# Kavitha Vinod

> Software Engineer | Product Manager | Computer Science '24 @ Santa Clara University

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

Hi! I'm Kavitha, a product and software engineering professional. I am a Computer Science graduate from Santa Clara University, with a minor in Chemistry. I am passionate about bridging the worlds of technology and science, with interests spanning product management, software engineering, AI/ML, biology, chemistry, and neuroscience.

Beyond academics, I have cultivated strong research, communication, and collaboration skills through six years of competitive speech and debate. In my free time, I love diving into a good book, working on art projects, and longboarding.

I am excited to connect with like-minded professionals and explore opportunities that blend my technical background with my scientific curiosity. Let’s chat!

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer and Product Manager @ JIFFY.ai
Jan 2024 – Present | Milpitas, California, United States
- Member of the Product team responsible for an AI Financial Advisor Application. Product manager/developer for User Onboarding and Account Opening workflows. Performed competitive user experience analysis of leading Robo advisor tools, worked with cross functional teams to define user journeys for various account types, and defined the short term and mid term roadmap for the product.
- Co-authored whitepaper that covered a comparative product analysis for the financial advisor application
- Developed the front end of workflows in Flutter, used AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and Twilio to implement phone verification.
- Worked with LangGraph and Python to add AI capabilities for enterprise solutions. Objective was to streamline client experience of app development on the JIFFY.ai platform.
- Managed and mentored an intern, setting milestones while developing their technical and professional skills.

### Career Development Coordinator @ Santa Clara University ACM
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Santa Clara, California, United States
Lead the planning, organizing, and execution of a Career Development series in Fall 2023, as well as various other technical or career oriented workshops in Winter and Spring 2024 for Santa Clara students interested in Computer Science. Events range from resume/LinkedIn workshops, personal project workshops, student and industry panels, and interviewing workshops. Ideated and worked with other board members to start the SCU ACM Mobile App Project, a club wide project to help members gain real world experience. Work with other ACM board members to organize other events and hackathons.

### Industry Liaison @ Santa Clara University ACM
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Santa Clara, California, United States
Raised $19,000 with my co-Industry Liaison for ACM and ACM-W's (ACM Women's Chapter) 10th annual Hack for Humanity (a social good hackathon) in 2023. 2023's Hack for Humanity was the largest one to date, with 300+ signups and $6,000 in prizes. Worked with other board members to organize and execute 2-3 events per week. Planned, organized and executed a career development workshop and an Open AI APIs workshop.

### Underclassmen Representative @ Santa Clara University ACM
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Santa Clara, California, United States
Worked with the rest of ACM board to organize ACM's annual Hack for Humanity (attended by 100+ people), put on events garnering 40-50 people, and bring an underclassman's perspective to the club.

### Teaching Assistant @ Santa Clara University
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Santa Clara, California, United States
- Teaching Assistant for CSCI 10 (Intro to Computer Science) Lab, taught in Python
- Aided lab instructor in helping ~30 students debug their code, explaining concepts, and working with them to ensure a strong understanding of material covered

### Grader for SCU Math and CS Department @ Santa Clara University
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Santa Clara, California, United States
- Spent 6-8 hours/week grading homework for ~60 students for 2 sections of CSCI 161 (Theory of Automata) in Spring Quarter 2023
- Provided extensive feedback, tips, and suggestions on assigmments

### Backend Software Development Engineer Intern @ INRIX
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Kirkland, Washington, United States
- Upgraded legacy code in an internal module used by INRIX’s Mobility Intelligence Platform (MIP) team so that it was standardized with the rest of the modules used by the MIP team
- Utilized AWS Lambda, API Gateway to create new data access pipeline for module

### Software Engineering Intern @ Envestnet, Inc
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Mateo
- Validated the developer experience for using the React Native Sample App for Fastlink 4 (Envestnet | Yodlee’s Open Banking Widget), and prepared a user manual. 
- Researched and designed a financial education product plan with 5 others to help Envestnet reach millennials and the underserved. Proposal presented to 70+ employees and C-Suite executives.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Major, Chemistry Minor
Santa Clara University
Jan 2020 – Jan 2024

### High School Diploma
Saint Francis High School
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kavitha-m-vinod

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Last updated: 2026-03-20