# Shiv Jhalani

> Backend Software Engineer at INRIX

Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/shivjhalani

As a computer science student in the honors program at SCU, I am always eager to learn more. I love writing code in Python, testing and developing Flask APIs, working with data, hiking, and table tennis. Interested in new grad hiring for 2025!

## Work Experience
### Backend Software Engineer @ INRIX
Jan 2025 – Present | Bellevue, Washington, United States

### Undergraduate Research Assistant - Computer Science @ Santa Clara University
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Santa Clara, California, United States
· Collaborate with team of 2 to detect clickbait on social media through OpenAI APIs & topic modeling algorithms like LDA 
· Utilize OpenAI APIs to summarize text columns, transform into vectors using sentenceTransformers library & employ cosine similarity to quantify correlation between the title & transcripts on two different datasets of a total of over 7700 rows
· Co-author research paper detailing significant findings, presented & published at the 2024 IISA conference

### Peer Career Advisor @ Santa Clara University
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | Santa Clara, California, United States

### Undergraduate Research Assistant - Computer Science @ Santa Clara University
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Santa Clara, California, United States
· Led team of 3 to detect & flag hate speech spreaders on online social networks using Python & libraries like sklearn
· Modified Google’s PageRank algorithm to implement graph-based model using adjacency matrices to calculate user influence & measure hate speech spread within user networks, enabling data & network analysis on pre-trained machine learning models
· Co-authored research paper detailing significant findings, presented & published at the 2023 International DSML conference

### Undergraduate Research Assistant -  Computer Science @ Santa Clara University
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Santa Clara, California, United States
· Examined the relationship between learning activities, classroom design and student layout through image classification and machine learning to produce a public-facing tool
· Stored and managed MySQL database of pre-classified images and their impact on learning in the classroom
· Developed an API using Flask for an efficient link between the front-end website tool and back-end database

### Director of Public Relations, Student Advisory Board @ SCU Ciocca Center
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | Santa Clara, California, United States
Engaged with student body through a bi-quarterly newsletter, updating them on upcoming events, application deadlines, and recruitment opportunities for the Ciocca Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

### Backend Software Engineering Intern @ INRIX
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Kirkland, Washington, United States
Enhanced efficiency of customer-facing API using Python, Java, & AWS technologies, cutting costs by 30%-90%
Upgraded legacy code to modern versions to improve performance & maintainability while ensuring backward compatibility
Designed and implemented project functionality for an internal hackathon, collaborating with a global team of 8 to win "Best Lessons Learned" award.

### Director of Communications @ Santa Clara University ACM
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Santa Clara, California, United States
· Led team of 4 industry liaisons to raise over $20,000 in sponsorships for SCU's annual Hack For Humanity
· Spearheaded collaboration between SCU ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) and Roblox to host a game jam with a 100% retention rate on nearly over 75 participants, driving the initiative from concept to execution

### Industry Liaison @ Santa Clara University ACM
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Santa Clara, California, United States
· Developed impactful relationships between ACM & companies to support professional development in the ACM community
· Led communications with over 10 companies to aid in over $18,000 in sponsorships for SCU's annual Hack for Humanity

### Software Engineer Intern @ INRIX
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Kirkland, Washington, United States
· Implemented automated multithreaded data ingestion pipeline for an internal tool using Java, Python, and AWS technologies 
· Mitigated error-prone data update process, improved efficiency by 20%, deployed code to production & tested in CI/CD pipeline
· Designed and implemented project for a company-wide hackathon through efficient global cross-team collaboration with over 11 team members, going through to the final round

### Data Science Intern @ EY
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
· Developed a voice-enabled dashboard for data insights through natural language processing using Python programming
· Employed libraries such as spaCy, pandas, sent2vec, and matplotlib to translate natural language to SQL queries for data visualization
· Built strong foundation for analytics tool that optimizes data visualization for Chief Experience Officer insights, leading to effective, responsive data analysis

### Summer Intern @ NTT DATA
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | India
·  Studied and demonstrated machine learning through Python libraries including numpy, pandas, sklearn, and matplotlib
·  Conducted statistical analysis of data using mathematical concepts
·  Explored feature engineering through Python programming


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science (Data Science Emphasis) with a Mathematics Minor, Honors Program
Santa Clara University

### High School Diploma
Modern School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/shivjhalani
- Portfolio: https://sjhalani7.github.io/personal-portfolio/

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Last updated: 2026-04-11