Tarun Eswar

CS + Applied Math at WashU

Massachusetts, USA

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About

Hi, I’m Tarun, a current student at the Washington University in St. Louis, primarily interested in computer science and applied math. I'm specialized in development technologies (fullstack, ai, devops) and looking to continue gaining more experience.

Education

Washington University in St. Louis

Expected YOG 2027
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science + Applied Math
GPA: 4.0 / 4.0
Relevant coursework: Calculus III, Linear Algebra, Discrete Mathematics, Hardware Engineering, Data Structures and Algorithms, Object-Oriented Software Development Laboratory

Work Experience

Fresenius Medical Care
Lexington, MA

Jun 2025 - Aug 2025

Software Engineering Intern

Leveraged the CrowdStrike API (python) to automate monthly KPI metrics by working with the Global Head of Cybersecurity which led to an improvement in operational efficiency by 70% for data leaders / owners. Contributed to spring boot data server by developing unit tests and developing endpoints for Kafka / MongoDB. Spearheaded ServiceNow MCP server integration with internal tools to optimize time spent on tickets by 43%.

Rakuten 6th Sense
Remote

Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

Software Engineering Intern

Co-developed a QA chatbot (LLMs) to answer company legal questions (95% coverage) with Tiger Team andused quantization methods to optimize Llama2 and Vicuna and store embeddings in a ChromaDB vector. Achieved accurate results with response of ~2.5 seconds (12GB GPU tunneling) and created Django QA model API (Express) with dashboard (React) and JWT / Rakuten legal recommendations to protect documents. Contributed KPI UI feature components for a production B2B product (Cognitive AIOps) on a three-stage testing workflow with proprietary component libraries. Worked with Redux, Typescript, and Vue framework.

Tufts Financial Group
Medford, MA

Sep 2023 - Jan 2023

Web Developer

Collaborated with club executives to revamp web app and SEO capabilities for the club (50+ members). Improved page interactions by 10% and created a more accessible layout and UX for all audiences. Managed minor budget provided by the team for various improvement tasks on the web application.

Rakuten SixthSense
Remote

Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

Software Engineering Intern

Worked on the front and backend for 6th sense—a monitoring platform produced as a B2B model for other developers to track the performance vitals of their projects; functioned as a full stack developer using vue.js, node.js, and Elastic Cloud to provide better capabilities to local test acceleration and incident management of applications.

Additional Experience

Staples
Shrewsbury, MA

Oct 2023 - Present

Retail Associate

Trained and worked at the Shrewsbury location as a cashier aimed at improving the customer experience. Served as a janitor, re-stocker for freight, and more in addition to cashiering.

Projects

Gear-labels indicate production-grade applications for clients.

Management platform for BEM Services to automate operations

Supabase
ExpressJS
ReactJS
NodeJS
ShadCN
Socket.io
+more

Kickstarting careers through ai-driven application recommendations

Firebase
ExpressJS
ReactJS
NodeJS
Ant-Design

A production-level [direct access restricted] digital student attendance system

ReactJS
NodeJS
ExpressJS
MySQL
Raspberry Pi
Firebase
+ more

Plan your academic success at WPI (2024 WPI GoatHacks Winner)

Firebase
ExpressJS
ReactJS
NodeJS
Ant-Design

Helping students plan their WashU academic journey

ReactJS
NodeJS
ExpressJS
Primsa
MUI

An interactive way to use the Molecular Formula-LogP model

Python
Flask
OpenCV
Chemparse

A deep learning model to predict OCD from fMRI scans

Python
Tensorflow
ResNet
OpenCV
GradCam
Flask

Recent Honors & Awards

WashU Meta x 8VC Hackathon Winner

Worked with a team of 4 to create intern-x, which helps interns find and apply for job opportunities using ai-driven technology.

WPI GoatHacks Competition Winner

Collaborated with a team of 4 and won the 2024 WPI GoatHacks Hackathon. Created the WPI Roadmap app to help students plan their academic success at WPI.

Scholastic Arts & Writing Awards

Placed in the top 0.05% of poetry entries for poetry. Published piece and recognized as a national gold medalist / NSPP semifinalist nominee. Invited to the 100th Ceremony at Carnegie Hall.

Certificates

Japanse Language Proficiency Test N5

Intermediate Japanese Language Proficiency

The Japan Foundation

The Seal of Biliteracy in Japanese & English

Awarded for proficiency in Japanese and English

The State of Massachusetts

Skills

Python
Java
C/C++
PHP
JavaScript/TypeScript
Dart
React.js
Next.js
Vue.js
Node.js
React Native
Flutter
Spring Boot
Llama Stack
Socket.io
Redux
NumPy
TensorFlow
Scikit-learn
Tailwind CSS / ShadCN
MySQL
MongoDB
Supabase
Firebase Firestore