Hello,

my name

is Shivam

I'm a developer and upcoming entrepreneur, currently studying Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I develop full-stack applications in my free time, tackling various societal issues. I've recently been working on Final Score and Vocabify.

experience.

Palantir  Forward Deployed Engineer

INCOMING

2025 New Grad
TBD
Fresenius Kabi  R&D Software Engineering Intern

MAY 2024 — PRESENT

Creating automated Pareto visualizations for weekly complaint triage sprints using Visual Basic, to be used by Fresenius Kabi USA's executive quality assurance team. Porting the Ivenix Infusion System's UI platform to .NET 8 using C#.
.NET 8
C#
Razor
Selenium
Visual Basic
SQL Server
Jira
TeamCity
Rovier  Chief Technology Officer

JUNE 2023 — PRESENT

Cut buyer and supplier costs by upwards of 30% while leading development on an Express-based web application and network for conducting efficient B2B electronic procurement using novel mathematical optimization with BARON. Optimized query performance by 12% by reformatting the core data schema using PostgreSQL and Amazon RDS. Authored revised Git version control practices, scrum work cycles, and an Agile development framework.
AWS
RDBMS
PostgreSQL
TypeScript
React
Node.js
AR Quants  Quantitative Developer

JAN 2023 — AUG 2023

Designed and delivered the MVP for pivotal investor pitches on India’s premiere AI-driven, no-code options backtesting platform with React, C++ and Molybden, which contributed to a 40% increase in investment inquiries. Executed weekly workstreams ranging from bull/bear market data analysis, European options trading algorithm backtesting, and utilizing Matplotlib for data audits and pre-visualization of company strategy decisions.
Python
Matplotlib
Django
JavaScript
CyberGIS Center [UIUC]  Software Developer

OCT 2022 — AUG 2023

Designed and implemented a new responsive landing page for I-GUIDE using Figma, React.js and Tailwind. Built a Jupyter Notebook plugin to auto-upload user GitHub repositories from our CyberGISX platform using JavaScript, REST API, and MySQL. Improved code upload efficiency by 233%.
React
Tailwind
MySQL
JavaScript
REST API
JSON
Figma
Jupyter Notebook
MIT  ML Research Assistant

NOV 2021 — JUNE 2022

Co-developed novel low-resolution image discernibility analysis methods with Dr. Kyle Keane. Implemented renewed G-code interfaces for Arduino systems. Proposed cGAN-based techniques for improved image pre-processing results, currently being used to develop a tactile device for people with visual impairments.
Python
C++
C
Tensorflow
G-code
Arduino
Stanford University  ML Research Assistant

JUNE 2021 — JAN 2022

Selected as 1/54 interns nationwide for the SHTEM Summer Internship Program. Led the Machine Learning Team. Used Python to develop an augmented byte-pair encoding (ABPE) algorithm for 17% faster text tokenization in NLP applications. Annotated a 40,000+ token dictionary datasets, and tested multilingual tokenizers (BERT, WordPiece, etc). Research was published in the Stanford Compression Forum Journal and recognized at the SCCUR 2021.
Python
Julia
LaTeX
NLTK
BERT
WordPiece
GPT-2
MKDS Consulting  Business Consultant

OCT 2019 — JUNE 2020

Consolidated over 15 multi-state political research portfolios on various energy sector lobbying policies in PowerPoint slide decks. Conducted data analysis and market research in the international energy sector, and presented recommendations to Mitsibushi Hitachi Power Systems company executives. Followed biweekly deadlines, interacted with senior analysts, and was trusted with numerous solo projects.
PowerPoint
MS Office
Research

Say hello 👋

If you have a question, or just want say hi, my inbox is always open. I'll try my best to get back to you!

Shoot me an email at syal3 [at] illinois [dot] edu, or connect with me here, here or here.

Made with by Shivam Syal. Copyright 2023-24.