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Akshay Kamath

Software Engineer

Building thoughtful software with clean code and modern tools.

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📍 San Francisco, CA

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Projects

Selected work and side projects

Distributed Cache System

High-performance distributed caching layer with consistent hashing.

GoRedisgRPCDocker
  • Reduced latency by 40% for read-heavy workloads
  • Implemented automatic failover and replication

Real-time Collaboration

WebSocket-based collaborative document editor with CRDT.

TypeScriptReactNode.jsYjs
  • Built conflict-free replicated data types from scratch
  • Supports 50+ concurrent users per document

ML Pipeline Orchestrator

Workflow automation for ML model training and deployment.

PythonFastAPIKubernetesAirflow
  • Reduced model deployment time from hours to minutes
  • Integrated with major cloud providers

Developer CLI Toolkit

Productivity tools for common development workflows.

RustCLIGit
  • Automated repetitive git workflows
  • Cross-platform with zero dependencies

API Gateway

Lightweight API gateway with rate limiting and auth.

GoPostgreSQLJWTRedis
  • Handles 10k+ requests per second
  • Plugin architecture for custom middleware

Component Library

Accessible React component library with design tokens.

ReactTypeScriptStorybookRadix
  • WCAG 2.1 AA compliant components
  • Used in 3 production applications

Experience

Where I've worked and learned

May 2024 — Aug 2024

Software Engineer Intern

Tech Company ↗

Built internal tools that reduced deployment time by 60% across 12 engineering teams.

Sep 2023 — Present

Research Assistant

University Lab ↗

Developing novel algorithms for distributed systems, published 1 paper.

Jan 2023 — May 2023

Teaching Assistant

CS Department

Led weekly sections for Data Structures course with 200+ students.

Now

What I'm currently focused on

Building a type-safe ORM in Rust

Reading "Designing Data-Intensive Applications"

Preparing for full-time SWE roles

Exploring WebGPU and compute shaders

Last updated: December 2024

Get in Touch

Let's build something together

akshay@example.com

I typically respond within 24 hours. Looking forward to hearing from you!