# Vaibhav Bhat

> Software Engineer @ Acorns // Dog Trainer

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

Hi! I recently graduated from UC Berkeley with degrees in Computer Science and Astrophysics, and additionally have a background in UI/UX design and web development. 
My website: vbvbhat.com

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer II @ Acorns
Jan 2022 – Present

### Software Engineer @ Acorns
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Working on iOS, Backend, and Frontend development on the Product Team.

### Model @ Boom Models & Talent
Jan 2018 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Model for photo/video/print/commercial for companies such as Apple, Airbnb, Brooks Running, Wells Fargo, etc

### Product/UI Designer & Frontend engineer @ AcquireCrowd
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Newport Beach, California, United States
Freelance design work: branding, logos, web/mobile interface design, web development.

### Machine Learning Researcher @ University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Berkeley, California, United States
Reseaching the use of autoencoders to compress large astronomical data sets while maintaining feature distribution, with promising results. Exploring deep learning methods for cosmic ray rejection in ground-based imaging.

### Software Engineering Co-op (Backend + API teams) @ Scalyr
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Mateo
On the Backend team, I developed infrastructure for the Scalyr product/API and revamped legacy DevOps tools; my current improvements are still in use today. On the API team, I was put in charge of a major project regarding the migration of all users’ preferences: database schema design, development of a cross-database interface in Java, and migration of all production user data from DirectDB to MySQL.

### IoT Cloud Engineering Intern @ Arm
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Designed an automation system for the scalable deployment of AWS EC2 instances for IoT clients using Spring, Terraform, and Packer. Integrated instances with PostgreSQL. Assisted in the creation of Arm’s IoT pipeline to collect and analyze data from millions of ARM devices using EMQTTD on EC2 nodes.

### Lead iOS Development/Design Intern @ Acorns
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Irvine, CA
Solo prototyped potential new features, running them through A/B user testing and multiple iterations. Presented revised ideas to the engineering team to be developed. Redesigned the Acorn app’s Found Money page, used by thousands of customers on a daily basis, to match the new UI across the rest of the app and to increase usability.

### Web Dev and iOS Design Intern @ Acorns
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Irvine, CA
Implemented design changes for the Acorns web app using PHP/Javascript/jQuery. Solo redesigned the Settings and Signup sections of the iOS app, starting with prototyping and ending with my design being deployed in an update to the App Store.

### Product Design Intern @ SignNow | Electronic Signature
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Newport Beach, CA
Completely redesigned and created interactive prototypes of the app’s login process on iOS and Android. Redesigned and developed SignNow’s commercial website from the ground up.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Astrophysics
University of California, Berkeley

### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley

### Film Acting Training
Film Acting Bay Area

### High School
University High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vrdbhat
- Website: https://vbvbhat.com

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Source: https://flows.cv/vaibhavbhat
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/vaibhavbhat/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-04-05