Vishaal Ganesan

Software Engineer passionate about solving challenging problems and building great products.

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About

I'm a full stack engineer with over 4 years of experience building scalable web applications and backend services. My experience includes stints at small startups, mid size, and large companies. Currently, I'm passionate about building developer tools, user facing applications, and tools that support AI workflows. I'm always looking to learn/apply new technologies and tackle interesting problems. Send me an email if you're interested in working together or chatting!

Work Experience

Freelance and Contract Development
Remote

2022 - Present

Software Engineer

Various freelance and contract roles delivering full stack web and smart contract solutions.

Vroom Delivery
Remote

2021 - 2022

Software Engineer

Designed intuitive interfaces, implemented real-time logging for faster issue resolution, built a flexible promotions system, and personalized product recommendations, dramatically enhancing the customer experience through smoother checkouts, quicker problem-solving, increased bundled sales, and doubled purchase rates.

R3
Remote

2020 - 2021

Solutions Engineer Intern → Software Engineer

Built backend services to enable payment processing and account management with third party payment service providers, designed/developed a web interface to make payments using these services, launched an internal staffing tool to manage cross-team collaboration, and built proof of concepts for customers.

Amazon (AWS)
San Francisco, CA

Summer 2019

Solutions Architect Intern

Designed and built a web application that allows users to sandbox their setup for AWS IoT.

Wolfram
Champaign, IL

2018 - 2019

Research Intern

Designed, built, and launched an linear algebra course for college level students, emphasizing engineering and machine learning applications.

University of Illinois Archives
Champaign, IL

Summer/Fall 2017

Software Engineer Intern

Built a web interface for archivists to search through thousands of hand written documents.

Skills

Python
Java
Kotlin
JavaScript
TypeScript
React/Next.js
Spring
Django
Node.js
PostgreSQL
GraphQL

Projects

Vidbox

Track the content you’re consuming and get a weekly curated content feed from tv, movies, podcasts, and music.

Side Project
TypeScript
Next.js
Kotlin
Python
SpringBoot
Postgres
OpenAI
Pinecone

Tab Grouper

Browser extension that groups tabs into a customizable number of categories. Uses LLMs to dynamically create categories.

Side Project
JavaScript
AWS Lambda
Hugging Face
Browser Extension
OpenAI
Redis

AuctionX

Decentralized auction platform built on Corda that enables trustless bidding and escrow services for digital goods.

Corda
Kotlin
Java
React
Kafka

Shot Filter

Filter specific shots from tennis YouTube videos to create highlight reels automatically.

Python
Hugging Face
OpenAI
React

PetGo

Match verified and background checked pet sitters to pet owners for long term care.

Side Project
Next.js
TypeScript
Kotlin
Python
Spring
AWS
GCP
OpenAI
Redis
Postgres

Rest Finder

Find, reserve, and review restrooms around your area using a web app.

Side Project
TypeScript
Next.js
Kotlin
Python
Spring
GCP
OpenAI
Postgres

Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2015 - 2019
Bachelor's Degree in Applied Math (incomplete)

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