Ayush Desai's Resume

Ayush Desai

Full Stack Engineer building cloud-native systems, internal tooling, and data pipelines.

Phoenix, AZ, United States, MST

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About

Full-stack software engineer with 2+ years of production experience building cloud-native systems, internal tooling, and data pipelines. Proven ability to own features end-to-end — from architecture to deployment — across Python, TypeScript, AWS, and modern web frameworks. Published IEEE researcher. M.S. Software Engineering candidate at ASU (May 2026), actively seeking full-time SDE roles with OPT authorization from June 15, 2026.

Work Experience

EdPlus at Arizona State University

Mar 2025 - May 2026

Software Developer

  • Built and deployed a Next.js + TypeScript staff evaluation platform used by 50+ staff, integrating Google Apps Script for automated data provisioning and Google Gemini for AI-generated summaries.
  • Built a dockable Unity editor tool integrating Coda REST APIs, enabling 30+ developers to view, filter, and update 450+ project tasks directly in-engine, reducing context-switching and improving workflow efficiency.
  • Engineered a serverless AWS ETL pipeline (Lambda + S3 + Apps Script) automating scheduling workflows and powering Looker Studio dashboards for 100+ staff members.
  • Built a FastAPI video compression service for VR QA build captures, reducing file sizes by an average of 60% (up to 89%) and integrating it into the automated VR build pipeline.
  • Extended a CLI, REST API, and Web UI for VR build distribution, cutting provisioning time by 70% and enabling local testing for the internal QA team.
  • Migrated the Dreamscape Learn platform from Vue.js 2 to Vue.js 3 (Composition API), improving performance, modularity, and long-term maintainability.
  • Hybrid
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • AWS
  • FastAPI
  • Vue 3

Skitti (IIT Mandi-funded startup)

Aug 2023 - Dec 2023

Software Engineer

  • Built and shipped a multiplayer quiz game module in React Native, deployed to the Google Play Store, enabling real-time lobby creation, friend invites, and live knowledge competitions.
  • Integrated AWS Lambda and MongoDB backend APIs to manage user sessions, quiz data, and real-time game state, reducing response latency and improving the multiplayer experience.
  • Remote
  • React Native
  • AWS Lambda
  • MongoDB

Legal Square Tech

Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

Junior Software Engineer

  • Built and maintained React.js frontend components integrated with GraphQL and Java Spring Boot REST APIs, enabling the cloud-based legal training platform to deliver new courses on schedule.
  • Reduced post-release bugs by introducing Jest + GitHub Actions automated testing and coordinating defect fixes across frontend and backend layers.
  • Delivered features end-to-end in two-week Agile sprints using JIRA, translating product requirements into technical tasks in collaboration with senior engineers.
  • Remote
  • React
  • GraphQL
  • Java Spring Boot
  • Agile

WebForest LLP

Jan 2024 - Apr 2024

Software Engineering Intern

  • Built a full-stack MERN social platform using scalable APIs, JWT authentication, and Stripe webhook integration, enabling secure paid user verification and allowing the service to monetize premium accounts.
  • Developed a modular React.js e-commerce platform with a headless CMS architecture and implemented a Docker-based CI/CD pipeline, reducing deployment time by 25%.
  • In-Person
  • React
  • Node.js
  • MongoDB
  • Docker
  • Stripe

Education

Arizona State University

Mar 2024 - May 2026
M.S., Computer Software Engineering

Skills

  • Python
  • TypeScript
  • React/Next.js/Vue 3
  • Node.js/Express.js
  • FastAPI/Django
  • AWS (Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, API Gateway, EC2)
  • Docker
  • GitHub Actions
  • PostgreSQL/DynamoDB/MongoDB
  • GraphQL
  • REST APIs
  • Tailwind CSS

Side projects

Enhanced Tracking and Reporting of Missing Persons — IEEE COMPSAC 2025

Published at IEEE COMPSAC 2025. Designed a real-time missing person tracking system using a knowledge graph architecture (GraphDB + SPARQL) with a React.js frontend and Express.js backend.

  • Python
  • GraphDB
  • SPARQL
  • React.js
  • Express.js
  • Node.js

Convoz

Full-stack social media application built from scratch using the MERN stack with Stripe-powered paid verification.

  • React.js
  • Express.js
  • Node.js
  • Tailwind CSS
  • MongoDB
  • Stripe
  • JWT