in ACM ICPC Mid Atlantic Regionals USA (2022, 2023)
• Top 8% at Codechef March Long Challenge 2021
• Lead TA for 100+ graduate and undergraduate students for Data Structures & Algorithms at Virginia Tech.  

Research Impact:
• 8 publications (in AI/ML/Deep Learning) at international conferences and journals of IEEE/Springer/Elsevier.
• 200+ global citations received in the domain of Artificial Intelligence (AI), smart grids, healthcare and civil infrastructure.
• IEEE IoT publication (11+ impact factor) indexed in World Health Organization's COVID-19 database.
• Built aiWATERS by piloting with Water Research Foundation and 20 public/private water utilities for the United States water System ($750k research investment).

Skills:
Languages: Java, Objective-C, Golang, Python, C/C++, Shell, SQL, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, PHP
Libraries & Tech: D3.js, gRPC, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib
Tools & Frameworks: Node.js, Docker, Spring Boot, Git, Jenkins (CI/CD), Jira, Splunk, Tableau, WebdriverIO, Spark, MySQL

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ TikTok
Jan 2023 – Present | San Jose, California, United States
Engineering AI generated content creation, camera effects and filters

### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ Virginia Tech
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
- Intermediate Data Structures and Algorithms (CS 5040)
- Software Design and Data Structures (CS 2114)

### Graduate Research Assistant @ Virginia Tech
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
AI Research Lead | Building aiWATERS: AI for Water Sector
https://www.smartonewater.org/swim-center/aiwaters

### Software Engineer @ TikTok
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | United States
Backend engineering for TikTok Effects

### Software Engineer @ Crest Data Systems
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
- Developed a Node.js and WebdriverIO based test automation framework for Splunk Application. The testcases reduces the manual testing efforts by 6 hours, each time the suites are executed.
- Designed modular functions to test the features of Splunk Apps
- Explored ways to execute scalability tests for Splunk Apps on ORCA environment and NOAH stacks. 
- Peer level code reviews

### Software Engineer Intern @ Crest Data Systems
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
- Developed Splunk Application for Linux which acts as a task manager for the Linux OS. 
- Collected machine data through python scripts employing shell commands.
- Added email and alert based security features for excessive incorrect login attempts in the systems.

### Business Intelligence Intern @ Evosys
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019

### Technical Director @ Indian Society for Technical Education
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019
ISTE - Nirma University Chapter


## Education
### Master's degree in Computer Science
Virginia Tech

### Bachelor of Technology - BTech in Information Technology
Nirma University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/darshan-vekaria

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Last updated: 2026-03-29