Open to SDE · ML · Hybrid roles

Rishikesh
Kumar

Software Development Engineer

I build production-grade software and machine-learning systems — from async malware-analysis platforms with security-first architecture to NLP pipelines that mine clinical data from tens of thousands of research abstracts. Currently pursuing M.Tech at IIT Bombay.

#1IIC Case Study, IIT Bombay
#1HackForCG Hackathon
#2Smart India Hackathon 2022
01 — Selected Work

Featured Projects

All projects
01
Vajra Sandbox Full Stack

Malware analysis & threat-detection platform handling 200+ daily submissions with static, dynamic & memory analysis, isolated-VM execution, async Celery processing, and automated PDF reports. Security-first: JWT, TOTP 2FA, CAPTCHA, rate limiting.

PythonDjango/DRFNext.jsTypeScriptDockerRedis
2025
02
CyberAegis Full Stack

Gamified cybersecurity training platform — 7 microservices, 41 interactive simulators, event-driven RabbitMQ gamification engine. 58,000+ LOC, 261+ integration tests, Redis-cached leaderboards, and Kubernetes manifests for 9 containerized services.

Node.jsReact 18PostgreSQLRedisRabbitMQDocker
2026
03
The Third Eye — VIntel Agentic AI

Multi-agent cybersecurity-intelligence platform with two-round LLM editorial deliberation and Borda-count ranking. Polyglot microservice architecture with a persistent memory layer and A2A protocol.

GoTypeScriptRustReactLLM AgentsPostgreSQL
2026
04
Parameter-Specific Literature Retrieval MTP Thesis

Biomedical NLP pipeline querying PubMed across 87K+ abstracts. Fine-tuned PubMedBERT NER (90% F1) and a provenance-tracked Neo4j knowledge graph + QA engine — 88% answer rate, every claim cited. Advised by Prof. Balamurugan Palaniappan.

PyTorchHuggingFaceNeo4jREBELPubMedBERT
2025
05
Explainable Depression Detection NLP

Social-media NLP pipeline using double domain adaptation and guided masking (0.78 F1), with an explainability pipeline combining Integrated Gradients and LLM teacher-student distillation. Advised by Prof. Pushpak Bhattacharyya.

PyTorchHuggingFaceNLPTransformers
2025
02 — About

A bit about me

I'm an SDE & ML Engineer who likes building things that survive contact with real users and real data.

My work spans production systems — async malware-analysis platforms with security-first architecture — and NLP pipelines that extract clinical data from thousands of research abstracts. Competitive programming sharpened my fundamentals, and my research in deep learning has been published internationally.

When I step away from the terminal: cricket, chess, anime, and music.

Education

M.Tech — IEOR
IIT Bombay
Jul 2024 — Jul 2026
B.Tech — CSE
Guru Ghasidas University
Jul 2020 — Jul 2024

By the numbers

GATE CSE 2024
99.3%
CodeChef World Rank
#32
Published Research
2024
03 — Experience

Where I've worked

All experience

Internships

Aug 2025 — Present
Full-Stack Developer Intern
Vajra Labs, IIT Bombay · Powai, Maharashtra
  • Built a sandbox-based malware-analysis platform handling 200+ daily sample submissions with automated static, dynamic, and memory-analysis reports.
  • Led a 3-person team using sprint-based workflows and code reviews, shipping features on a 2-week release cadence.
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May 2026 — Jun 2026
Full-Stack Software Development Intern
Jumps Automation · Remote
  • Built CyberAegis — a gamified cybersecurity training platform with 7 microservices, 41 interactive simulators, and 128+ REST API endpoints serving a React 18 SPA.
  • Engineered event-driven architecture with RabbitMQ, Redis-cached leaderboards, and 261+ integration tests; load-tested for 5,000 concurrent users.
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Nov 2021 — Jan 2022
Full-Stack Intern
Dimensionless Technologies · Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
  • Built an image-processing pipeline with Node.js, OpenCV.js, and Google Vision API that automated medicine identification from batch photos, replacing manual data entry.
  • Designed an auto-populated Excel-compatible inventory system that cut medicine cataloging time from hours to minutes per batch.
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Academic

Jul 2025 — Nov 2025
Teaching Assistant
IE 643 — Deep Learning: Theory & Practice · IIT Bombay
  • Organized and led weekly programming sessions reinforcing core deep-learning concepts for 80+ students.
  • Graded student work and projects with detailed feedback on complex topics.
  • Ran weekly doubt sessions and helped student teams plan and debug their projects.

Achievements & Honors

99.3%
GATE CSE 2024
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering — Computer Science
#32
CodeChef World Rank
Global competitive-programming contest rank
1st
IIC Case Study Competition
IIT Bombay, 2024 · led a 5-member team to an innovative business solution
2nd
Smart India Hackathon 2022
National runner-up · built a software solution with a 6-member team
1st
HackForCG Hackathon
First place
Published Research
International Journal of Computing, 2024
04 — Skills

Tech stack

Languages

PythonC++JavaScriptTypeScriptGoRustSQLHTML / CSSJavaC

Frameworks & Libraries

Django / DRFFastAPIAxumReact.jsNext.jsNode.jsTailwind CSSThree.jsOpenCV

ML / AI

PyTorchHuggingFaceScikit-LearnRayLLM AgentsRLHF / PPO

Systems & Tools

PostgreSQLRedisDockerDocker ComposeGitnginxCeleryRabbitMQWebSocketsJWT / AuthREST APIsLinux

Operations Research & Simulation

Linear / Integer ProgrammingDynamic ProgrammingMetaheuristics (GA, SA)Reinforcement LearningGurobiCPLEXPyomoOR-ToolsAnyLogicSimPy
05 — Coursework

Relevant Coursework

Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning, NLP, Generative & Agentic AI, ML Principles, Operations Research, DSA, and more — from M.Tech at IIT Bombay and B.Tech at GGU.

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06 — Contact

Let's build something worth shipping.

Actively seeking SDE, ML Engineering, or hybrid roles where I can build production systems with intelligent capabilities.