As an aspiring Software Developer with a strong passion for Data Science, Product Management and Technology Consulting, I am currently enhancing my skills as a Software Engineering Intern at Cummins Inc. while pursuing a Master's degree in Computer Science at UMass Amherst.

2025 — NowGranite TelecommunicationsAI Engineer

2025 — Now

Boston, MA

2025 — 2025AppleAI Researcher Extern

2025 — 2025

As part of the UMass Industry Mentorship Program, worked on a project advised by Apple Research Scientists.

Developing a salient entity detection & linking framework for large-scale docs to improve quick links in Safari 18 highlights.

Benchmarked multiple LLMs (LLaMA, DeepSeek, Mistral) and PLMs (RoBERTa) for NER and salient entity detection

using model finetuning, zero and few-shot prompting strategies, achieving best F1 score of 0.88.

Built a novel entity linking system with embedding based candidate filter, a dual-perspective linker combining context and priors,

and consistency-based candidate judge to reduce LLM hallucinations, outperforming SOTA on 3 benchmark datasets.

2025 — 2025Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences, UMass AmherstGraduate Teaching Assistant

2025 — 2025

Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

Grading assistant for MS/PhD Course COMPSCI 571- Data Visualization and Exploration

2024 — 2025Cummins Inc.Software Development Co-op (Full Stack)

2024 — 2025

Columbus, Indiana, United States

Developed end-to-end Java components for the Cummins API portal, improving API discovery, security, and governance for 120+ internal teams and client developers, leveraging an Agile development approach.

Improved API adoption rate by 60% through automated access management, self-service onboarding, & mock APIs for testing; leveraging Angular, TypeScript, Node.js, AWS Lambda, and scalable microservices containerized with Kubernetes.

Designed a dynamic reporting REST API in MuleSoft with conditional SQL-based ETL and automated email delivery based on report type, improving report generation and data distribution speed from Azure Active directory by 80%.

Led the development of PPE compliance monitoring system using YOLOv9 for object detection, integrated with real-time video feeds and tracked safety KPIs in Tableau dashboards, contributing to a 20% reduction in assembly line accident rates.

Engineered RAML to OpenAPI3 specification converter with Node.js, eliminating all API integration issues with Swagger.

2023 — 2024Center for Women & CommunityProduct Manager

2023 — 2024

Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

Developed automated CI/CD pipelines using Google Apps Script to migrate PHP form structure to Google Forms and Excel

Created course modules on Canvas for incoming CWC and WOCLN volunteers and set up evaluation forms.

Utilized Drupal, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS to perform regular updates and enhancements on organization's website, ensuring cross-browser compatibility, accessibility , and adherence to FERPA and HIPPA compliances.

Designed visually appealing content for campaigns using Adobe Photoshop, contributing to successful marketing efforts.

Analyzed organizational data, identifying trends and actionable insights that informed strategic decision-making.