Full-Stack · Data Engineering · AI Systems

Bhargavi
Kurukunda

MS Computer Science, UCSB '26

I build systems that scale — from production infrastructure serving millions to AI pipelines that turn raw data into decisions. I also ship products people actually pay for.

0M+ Users served
0M+ Financial instruments
0+ PoetryQuill users
$0K+ Annual cost saved
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Where I've worked

Experience

Jan 2026 — Present
Graduate Teaching Assistant
UC Santa Barbara
  • Lead weekly tutorial sessions for 170+ students across Foundations of Databases and HCI/UI/UX Design
  • Prepare original exercises, hold office hours twice weekly, and provide feedback on query design and interface prototypes
Jun — Jul 2025
Data Science Intern
KSE Global
  • Built behavioral cohort models reducing user churn by 15% across 20K+ accounts
  • Modeled LTV for 20K+ accounts; transformed 250K+ raw records into an analytics pipeline for executive decision-making
Aug 2023 — May 2024
Software Engineer
Virtual Labs · Part-time, IIITH
  • Built real-time OS simulation labs serving 11M+ users, enabling remote experiments at national scale
  • Re-architected backend storage and load balancing, saving $60K/year in cloud operational costs
  • Led beta testing with 150+ users; synthesized feedback into user personas shaping simulation UX
Jun — Aug 2023
Software Engineering Intern
Franklin Templeton · Return offer received
  • Shipped a full-stack feature to 2M+ users — Java microservice backend and React frontend — for real-time retrieval of financial instrument metadata
  • Received a return offer for a full-time position

Things I've built

Projects

Google DeepMind Hackathon
Moment AI — Viral Clips Extractor

End-to-end AI pipeline that processes long-form video and automatically extracts viral short clips using engagement prediction. FastAPI + Redis inference backend, Gemini API for caption and tag generation.

FastAPI Redis Gemini API React Vercel
AI · MCP Protocol
PoetryQuill Analytics MCP

An MCP server connecting Claude to live PoetryQuill production data. Ask natural language questions about real users, content trends, and engagement — Claude queries the database and analyzes patterns directly.

MCP Protocol Claude API Python PostgreSQL
Database Design · Undergrad
Hotel Franchise DBMS

A terminal-based database management system for a multi-branch hotel franchise. Designed the full relational schema — rooms, reservations, staff, billing — and implemented queries for reporting, availability tracking, and revenue analytics.

SQL MySQL Python Terminal UI
MS Research · UCSB · Paper Ongoing
Pseudo-Realistic IoT Stream Generation

A language framework for generating synthetic but statistically realistic IoT sensor and stock data streams. Enables testing of real-time data pipelines and anomaly detection systems without live data dependencies.

Python Datalog Stream Processing Statistical Modeling

What I work with

Skills

Languages
  • Python
  • JavaScript / TypeScript
  • Java
  • Ruby
  • C++
  • SQL
Backend & Data
  • REST APIs · Microservices
  • FastAPI · Node.js · Rails
  • Kafka · Redis · MongoDB
  • PostgreSQL · MySQL
  • ETL Pipelines
  • Docker · Kubernetes
AI & ML
  • Claude API · MCP Protocol
  • Gemini API · LangChain
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Scikit-learn · PyTorch
  • Cohort Modeling
  • Predictive Analytics
Frontend & Tools
  • React · Next.js
  • HTML · CSS
  • Figma
  • Git · GitHub
  • Google Analytics
  • Jira · Notion

What's next

Let's work together

I'm actively looking for full-stack and data engineering roles. If you're building something interesting, I'd love to hear about it.

bhargavi_kurukunda@ucsb.edu