# Nithisha Nantha Kumar

> Software Engineer @ Niantic | UMich CS Alum

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/nithisha

I'm a recent University of Michigan CS grad and a Software Engineer at Niantic, Inc. (Pokémon GO). I enjoy working on XR, game dev, and AI projects! View my projects @ nithishakumar.github.io

Skills: C++, Python, C#, Java, SQL, Unreal Engine, Unity, Git, Jira, Angular, ReactJS, Typescript, AWS, LLMs

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Scopely
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, CA
Pokémon GO, Monster Hunter Now, and Pikmin Bloom
(Acquired Niantic's games division)

### Software Engineer @ Niantic, Inc.
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States
Web stores for Pokémon GO, Monster Hunter Now, and Pikmin Bloom

### Instructional Aide for XR Software Development (EECS 440) @ University of Michigan College of Engineering
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
•	Assisted faculty to teach a CS capstone course of 50+ students by holding weekly office hours to explain programming methods for AR/VR projects in Unreal/Unity and answering questions on Piazza.
•	Received unanimously positive feedback from students’ teaching evaluations.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Niantic, Inc.
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States
Core Infrastructure/Trust & Safety Team
•  Used open-source LLMs to build content moderation features like flagging messages under a specific category, summarizing chat messages to give moderators context on a flagged message, and translating chat messages, which reduced dependence on third-party APIs and improved user data privacy. 
• Built a safety feature to block/hide harmful URLs w/ 3 tiers of security in Java, GCP, & Protobuf.

### Software Engineering Research Intern @ University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
•	Developed an AR Android/iOS mobile app with Unity3D/C#/Vuforia using accurate 3D statistical body shape models to test vehicle designs for accommodation of various occupant body types.
•	Tested the app through real-world experiments to ensure accuracy of body shape measurements for use in automobile engineering and medical areas.
•	Won the Blue Ribbon Award for exceptional presentation of the app during the Spring 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium at the University of Michigan and third place in the 2022 UMTRI Summer Research Poster Contest.

### Summer Managing Video Editor @ The Michigan Daily
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
•	Led a team of 10+ videographers and gave feedback on their content to better fit the Daily's brand.
•	Created a documentary on Dubai's glamorization which was selected for the 39th Annual MESA Filmfest and received the Lipsey Award ($1,000 prize) and a $100 honorarium for featuring in New York University Abu Dhabi's film archive.

### Assistant Video Editor @ The Michigan Daily
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
•	Created a documentary (awarded an honor from the Michigan Press Association) on the underrepresentation of South Indian actresses in South Indian film industries which received over 250k views and gained the Daily 2k+ YouTube subscribers (an increase by over 500%).

### Staff Videographer @ The Michigan Daily
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
University of Michigan

### Our Own English High School in Sharjah | High School Diploma, Mathematics and Computer Science
GEMS Education


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nithishakumar
- Portfolio: https://nithishakumar.github.io/

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Last updated: 2026-04-11