Headline

AI & Software Engineer | IIT Roorkee | Serving Notice

About

As a Software Engineer at Virtual Internships, I contribute to the development of scalable, AI-powered backend systems for the Global Remote Internship Marketplace. My work includes building semantic search capabilities using pgvector with HNSW and PostgreSQL, designing event-driven processing via BullMQ, and leveraging OpenAI and LangChain for automated workflows such as profile generation and resume parsing. A graduate of IIT Roorkee with a Bachelor of Technology in 2023, I have a strong foundation in software development and programming. My core competencies include artificial intelligence, semantic search, and backend devlopment. I am dedicated to driving innovation and continuous learning to deliver impactful solutions in the tech industry.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

cursor

opencode

Work experience

Software Engineer at Virtual Internships, Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Built the core search system with 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 (pgvector + HNSW) for candidate retrieval and typeahead suggestions, serving API responses under 𝟑𝟎𝟎𝐦𝐬. • Developed AI 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 powering the 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 system through engagement, content, and cohort signals, fed by a 'BigQuery' + 'Google Analytics' pipeline, resulting in a 𝟐𝐱 𝐂𝐓𝐑 increase. • Designed event-driven vector data sync using 𝐊𝐚𝐟𝐤𝐚, cutting redundant re-embeddings 𝟔𝟓% while keeping a stateful 𝐌𝐲𝐒𝐐𝐋 to 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐒𝐐𝐋 pipeline consistent. • Automated profile building, resume parsing, and hiring workflows using 𝐋𝐋𝐌𝐬 and 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧, with secure prompting and rate limiting, cutting user setup time by 𝟔𝟎%. • Engineered a pluggable storage interface, cutting a 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝐊-𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐖𝐒-to-𝐆𝐂𝐏 migration to one config change; hardened uploads via magic-byte validation & quarantine to block XSS, spoofing, & tampering. • Enforced administrative security with 'Casbin'-based 𝐑𝐁𝐀𝐂 on the 𝐍𝐨𝐝𝐞.𝐣𝐬 backend, and built a relational 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 for complex placement eligibility with real-time resolution.

Software Development Engineer at Jio Platforms Limited (JPL), Aug 2023 - Jul 2025 · 2 yrs, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, • Worked on the 'Hybrid Cloud Management Platform' as a 𝐉𝐚𝐯𝐚 Backend Developer, building multi-cloud resource provisioning with automation across infrastructure services. • Developed the 'Identity Lifecycle Management' application using 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭, 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐒𝐐𝐋, and MongoDB; streamlined identity workflows reducing VM ID operation time by 𝟕𝟎%. • Built a Dynamic Configurator framework using 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐃𝐁, reducing frontend form creation time by 𝟗𝟎% by enabling configurable form generation without code changes. • Developed generic Excel/CSV bulk data import with validation, async processing, deduplication, monitoring & logging, and unit testing.

Education

Bachelor of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

Public links

linkedin.com: https://linkedin.com/in/akashbeniwal

akash-beniwal.github.io: https://akash-beniwal.github.io