I'm a 4th-Year Computer Engineering student (Honours in AI/ML) at AISSMS College of Engineering, Pune (SPPU). I build high-performance Frontend architectures (React 19, TypeScript, Next.js), scalable distributed backend systems, and applied AI applications.
- 🎨 Modern Frontend & UI Engineering: Passionate about building fluid, accessible user interfaces with React 19, Next.js (App Router), TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS. Experienced in headless DOM virtualization (TanStack Virtual for sustained 60 FPS scrolling), real-time WebSockets, and WAI-ARIA accessible component design.
- 💼 Production Experience: Ex-SDE Intern (AI) at Smiling Elephant (SeekExperts) — developed 20+ production REST APIs, geolocation filtering schemas, and Gemini API natural language search with automated validation suites.
- 🚀 Distributed Backend & Cloud: Architected high-throughput microservices deployed on Kubernetes (K3s), Redis Streams, and Docker, benchmarked at 2,150+ RPS with 100% success rate under load.
- 🤖 Applied AI & NLP: Fine-tuned Transformers (DistilBERT, FLAN-T5-base), and integrated production LLM workflows (Gemini API, Anthropic API).
- 🏆 Hackathon Winner: Secured 1st Prize nationwide at the KGEN GameGen National Hackathon competing among 200+ teams.
- 💡 Leadership: Co-Head of Competitive Programming at Google Developer Group On Campus (GDGoC); guided peers in DSA and helped organize campus coding contests.
| Project | Tech Stack | Highlights & Metrics | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulseboard | React 19, TypeScript, WebSockets, TanStack Virtual, Tailwind CSS |
High-performance real-time telemetry dashboard. Continuous WebSocket ingestion with memory buffering, headless DOM virtualization for 60 FPS scrolling, and WAI-ARIA dialog accessibility (<89 kB bundle). | 📂 Repo • 🌐 Live Demo |
| ReWeara | React, Node.js, Express, MongoDB, Playwright, Razorpay |
Commercial fashion rental platform. Features full-stack React UI, 3-tier RBAC, JWT multi-session rotation, 15-minute TTL inventory holds, and automated Playwright E2E browser testing. | 📂 Repo • 🌐 Live Demo |
| Fathom (TinyScale) | Kubernetes, Helm, Redis Streams, Docker, Node.js, k6 |
Horizontally-scalable distributed URL shortener deployed on K3s; sustained 2,150+ RPS across 129k+ requests with 100% success rate. Sub-16ms redirect latency via Redis cache-aside. | 📂 Repo |
| ReviewLens AI | Python, PyTorch, Hugging Face, Flask, Docker, Pytest |
Fine-tuned DistilBERT on 150K reviews (77.4% macro F1) + FLAN-T5 abstractive summarization. Containerized REST API with 97% branch test coverage. | 📂 Repo • 🌐 Live Demo |
| Overprompt | Next.js App Router, TypeScript, Anthropic API, Firestore |
Rule-based AI spend audit SaaS with scoped LLM executive summaries to prevent financial hallucination. Dynamic Open Graph image generation via App Router and Vitest integration tests. | 📂 Repo • 🌐 Live Demo |
- 🥇 1st Prize Winner — KGEN GameGen National Hackathon (Sep 2025): Architected GenPlay Studio, an AI platform converting natural language prompts into playable HTML5 games under live judging (Watch Demo).
- 👥 Competitive Programming Co-Head — GDGoC: Guided peers in Data Structures & Algorithms, helped organize campus-wide coding contests, and promoted problem-solving on campus.
- 🎯 LeetCode & Problem Solving: Solved 200+ problems across LeetCode & CodeChef with high contest consistency.
- 📊 Academic Standing: Consistent 9.12 / 10.0 CGPA at AISSMS College of Engineering, SPPU.
I am actively open to Full-Time Software Development Engineer, AI Engineering, and 6-Month Intern-to-FTE roles.
- 💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/darshna-shingavi
- 🐙 GitHub: github.com/darshna21-bit
- 📧 Email: darshnashingavi21@gmail.com