I told Claude to make me look like a genius. It told me to just stay honest. One of us runs on coffee. The other has never once complained about changing the CSS on this page at 2 a.m. Here is a portfolio of an engineer who knows how to turn ‘impossible’ into ‘production-ready’ using the best tools available.
Hiring? Let’s skip the pleasantries and get to the design reviews.
Full-Stack Software Engineer | AI & Cloud Infrastructure Builder | Canadian Citizen
I am a full-stack software engineer with 7+ years in building reliable, scalable, efficient and secure production distributed systems and applications. At Amazon, I have built RAG-based GenAI microservices, evaluation pipelines over live model traffic, automated evaluators, and high-throughput Java services on serverless infrastructure. My earlier work spans Docker & Kubernetes microservice deployment characterization against on-premises hosts for Orbis Investments, a finance company, and embedded C++ programming for Verity Studios, a drone hardware manufacturer. I hold a BSc in Computer Science with distinction from the University of British Columbia, with advanced coursework in artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, computer networking, software engineering, and distributed systems.
I like turning fuzzy requirements into architectures that can evolve. I still get energy from mentoring others to do the same, a habit I picked up while serving as a teaching assistant at UBC. I believe the most important skill is the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies. No challenge is too big to tackle if you have the right mindset and tools.
No language really intimidates me. I have studied the computer from assembly to the application layer, so something new is mostly a learning curve and not a wall. In real work, I stay flexible with language or infrastructure choices and pick what fits the problem best. When a tech stack feels dense I still bring Claude in like a sharp teammate. We read the tricky parts, decipher documentation, sketch on paper, and keep building together. The stars reflect how much time I have spent building with each group.
Amazon Q, Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, OpenAI Codex
LangFuse, LangGraph, LangChain, PyTorch, TensorFlow, GPT OSS, Gemini, Claude, Amazon Nova
Docker, Elasticsearch, FastAPI, Firebase, GraphQL, Jenkins, Jest, JUnit, Kubernetes, MongoDB, Node.js, PostgreSQL, PyTest, RabbitMQ, Redis, REST APIs, Terraform
Angular, Next.js, React
API Gateway, Athena, Bedrock, Certificate Manager, CloudFormation, CloudFront, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, CodeDeploy, Cognito, Comprehend, DynamoDB, EC2, ECR, ECS, EFS, EKS, ElastiCache, ELB, EventBridge, Fargate, Glue, IAM, KMS, Lambda, RDS/Aurora, Route 53, S3, SageMaker, Secrets Manager, SES, SNS, SQS, Step Functions, VPC, WAF
BigQuery, Compute Engine, Vertex AI
AI Foundry
October 2024 – Present | Seattle, USA
Skills Native AWS infrastructure (Compute, Networking, Security, Observability, Queueing, APIs Integration, Data Stores, Generative AI, Model Inference), Distributed Computing, Automated Testing, CI/CD Pipelines, Prompt Engineering, Architecture & Backend Design, and On-call Production Ops
June 2020 – October 2024 | Vancouver, Canada
Skills See Amazon experience above
May 2019 – August 2019 | Vancouver, Canada
Skills Cloud deployment (AWS & Kubernetes), containerization (Docker), front-end design (Angular), REST APIs, and .NET (C#)
January 2018 – July 2018 | Zurich, Switzerland
Skills Embedded C++, asynchronous I/O, serial & UDP networking, protocol design & integrity, Linux application development, Boost testing, Jenkins, Python (analysis & parsing), Git, and Cron automation
UBC Department of Computer Science
September 2017 – December 2017 & September 2018 – December 2018 | Vancouver, Canada
Skills Functional programming, design patterns, recursion (self, mutual, tail, and generative), and graph searching
"Daksh has curiosity in spades. His eagerness to learn, and his will to do right by our customers are a potent combination. Add to that his ability to execute, and I believe that Daksh is well-positioned to be a rising star on the team."
"Daksh has a knack for diving deep, learning quickly, and finding the right solutions to problems. Daksh successfully delivers software that the team trusts. His code reviews are rapid and uneventful. Daksh also ensures that the software incorporates best practices, remains efficient and maintainable over time, and is delivered with full operational coverage. He is capable of working with others to raise the bar on our software and software delivery process."
"Daksh is a versatile engineer who not only excels in designing and implementing solutions, but also partakes in critical functions of the team. It is a pleasure to work with him."
"Daksh showed strong ownership when dealing with ambiguity by collaborating independently with stakeholders and delivering software across the full spectrum of the software development life cycle. Daksh is an effective Amazon writer, communicating his ideas clearly in design documents. Daksh demonstrated good leadership skills through project planning and leading constructive dialogue to resolve discordant views."
—Managers & Peers, Amazon
"We have got to know Daksh as an extremely dependable, motivated and committed employee. He is a good listener and has a very humble attitude, which makes him an excellent learner and extremely pleasant to coach."
—Fabio Rossetto, Software Engineer and Supervisor, Verity Studios AG
"He was hired for his extremely high grade in the course, and immediately established himself as a leader. Daksh was assigned a full workload of leading labs, office hours, and marking weekly assignments. He did all of this extremely well and without hesitation, as many other TAs struggle to balance their work and academic pursuits. My only hesitation with recommending Daksh is that it means I will have to work without him. As someone I can always rely on, he will truly be hard to replace."
—Trey Schiefelbein, Course Coordinator, UBC Computer Science
"Orbis was very impressed with Daksh's performance during this period, his problem solving abilities and his professional attitude."
—Paul McLoughlin, IT Governance Lead, Orbis Investments
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science (Distinction) | Vancouver, Canada
August 2016 – May 2020
91% | A+ | Top 3% Percentile
UBC's Department of Computer Science is consistently ranked among the strongest in Canada and internationally. In the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (Computer Science and Information Systems), UBC placed 31st in the world and second in Canada among ranked institutions.
My computer science coursework followed the full undergraduate arc, from Computation and Programming, Models of Computation, and Software Construction through Computer Systems, Algorithms and Data Structures, Relational Databases, Software Engineering, Algorithm Design and Analysis, Computer Hardware and Operating Systems, Internet Computing, and Artificial Intelligence.
Upper year coursework added Definition of Programming Languages, Advanced Software Engineering, Advanced Operating Systems, Theory of Computing, Machine Learning and Data Mining, Compiler Construction, Distributed Systems, and Computer Vision. Supporting mathematics and statistics included Multivariable calculus in three dimensions, Matrix Algebra, and Probability and Statistics.
High School Diploma (CBSE) & Advanced Placement (AP), Science Stream | Noida, India
April 2012 – April 2016
96% CBSE [Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, English, Computer Science] | 5/5 AP Honors Scholar [Calculus BC, Physics C, Chemistry]
Delhi Public School Noida is regularly ranked among the leading CBSE co-ed day schools in the Delhi NCR region and nationally. In the EducationWorld India School Rankings 2025 (co-ed day schools, India-wide), DPS Noida placed 93rd in India.
"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today."
—Malcolm X
In my free time, I am usually busy collecting stamps in my passport and trying new cuisines. I have explored over 25 countries so far, though my travel style is a bit of a mixed bag. I have conquered the summit of Mt. Fuji, braved cold plunges in Swiss Alpine lakes, and survived five-hour-long hikes that I definitely didn't sign up for. Between those adventures and getting sunburnt on more beaches than I would like to admit, I am always looking for the next destination. I would love to hear your suggestions for where I should head next!
