University of South Dakota

MS in Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence

IOE, Pulchowk Campus, Tribhuvan University

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering

Research Assistant

• Conducted research on Reinforcement Learning with LLMs and Agentic AI Frameworks; built and benchmarked baselines including Chain-of-Thought, ReAct, Reflexion, and ExPeL — developing enhanced variants that improved reasoning stability and task performance by up to 30%.
• Engineered end-to-end experimentation pipelines (training, evaluation, deployment) on the Nautilus HPC cluster using vLLM, OpenAI SDK, Kubernetes pods, and Dockerized environments.
• Led VideoAgent optimization project — iteratively improved baseline agent architectures and achieved measurable gains in multi-step video reasoning performance.
• Investigated CNN robustness under distribution shifts; resulted in one publication with 3 citations (3rd Best Paper Award). A second research line is under active experimentation.

Senior Software Engineer II

• Inteliome AI Chatbot: Built a full-stack application enabling file uploads and conversational Q&A over document contents. Used Next.js with Jotai for global state and React Query for async data fetching and caching. Developed a highly responsive, lightning-fast UI with Tailwind CSS, Shadcn, and Radix UI.
• Architected the RAG-based backend with multi-source ingestion, async processing via Celery and RabbitMQ, and OpenAI + LangChain pipelines — improving system reliability by 40% and significantly reducing production incidents.
• Mentored 3 engineers and standardized reusable backend AI service patterns, reducing onboarding time by 25%.

Software Developer (Freelance) — Toptal Top 3%

• Hair Density Tracker (Sunai): Bootstrapped a React app for tracking scalp hair density over time using high-resolution image analysis. Implemented Firebase authentication, Redux + Context API for state management, React Query for async API calls, and digital record tracking of hair counts. (React, Redux, Firebase, React Query, Material UI, SCSS, AWS)
• LegalFit CRM: Developed a premier web marketing platform for US law firms. Built multiple responsive layouts and blocks for custom website creation, following Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse guidelines. Authored Jinja macros for templating across the platform. (Jinja, SCSS, JavaScript, Python, Material UI, AWS, Bootstrap)
• Compliance Q&A Backend: Built an AI-powered compliance system handling 1,000+ automated regulatory queries using agentic RAG architecture with LangGraph, vector DBs, Kafka event ingestion, and MongoDB. (LangGraph, VectorDB, MongoDB, Kafka, Node.js, Python)

Senior Software Engineer

• Gocchii Compliance Tools: Built compliance management software for tracking gift exchanges and transactions via Plaid, and submitting/reviewing marketing materials for compliance officers across 5+ office locations. Served managers and employees with role-based access — reducing manual regulatory effort by 50%. (React, Django, Redux, MUI, Plaid, PostgreSQL, JWT)
• Project Management & Timesheet System: Built an internal tool for 200+ employees covering project tracking, resource management, sprints, timesheets, and weekly reporting — improving reporting accuracy by 35%. Added REST API endpoints to support the React frontend. (React, Laravel, PostgreSQL, MySQL, REST APIs)

Software Engineer

• Curbside Pickup & Contactless Retail: Developed back office, order interface, location service, and pickup scheduling for a retailer with 1,000+ locations across 10+ time zones. Incorporated Google Maps API for geolocation, time-zone-critical logic, and data insights. (Node.js, MySQL, Sequelize, Express.js, Google Maps API, TypeScript, Docker, Jenkins CI/CD)
• Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE): Integrated a local payment gateway into the Trade Management System and implemented an auction engine for matching buy-and-sell orders during market sessions. Achieved 90% test coverage. (Java, Angular, Scala, Redis, RabbitMQ, JUnit, Mockito, Jenkins)
• Robling ETL Monitoring App: Built a React Native mobile app for monitoring Snowflake ETL batch processes with push notifications via Firebase. REST API built with Python Flask — reducing system downtime by 20%. (React Native, Python Flask, Firebase, Snowflake)

Associate Software Engineer

• OpinionShield Android App: Developed an Android app for rating businesses, where candidates were ranked based on linked account transactions retrieved via the Plaid API. Published multiple versions to the Play Store; grew to 5,000+ active users with in-app purchase support. (Java, Android, RxJava, Retrofit, Plaid, In-App Purchases)
• Oracle Xstore POS: Configured and integrated Oracle Xstore point-of-sale systems for retail clients using the Oracle POS system as a base, streamlining Java-based workflows and reducing deployment setup time by 30%.