RoleSoftware Engineer
Based InNew York, NY

Nirmal Boghara

Merging code, creativity, and business to redefine what's possible with AI.

My Journey

From computer engineering studies to leading AI innovations that generate millions in business value. Here's how it unfolded.

January 2026 - Present

Software Engineering InternExperience

Conduit CommerceNew York, NY

Dropshipping made easy.

Learned a lot and this gave me a founders mindset

Oct 2025 - Present

Research AssistantExperience

Researching on active learning / reinforcement learning techniques for improving the accuracy of landmine detection systems. Helping organizations plan their demining strategies based on the risk map.

Research & Innovation

June 2025 - Present

Technical Project ManagerExperience

HackNYUNew York, NY

Responsible for managing the technical aspects of the hackathon.

Leadership and Teamwork

February 2025 - Present

Technical AmbassadorExperience

QualcommNew York, NY

Developed low-latency AI teaching assistant with 92% accuracy through Agentic RAG architecture.

92% AI Accuracy

Blog - From Old to Elite: How NYU hackathon winners embraced Snapdragon® X for their tech needs

July 2025

Featured in Qualcomm's Developer blog for winning the NYU hackathon with Snapdragon® X

Leadership
Blog

Mentor - Qualcomm Edge AI Hackathon Finale - NYU

September 2025

Was invited to mentor students in building AI-powered solutions using Snapdragon® X at NYU

Leadership

Mentor - Edge AI Hackathon

March 2025

Was invited to mentor students in building AI-powered solutions using Snapdragon® X at Northeastern University in Seattle.

Leadership
Edge AI Hackathon at Northeastern University
Mentoring students at the hackathon

Special Qualcomm HQ Visit

March 2025

Was invited to visit Qualcomm HQ in San Diego, CA to learn about the latest advancements in AI and their Chip Manufacturing Process.

Leadership
Qualcomm HQ in San Diego
Chip manufacturing facility tour

May 2025 - August 2025

AI Innovator Intern IIExperience

ChewyBoston, MA

Leading development of Agentic Copilot for Marketing team. Built ML models that saved $16M+ in annual revenue. Delivering the final presentation to the CEO and other executives at Florida HQ.

Think Big

March 2025 - August 2025

AI Business FellowEducation

PerplexityNew York, NY (Online)

Diving deep into the world of AI with the industry leaders around the globe.

Learning from AI leaders

January 2025 - July 2025

Chief Technology OfficerExperience

Failed StartupNew York, NY

Revolutionizing tourism with AI

Learned a lot and this gave me a founders mindset

September 2024 - Present

MS Computer ScienceEducation

New York UniversityNew York, NY

Pursuing advanced studies in AI systems, machine learning, and next-generation computing technologies.

Expected Graduation: May 2026

April 2024 - June 2024

Software Engineering InternExperience

BitnineSan Francisco, CA (Remote)

Optimized PostgreSQL databases with Oracle compatibility, improving query performance by 23% for enterprise applications.

23% Performance Improvement

September 2023 - November 2023

Artificial Intelligence InternExperience

Soulible DigitalMumbai, India

Engineered an AI-powered computer vision attendance system using YOLOv7 and TensorFlow, automating tracking for 200+ employees while reducing manual effort by 50% and boosting operational efficiency by 30% through cross-functional collaboration and Python-based optimization.

Reducing manual effort and boosting operational efficiency

May 2023 - August 2023

SDE InternExperience

Feat SystemsMumbai, India

Transformed Java/Spring Boot applications using Agile practices and MySQL optimization, reducing customer complaints by 15% while accelerating new team member onboarding by 30% through streamlined CI/CD pipelines, comprehensive SDLC documentation, and seamless GitHub/Jira integration.

Reducing customer complaints and accelerating new team member onboarding

May 2022 - July 2022

Full Stack DeveloperExperience

GoldenmaceMumbai, India

Architected a high-performance full-stack dashboard with TypeScript and Svelte, delivering 30% faster load times and 20% higher client satisfaction through advanced caching mechanisms and seamless UI/UX design across MongoDB and PostgreSQL data layers.

Improving client satisfaction and load times

July 2020 - June 2024

Computer Engineering GraduateEducation

University of MumbaiMumbai, India

Graduated with expertise in AI, machine learning, and advanced algorithms. Built foundation for future innovations.

BE Computer Engineering

Technical Expertise

Technologies and frameworks I work with regularly

AI & Machine Learning

Python / SageMaker
TensorFlow
PyTorch / Hugging Face
Scikit-learn
Langchain

Development

JavaScript
TypeScript / Node.js
React / Tailwind CSS
Django / Flask
Next.js

DevOps

Git / GitHub Actions
CI/CD
Docker
Kubernetes
AWS

Data & Infrastructure

PostgreSQL / MySQL
AWS / GCP
Snowflake / RDS / Neo4j
MongoDB
Spark / Hadoop / Kafka

Mind & Body Balance

My athletic pursuits directly enhance my technical abilities. Balance isn't just a philosophy—it's how I consistently deliver results.

Technical Excellence
Physical Wellness

Soccer

Weekend league player
ENHANCES
Teamwork & Agility

Soccer enhances my ability to collaborate in fast-paced development environments

"The field awareness I developed in soccer helps me anticipate project needs before they arise."

Baseball

3 years playing experience
ENHANCES
Precision & Focus

Baseball taught me the importance of precision and patience - qualities I apply to debugging complex systems

"The discipline of batting practice mirrors the repetition needed to master coding patterns."
🧘

Yoga

Daily practice
ENHANCES
Mindfulness & Clarity

Yoga helps me maintain mental clarity during complex problem-solving sessions

"Yoga taught me to approach AI problems with a calm, focused mind."

"The discipline I've cultivated through baseball, yoga, and soccer directly translates to my approach in AI and technology. A balanced athlete makes for a more innovative technologist."

What's Next

Currently

Building mutliple projects, serving at HackNYU & Qualcomm. Pursuing MS in Computer Science at NYU.

Available for opportunities

Looking For

Full-time opportunities in AI/ML engineering, technical leadership roles, or innovative startups building the future.

Expected graduation: May 2026

Selected Works

A collection of projects demonstrating expertise in AI, machine learning, and full-stack development—each solving real-world problems.

2023—2025

15 Projects

CodeRalph

2025

real-time collaborative code editor

A next-generation real-time collaborative code editor with Ghost Agents - intelligent, proactive assistants that augment your development workflow with live collaboration, predictive conflict resolution, and automated code visualization completely powered by the combination of Minimax Agents, Gemini 3 Pro and Nano Banana Pro.

Minimax AgentsGeminiYjsWebSocketsCRDTs+3
Real-time

Collaboration

Predictive

Conflict Resolution

In Production / Hackathon Winner

Tuesday.com

2025

Digital Twins & Project Simulator Platform

Built 10,000 AI customer replicas to test email campaigns before sending. See who opens, clicks, converts—or unsubscribes—in under 800ms. Plus a Gemini-powered project simulator that shows ripple effects when timelines change.

ReactTypeScriptFastAPIScikit-LearnGemini AI+3
10,000

Customer Twins

<800ms

Response Time

Hackathon Winner

Sentio

2025

Visual RAG System with Agentic Computer Vision

A unified visual RAG system for security and law enforcement that processes video footage (body cams, surveillance, dashcams) with natural language search across visual content, spoken audio, and detected objects. Features multi-modal search, smart deduplication, real-time object detection, and click-to-track segmentation.

LLaVAYOLOSAM2WhisperLlama+3
~200ms

Processing Latency

$0

Cost per Frame

Hackathon Winner

GhostWheel

2025

Low-Latency CV Racing Controller

Built a real-time computer vision steering engine for Slowroads.io in under 60 minutes. Features smart frame skipping that decouples AI from render loop (2x FPS), custom PWM steering algorithm to fake analog input from binary keyboard, and optimized MediaPipe hand tracking with zero visual overhead.

PythonOpenCVMediaPipePyAutoGUIComputer Vision
<60 min

Build Time

2x FPS

Framerate

Side Project

Geminecraft

2025

Voxel Building Game in React

A pixelated voxel building game with first-person controls, multiple block types, dynamic weather, save/load system, and particle effects. Built with React 19, Three.js, React Three Fiber, and Zustand for state management.

ReactThree.jsReact Three FiberZustandTypeScript+2
5+

Block Types

Optimized

Performance

Side Project

Tiny LLM

2025

GPT-Style Language Model from Scratch

A minimal GPT-style language model built from scratch in PyTorch, trained on Shakespeare. Features a 4-layer transformer with 4 attention heads (3.2M parameters), character-level tokenization, causal self-attention, and top-k/nucleus sampling for text generation.

PyTorchPythonTransformersNLPDeep Learning
3.2M

Parameters

4

Layers

Learning Project

NegotAItion

2025

AI-Powered Price Negotiation System

An intelligent negotiation system that simulates realistic car price negotiations between buyers and sellers. Features AI-powered dynamic response generation, real-time sentiment analysis, multiple negotiation strategies (Stand Firm, Split the Difference, Final Offer, Walk Away), and progress tracking with negotiation metrics.

ReactFastAPIAnthropic APIPythonPydantic+1
5+

Strategies

Real-time

Analysis

Side Project

AI Journal built on Cloudflare Workers

2025

Serverless AI Journal with Durable Objects

A chat-based AI journal built on Cloudflare Workers using a custom agent pattern with Durable Objects for persistent state. Features a 5-entry context window for Llama 3.3 70B responses, automatic mood analysis via separate AI calls, SQL emulation layer for querying entries, and stateful memory across sessions—all running on the edge with zero cold starts.

Cloudflare WorkersDurable ObjectsWorkers AILlama 3.3 70BTypeScript+1
Llama 3.3 70B

Model

Edge-native

Architecture

Side Project

PyroGuard AI

2025

Multi-Agent RL System for Wildfire Suppression

Deployed an autonomous wildfire suppression system with multi-agent RL (Dueling DQN) drone swarms. Engineered a multi-objective reward system balancing suppression, efficiency, and safety, achieving 85% mission success and 2.4x more fires extinguished vs. rule-based drones. Awarded Best Presentation at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Multiverse Hackathon at Princeton.

PyTorchDQNCNNGymnasiumReinforcement Learning+1
85%

Mission Success

2.4x

Performance Gain

Hackathon Winner

TutorAI

2025

Offline AI Teaching Assistant for rural students and teachers.

AI tutor that helps students learn and understand complex topics through personalized learning paths and interactive quizzes. Learn from the best professors and teachers around the world.

PythonTensorFlowScikit-learnJavaScriptLocal LLMs+3
Qualcomm Blog

Published

Hackathon Winner

PawScript

2025

AI tool to convert live vet consultations into prescriptions.

AI tool to convert live vet consultations into prescriptions. Built a custom LLM that can understand the context of the conversation and generate prescriptions.

PythonAWSLangchainJavaScriptLLMs+1
70%

Reduced Manual Effort

Production

Agentic Marketing Copilot

2025

AI-Powered Customer Insights

Leading development at Chewy of an intelligent system creating rich customer cohorts for precision marketing and campaign optimization.

PythonLangchainTensorFlowAWSPostgreSQL
$16M+

Revenue Impact

100%

ROAS Improvement

Internship Work

FitFarm

2024

Smart Agriculture System

Machine learning algorithms predict optimal crops based on soil conditions with 93% accuracy. Published research in IJRASET journal showcasing innovative agricultural AI solutions.

PythonTensorFlowScikit-learnIoTJavaScript
93%

Accuracy

IJRASET

Published

Published Research

Fittify

2023

Comprehensive Health Platform

End-to-end health solution using MERN stack, serving 500+ users with personalized medical tracking, diet plans, and workout routines.

ReactNode.jsMongoDBTailwind CSS
200+

Users

95%

Satisfaction

Live Production

Employee Tracking System

2023

Computer Vision Automation

YOLOv7-powered attendance system reducing manual effort by 50% while serving 200+ employees with automated face recognition.

PythonYOLOv7TensorFlowPyTorchNumPy
50%

Efficiency Gain

200+

Employees Served

Enterprise Solution

Interested in collaborating on your next project?

Let's Connect

I'm always interested in discussing innovative AI projects, collaboration opportunities, and ways to push the boundaries of what's possible with technology.

Available for new projects

New York, USA

Get in Touch

Email

Best for project inquiries

LinkedIn

Professional networking

GitHub

Code repositories

Portfolio

Complete project showcase

Current Availability

Available

Response Time
< 24 hours
Timezone
EST (UTC-5)
Work Type
Remote & On-site

What I'm Looking For

AI & Machine Learning Projects
Full-Stack Development
Data Science Consulting
Technical Mentoring
Open Source Collaboration
Speaking Opportunities

Location & Work Preferences

Current Location
New York, USA
Work StyleRemote & On-site
TravelOpen to relocation

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