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 softare development and specifically looking to gain more experience with backend architectures / distributed systems.

Education

Washington University in St. Louis

May 2027
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science + Applied Math
GPA: 4.0 / 4.0
Relevant coursework: Linear Algebra, Discrete Mathematics, Data Structures, Object-Oriented C++ Software Development

Work Experience

Rivian
Irvine, CA

Mar 2026 - present

Software Engineering Intern

Platform Architecture on the People Systems Team

Stoke Space
Seattle, WA

Jan 2026 - present

Software Engineering Intern

Distributed Caching + Query Optimization on Boltline's GraphQL Services

Fresenius Medical Care
Lexington, MA

Jun 2025 - Aug 2025

Software Engineering Intern

Kubernetes Deployments + API Automations with Golang CLIs

Rakuten 6th Sense
Remote

Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

Software Engineering Intern

LLM-Powered QA Chatbot + B2B AIOps UI Features

Additional Experience

Staples
Shrewsbury, MA

Oct 2023 - Aug 2024

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.

SimplTutor

Management platform for tutoring companies to automate operations

Supabase
ExpressJS
ReactJS
NodeJS
ShadCN
Socket.io
+more

InternX Careers

Kickstarting careers through ai-driven application recommendations

Firebase
ExpressJS
ReactJS
NodeJS
Ant-Design

MAMS SISO

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

ReactJS
NodeJS
ExpressJS
MySQL
Raspberry Pi
Firebase
+ more

WPI Roadmap

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

Firebase
ExpressJS
ReactJS
NodeJS
Ant-Design

WashU Course Planner

Helping students plan their WashU academic journey

ReactJS
NodeJS
ExpressJS
Primsa
MUI

MFLogP - Dynamics Lab

An interactive way to use the Molecular Formula-LogP model

Python
Flask
OpenCV
Chemparse

Modeling TRS MRI

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
Django
FastAPI
Express.js
Spring Boot
GraphQL
REST APIs
Redux
Socket.io
TensorFlow
NumPy
Scikit-learn
Llama Stack
Tailwind CSS / ShadCN
PostgreSQL
MySQL
MongoDB
Redis
Supabase
Firebase Firestore
Docker
Linux
Bash
Git
Datadog
AWS (EKS / ECR / Aurora / ElastiCache)
Azure DevOps
Google Cloud