Hello, I'm
Akarsh Jain.

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I'm a full stack developer who enjoy designing mobile apps and building efficient backend systems. Recently, I've been exploring building cloud applications with golang. I love contributing to open-source and experimenting with new technologies.

Tech Stack

TypeScript
Node.js
React
Python
Dart
Flutter
Firebase
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
Redis
Elasticsearch
Docker
AWS
Git
Ruby
Next.js

Hello, I'm
Akarsh Jain.

avatar

I'm a full stack developer who enjoy designing mobile apps and building efficient backend systems. Recently, I've been exploring building cloud applications with golang. I love contributing to open-source and experimenting with new technologies.

Tech Stack

TypeScript
Node.js
React
Python
Dart
Flutter
Firebase
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
Redis
Elasticsearch
Docker
AWS
Git
Ruby
Next.js

Akarsh Jain

Work Experience & Open Source Contributions

HackerRank - Software Developer Intern
JAN 2026 - PRESENT
Bangalore, India

Contributing to SkillUp (B2B) and HackerRank Community (B2C) platforms, building scalable full-stack features and AI-powered experiences.

■ Contributed to SkillUp (B2B), built with Next.js, NestJS, and PostgreSQL (Prisma), delivering scalable full-stack features.

■ Refactored the platform to support light and dark themes, improving UI consistency, accessibility, and design parity across the product.

■ Integrated and enhanced QaaS (Questions as a Service) along with IDE, terminal, and Jupyter Notebook–based environments, enabling multiple interactive assessment formats.

■ Worked on HackerRank Community (B2C), building a new AI Voice–based Mock Interview experience (mock tests and preparation kits), contributing to 60K+ user sign-ups and supporting ~260K weekly traffic.

■ Developed and maintained Ruby on Rails backend services and APIs for the AI Voice Mock Interview system, handling interview orchestration, question workflows, evaluation pipelines, and system integrations at scale.

Segwise.ai - Software Developer Intern
JUN 2025 - NOV 2025
Bangalore, India

Developed comprehensive subscription and reporting systems with advanced automation and cloud deployment capabilities.

■ Built a subscription system for Boards and Reports with multi-timezone scheduling and email/Slack delivery.

■ Built a PNG generation pipeline using Playwright, deployed via AWS Lambda with assets stored in S3.

■ Implemented CRON jobs, timezone handling, and containerized services deployed via AWS ECR.

■ Developed an email management system with enhanced filtering to streamline organization.

■ Built a clustering mechanism for assets, automatically categorizing uploaded content (image, video, text) based on type for better content organization.

Aditya Birla Group - Software Developer Intern
APR 2025 - JUN 2025
Mumbai, India

Enhanced Sophia LLM performance and user experience through data analysis and frontend optimization.

■ Analyzed 10,000+ social media and internal data points to fine-tune Sophia LLM, leading to a 25% boost in branded query accuracy.

■ Achieved 30% improvement in category relevance and 20% increase in user satisfaction.

■ Optimized Sophia's frontend, enhancing user experience and reducing task completion time by 30%.

■ Integrated multiple intelligence modules including Social Listening, Influencer Insights, Handle Search, Color Trends, Fashion Event Reporting, and Competitive Analysis.

Cal.com - Open Source Contributor
JAN 2025 - PRESENT
Remote

Contributed to Cal.com's open source scheduling platform, improving admin efficiency and meeting functionality.

■ Added unique booking UID filter, improving admin efficiency by 40% and cutting manual lookup time by 50%.

■ Developed automatic transcription trigger for Cal Video meetings based on event-type settings, increasing transcription usage by 60%.

■ Enhanced meeting documentation accuracy through improved transcription features.

■ Added 'time after' feature to webhooks, expanding automation flexibility across 1,000+ workflows and boosting integration reliability by 35%.

Appsmith - Open Source Contributor
2024 - PRESENT
Remote

Contributed to Appsmith's open source low-code platform, enhancing UI components and user experience.

■ Fixed dark mode on table's Striped and Striped & Bordered table type mode (#4611).

■ Added border color option to Password Input widget (#4558).

■ Added a modal with warning message on disabling password (#4552).

■ Fixed environment variable's delete modal's color in dark mode (#4466).

■ Added missing tabs in Create a Batch Job Strategy documentation (#2434).

■ Added git as a prerequisite in the Quickstart Guide documentation (#2892).

Kartavya Technology - Full Stack Software Engineer Intern
JAN 2025 - MAR 2025
Remote, India

Engineered efficient systems and migrated applications to improve performance and maintainability.

■ Engineered an efficient cache-clearing management system for the Issue Tracking App, reducing downtime by 30%.

■ Boosted performance reliability through improved cache management.

■ Migrated the entire application to the Bloc state management system, resulting in more maintainable and scalable code architecture.

■ Achieved smoother state transitions through the migration.

■ Resolved major bugs in the Team App, improving application stability by 25% and enhancing user experience.

Zulip - Open Source Contributor | 20+ Pull Requests Merged
NOV 2022 - AUG 2024
Remote, US

Contributed to improving the functionality and user experience of Zulip, an open-source chat platform, by resolving issues, adding new features, and enhancing the design and usability.

■ Designed and deployed comprehensive settings for emoji reactions, resulting in a 15% increase in user interaction across direct messages, followed topics, and unmuted conversations.

■ Redesigned the 'Recent topics' section, achieving a 12% reduction in user drop-off and receiving 85% positive feedback in post-launch surveys.

■ Enhanced data security by introducing an auto-delete all data feature for deactivated organizations, adopted by 1,200+ organizations and increasing security satisfaction by 20%.

■ Made the three-dot menu options in messages easier to understand.

■ Fixed vertical alignment issues in /me messages.

■ Reorganized the organization settings sidebar for better navigation.

■ Added a stream symbol to the unsubscribe confirmation modal.

■ Improved the visibility of user presence dots with better CSS styling.

■ Corrected the positioning of the suggestion box during window resize events.

■ Enhanced the subscribed/unsubscribed divider with stream icons.

■ Added a warning for administrators when unsubscribing the last user from a private stream.

■ Replaced 'Saving/Saved' notices with a loading spinner for better UI feedback.

■ Linked the Notification Bot notice to the new location of a moved message.

■ Fixed focus issues in todo lists to improve user interaction.

■ Ensured Help Center links open in a new tab when no messages are present.

■ Hid the 'Add a new emoji' button for users without authorization.

■ Added a warning when the last user unsubscribes from a private stream.

■ Improved the design of the 'Invite user' modal for a better experience.

■ Displayed times for messages scheduled within 5 minutes.

■ Added an option to automatically delete all data when deactivating an organization.

■ Changed the banner text and delayed its display for completing new organization profiles.

■ Improved the empty state design for Recent Topics.

■ Fixed the issue where bot owner changes were not reflected in settings.

■ Started work on enabling multiple video call providers.

■ Drafted a feature to notify message senders about emoji reactions.

■ Improved button interactions for starting new conversations.

■ Enhanced the visibility of the 'Enter Sends Message' setting.

■ Added an option to hide summary unread counters in the sidebar.

■ Began implementing a custom welcome bot message for new users.

Projects

Links to my works can be found on /work and more details can be provided upon request.