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Nikhil Paruchuri.

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About

Hi, I'm Nikhil!

I'm a junior studying computer science at the University of Maryland interested in scalable systems, backend infra, and parallelized hpc. Outside of computer science, I'm an avid fan of basketball, RnB/hiphop, running, and poetry.

Beyond code

Some of my favs — languages, teams, athletes, writers, artists.

Python

Rust

TypeScript

Kubernetes

Distributed Systems

LA Lakers

Lebron James

Drake

Frank Ocean

Gunna

JSN

Robert Frost

A. H. Jerriod Avant

Listening

My Music

My taste and listening habits.

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Writing

Poems & prose

A quieter room on the site. Take your shoes off.

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Explore

Nikhil's Wrld

An interactive globe of the places that shaped me.

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Experience

5 roles

Microsoft · Software Engineer Intern

Aug 2026 – Nov 2026 · Redmond, WA

Incoming Fall 2026. Microsoft Security.

LinkedIn · Software Engineer Intern

May 2026 – Aug 2026 · Sunnyvale, CA

Incoming Summer 2026. Developer Insights Infrastructure.

Capital One · Software Engineer Intern

June 2025 – Aug 2025 · McLean, VA

Full-stack product engineering on Empath, Capital One's customer agent platform.

Shipped features for small business customers to increase spend and digital enrollment.
Worked across the stack — Vue.js / TypeScript on the front, Express services on the back.

Chipotle · Software Engineer Intern

June 2024 – Aug 2024 · Newport Beach, CA

Product engineering on Chipotle.com — full-stack + infra.

Built features on the ordering platform serving millions of weekly orders.
Worked on everything from automated refund engines, to UI polish, and deployment pipelines.

University of Maryland · Student Researcher

Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 · College Park, MD

Distributed Earth-system simulations on a HPC cluster Derecho.

Built and ran climate-model workflows across a multi-node HPC cluster
Analyzed the effects of climate change stemming from the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.

Education

University of Maryland

Aug 2023 – May 2027 · College Park, MD

B.S. Computer Science, Minor in Creative Writing.

Classes that stuck with me

Parallel ComputingComputer SystemsAdvanced Poetry WorkshopFoundations of Programming LanguagesNetwork SecurityGreat Thinkers on Public Policy

Selected projects

Nimbus

WIP

An AI platform built for the way educators actually teach.

Next.jsTypeScriptLLMsPostgres

Blokt

Live

AI powered construction management platform for project managers

TypescriptNext.jsSupabase

EzSplit

Live

Splitting the bill with your friends, minus the group-chat math.

React NativeNodeExpo

Rentli

WIP

A peer-to-peer rental marketplace for the stuff you own but rarely use.

Next.jsPostgresStripe

Contact

Let's talk.

Recruiting, collaborating, or just want to argue about whether Drake's verse on Jungle holds up? My inbox is open.

[email protected]

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