Software Engineering · Computer Science
Rishabh Mittal
I build backend systems, cloud software, and accessible products—then test them hard enough to trust in production.
- 35%
- API latency reduction
- 500+
- Documents remediated
- 200+
- Classrooms supported
01 / Experience
Engineering experience
Backend engineering, frontend delivery, accessibility automation, and systems operations.Stony Brook University · Division of Information Technology
Educational Technology & Accessibility Assistant
- Audit and remediate 500+ course documents for Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 AA compliance.
- Developed Python batch workflows that reduced average remediation time from 25 minutes to under 10 minutes per document.
Todd · Remote
Software Engineering Intern
- Designed database schemas and migration pipelines with Drizzle ORM for Python and TypeScript microservices.
- Reduced end-to-end API latency by 35% by profiling PostgreSQL queries and restructuring indexes and joins.
ATHENS · Remote
Software Engineering Intern
- Delivered 8+ production UI components from Figma specifications, including responsive layouts, keyboard navigation, and ARIA support.
- Created a 70+ scenario QA suite and documented 30+ reproducible bugs, reducing average fix time by 40%.
Stony Brook University · Division of Information Technology
Media Systems Engineer
- Diagnosed AV and control-system failures across 200+ classrooms by tracing hardware, firmware, drivers, networks, and signal paths.
- Managed 100+ tickets per month through the full incident lifecycle.
02 / Selected projects
Projects
Full-stack products, cloud systems, static analysis, and data-structure-driven applications.React · Express · MongoDB · Socket.IO
Phreddit
A full-stack community platform with unbounded threaded comments, live updates, reputation-aware voting, public profiles, and moderation workflows.
- 33 REST endpoints
- 62 server + client tests
- 2 Playwright e2e specs
AWS · Docker · Redis · Python
Cloud Music Streaming Platform
Independent playback, recommendation, and playlist services with collaborative filtering and Redis-cached media delivery.
- 10,000+ interaction events
- 25% relevance lift
- Sub-200 ms delivery
C · Static analysis
C Block Tracer
A static-analysis CLI that parses nested scopes, resolves symbols through chained hash maps, and reports declarations and shadowing conflicts.
- O(1) average symbol lookup
- 50+ unit tests
Java · Data structures
Ecological Pyramid Simulator
A Java food-web simulator built on a generic ternary tree with dietary validation, JSON persistence, snapshots, and undo/redo.
- DFS + BFS traversal
- 80+ test cases
03 / Technical skills
Technologies
Languages, frameworks, infrastructure, and testing tools used across my work.Languages
Backend & data
Infrastructure & delivery
Frontend, testing & accessibility
Additional languages: OCaml · Standard ML · R · MIPS Assembly
04 / Education
Computer Science
Coursework in algorithms, systems, programming languages, software development, and data science.Stony Brook University
B.S. Computer Science
Expected May 2027
Dean’s List · Global Excellence Scholar · Far Beyond Scholar · $12,000 Merit Scholarship
Stony Brook, New York