Ratan.
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Hi, I'm Ratan
Gundami

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Building intelligent systems that bridge the gap between human needs and technological possibilities.

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🎓 NCSU, Raleigh
About Me

Crafting code that makes an impact

I'm a software engineer with a passion for crafting elegant solutions to complex problems. Currently pursuing my Master's at NC State University, I specialize in building full-stack applications, distributed systems, and ML-powered products. I thrive at the intersection of engineering rigor and creative problem-solving.

Raleigh, NC
rgundami@ncsu.edu
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4+
Years Experience
30+
Projects Shipped
50+
Open Source PRs
800+
LeetCode Problems
Technical Skills

My tech stack

Tools and technologies I've used to build production systems across the stack.

Languages

8 technologies

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PythonTypeScriptJavaScriptJavaGoC++SQLBash

Frontend

8 technologies

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ReactNext.jsVue.jsTailwind CSSFramer MotionReduxGraphQLHTML5/CSS3

Backend

8 technologies

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Node.jsFastAPIDjangoSpring BootExpress.jsREST APIsgRPCWebSockets

Cloud & DevOps

8 technologies

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AWSGCPDockerKubernetesTerraformCI/CDGitHub ActionsNginx

Databases

7 technologies

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PostgreSQLMongoDBRedisElasticsearchDynamoDBCassandraMySQL

Machine Learning

8 technologies

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PyTorchTensorFlowScikit-learnHugging FaceLangChainOpenAI APIPandasNumPy
Work Experience

Where I've worked

Led development of a high-throughput data ingestion pipeline processing 50M+ events/day. Architected and shipped microservices that reduced API latency by 40% serving 2M+ daily active users.

  • Designed and implemented a real-time event streaming system using Apache Kafka and Flink, processing 50M+ events/day with sub-100ms latency
  • Reduced infrastructure costs by 35% by migrating legacy monolith to containerized microservices on Kubernetes
  • Led a team of 4 engineers to deliver a new analytics dashboard used by 500+ enterprise clients
  • Built ML-powered recommendation engine increasing user engagement by 28%
PythonGoKubernetesKafkaPostgreSQLRedisAWS
Projects

Things I've built

A collection of projects ranging from AI systems to distributed infrastructure.

Featured Work
AI/ML

NeuralChat — AI-Powered Conversation Platform

A production-grade conversational AI platform built on LLaMA 2, supporting real-time streaming responses, multi-modal inputs, and persistent conversation memory. Serves 10K+ daily active users.

10K+
Daily Users
< 500ms
Avg Response
94%
Accuracy
Next.jsFastAPILLaMA 2Pinecone+2
Systems

Distributed Task Queue System

A fault-tolerant, horizontally scalable task queue built from scratch in Go. Supports priority queues, delayed execution, job retries with exponential backoff, and real-time monitoring.

100K tasks/s
Throughput
< 5ms
Latency
99.99%
Uptime
GoRedisDockerPrometheus+1
Full Stack

CodeCollab — Real-Time Code Editor

Collaborative code editor with real-time sync using Operational Transformation. Supports 50+ languages, live execution, and voice/video integration for pair programming sessions.

50+
Languages
500+
Concurrent Users
< 50ms
Sync Latency
ReactNode.jsWebSocketsCRDT+2

NeuralChat — AI-Powered Conversation Platform

A production-grade conversational AI platform built on LLaMA 2, supporting real-time streaming responses, multi-modal inputs, and persistent conversation memory. Serves 10K+ daily active users.

Next.jsFastAPILLaMA 2

Distributed Task Queue System

A fault-tolerant, horizontally scalable task queue built from scratch in Go. Supports priority queues, delayed execution, job retries with exponential backoff, and real-time monitoring.

GoRedisDocker

CodeCollab — Real-Time Code Editor

Collaborative code editor with real-time sync using Operational Transformation. Supports 50+ languages, live execution, and voice/video integration for pair programming sessions.

ReactNode.jsWebSockets

SmartGrid Analytics Dashboard

End-to-end IoT data pipeline and visualization platform for smart energy grid monitoring. Processes sensor data from 10,000+ nodes with anomaly detection.

PythonTimescaleDBGrafana

BudgetWise — Personal Finance App

AI-powered personal finance tracker with automatic transaction categorization, smart budget recommendations, and predictive spending forecasts.

FlutterPythonFastAPI

SecureVault — Password Manager CLI

Zero-knowledge encrypted password manager with CLI and browser extension. AES-256 encryption, offline-first design, and optional end-to-end encrypted sync.

RustAES-256SQLite
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Achievements

Milestones & recognition

Oct 2024

1st Place — HackNC 2024

Won the grand prize at NC State's flagship hackathon. Built an AI-powered disaster response coordination platform in 24 hours with a team of 4.

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Aug 2024

AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Professional

Achieved the AWS Professional-level certification, demonstrating expertise in designing distributed systems and cloud architecture on AWS.

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2024

Top 1% on LeetCode

Solved 800+ problems across all difficulty levels. Ranked in the top 1% globally with a contest rating of 2100+.

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Summer 2022

Google Summer of Code 2022

Selected as a GSoC contributor, contributing to the Apache Software Foundation. Implemented new indexing strategy reducing query time by 3x.

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May 2024

Published Research Paper

First author on a paper on 'Efficient Fine-Tuning of Large Language Models for Domain-Specific Tasks' accepted at ACL 2024.

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2023-2024

Dean's List — 3 Consecutive Semesters

Maintained a GPA of 3.95/4.0 for 3 consecutive semesters at NC State University's College of Engineering.

Education

Academic journey

Master of Science in Computer Science

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, NCAug 2024 - May 2026GPA: 3.95 / 4.0

Specializing in Intelligent Systems and Machine Learning. Graduate Research Assistant in the Wolfpack AI Lab.

Activities
Graduate Teaching Assistant — Data Structures
ACM Chapter President
Wolfpack AI Club — Core Member
Coursework
Advanced AlgorithmsMachine LearningDistributed SystemsNatural Language ProcessingNeural Networks & Deep LearningCloud Computing

Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science & Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad

Hyderabad, IndiaJul 2017 - May 2021GPA: 9.2 / 10.0

Graduated with First Class with Distinction. Minor in Mathematics.

Activities
Technical Secretary — Computer Science Department
Google Developer Student Club Lead
Competitive Programming Club — Founder
Coursework
Data Structures & AlgorithmsOperating SystemsComputer NetworksDatabase Management SystemsCompiler DesignComputer Architecture