Aashish Dhakal

Aashish
Dhakal

Software Engineer

I build AI systems and full-stack platforms — from RAG pipelines and agentic tools to enterprise software serving over a million users.

◈ New Orleans, LA · open to relocating
About

I'm a software engineer working at the intersection of applied AI and production engineering. Currently at 21PSTEM, building AI tooling for Gates- and NSF-funded education research and turning research prototypes into deployed microservices.

Previously at C Spire, I shipped customer-facing modules in Angular and Spring Boot for 1M+ users, hardened REST APIs, and raised test coverage from 65% to 87%. I care about problems where code creates measurable impact.

1st / 1000+
HackHarvard '23 winner
Top 0.2%
University Hall of Fame
1M+
users served at C Spire
65→87%
test coverage raised
Selected Work
NavAlone

NavAlone

AI · Accessibility
↳ 1st of 1000+ · HackHarvard winner

Real-time navigation for visually impaired users — computer vision plus an LLM reasoning layer and natural voice guidance, built end-to-end in 36 hours.

Angular · Next.js · LangChain · ChatGPT API · Pinecone
HeatSync Smart Thermostat

HeatSync — Smart Thermostat

IoT · ML
↳ 30% energy savings

An ML-driven IoT thermostat that learns household patterns and predicts climate needs, cutting energy use by 30%. Runs on a Raspberry Pi with live telemetry over MQTT.

Python · Raspberry Pi · DHT22 · MQTT · SQLite
Deep Learning Research Portfolio

Deep Learning Research Portfolio

AI/ML
↳ CNNs → Transformers, from scratch

Neural-network implementations across vision and NLP, built to understand architectures from first principles rather than call a library.

Python · PyTorch · TensorFlow · NumPy
Experience
2025 — Now
AI Software Engineer
21PSTEM · 21st Century STEM Education
2024
Junior Software Developer
C Spire
2024 — 2025
Undergraduate Researcher
University of Mississippi
2023
Software Engineering Intern
Greenserv Inc.
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B.S. Computer Science (Honors), University of Mississippi · GPA 3.82 · Hall of Fame (top 0.2%)
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