Gaithersburg, MD

Harshit Garg

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Building intelligent systems that scale — from agentic AI to distributed platforms, full-stack, end-to-end.

5+ Years Experience
8 Major Projects
3 Certifications
300+ Members Led

Who I Am

Computer Science student at the University of Maryland (ML Track) building AI-powered platforms, distributed systems, and developer tools from end to end. I architect multi-tenant SaaS products, lead agentic AI pipelines, and ship production software — while serving as Chief Judge for the Montgomery County Board of Elections and leading 300+ member student organizations.

Certifications

AWS

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

CLF-C01

Azure

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

AZ-900

CompTIA

CompTIA A+

A+

Key Achievements

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Ernst & Young AI Challenge 2026

Competing on water scarcity using PyTorch, complex feature engineering, and ensemble modeling with primary stakeholder interviews in water-scarce African regions.

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UPS National Hackathon — 3rd Place

Founded hackathon team placing 3rd nationally for a carbon neutrality solution, receiving recognition from the Senior Director and CTO.

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Synergy in Data & AI Award

Winner of the UMD Department of Computer Science Synergy in Data & AI Award.

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IT & Business Transformation Fellowship

Selectively accepted into the IT and Business Transformation Fellowship program at UMD.

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Technical Proficiencies

A broad stack built through production systems, not side projects.

⌨️ Core & Backend Languages
Java Python C C# C++ Ruby R OCaml
🔧 Backend & Web Frameworks
Spring Boot ASP.NET Web API Next.js Nest.js Vaadin JSP
📱 Mobile Development
Jetpack Compose Flutter Expo
🗄️ Databases & ORMs
MySQL SQL Server PostgreSQL Prisma Entity Framework (EF)
Caching & Streaming
Redis Apache Kafka
🤖 AI / ML & Data
PyTorch ML.NET Jupyter MATLAB NLP/BERT Neural Networks Multi-Agent Systems
☁️ Cloud & DevOps
Docker Azure DevOps Git GCP BigQuery CI/CD
🔌 Integrations & Networking
Stripe GitHub API Namecheap API Google Looker TCP/TLS
🧠 Core Competencies
Agentic AI / Workflows Event-Driven Architecture Cryptography Design Patterns Agile / Scrum 6 Sigma Platform Engineering

Higher Logic

Software AI Intern Internship
Feb 2025 – May 2025
  • Architected and deployed a self-healing production system integrating DataDog observability, Devin autonomous agents, and Slack/Teams — automatically detecting and remediating recurring failures within 30 min
  • Designed log consolidation and root-cause intelligence pipelines that reduced TTR by 25% and improved engineering throughput
  • Collaborated directly with the CTO and Senior Director to integrate the system into acquired legacy enterprise platforms
  • Developed strategic understanding of acquisition-driven platform consolidation across 300 employees

United Parcel Service (UPS)

ENT & OPT Divisions
IT Intern & Co-op Co-op
Jun 2023 – Oct 2024
  • Architected enterprise BI dashboards (Google Looker) over multi-terabyte datasets supporting a $750K GCP budget, implementing IAM-based automated provisioning via BigQuery
  • Integrated time-series forecasting and data science models into production analytics; contributed to HR Power BI dashboards improving decision-making by 50%
  • Founded hackathon team placing 3rd nationally for a carbon neutrality solution — recognized by the Senior Director and CTO; received a Co-op offer
  • Helped develop an AI assistant for complex package management across 1.1M users using Spring Boot + LLM APIs

UMD CMNS Dean's Office

Web Assistant & Technical Advisor Part-time
Sep 2022 – May 2024
  • Sole student developer maintaining and enhancing UMD CMNS websites using Drupal, RESTful APIs, and Google Maps API-based data visualizations
  • Integrated external data sources via REST APIs — accomplishing basic Retrieval Augmented Generation workflows
  • Used Python (Google Colab) and Excel libraries to streamline mailing list infrastructure, saving $1,000s in operational costs
  • Advised the Assistant Dean and Senior Leadership across 6+ initiatives in 10 departments, improving outcomes for 20,000+ students

Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute

MTECH
Software Engineer Part-time
Nov 2021 – Aug 2022
  • Sole student engineer in a two-person IT department, building full-stack ASP.NET Web API systems for the School of Engineering (6,000 students)
  • Re-architected legacy applications into modular, POCO-driven architectures using advanced LINQ and optimized SQL, applying clean architecture principles
  • Managed CI/CD pipelines and deployments via Azure DevOps, ensuring reliable release workflows

UNIONTRACK

Software Developer Intern Internship
Oct 2019 – Aug 2021
  • Expanded expertise across distributed systems including SQL/NoSQL design tradeoffs, blockchain fundamentals, and Python ML/AI tooling

What I've Built

Production systems, not demos — every project is live.

LLM Arena

Lead ML Engineer

Competitive evaluation platform for large language models centered on adversarial, head-to-head benchmarking with reproducible, deterministic workflows and model adapter abstractions.

  • Adversarial head-to-head LLM benchmarking with structured evaluation pipelines
  • Deterministic, isolated, and auditable benchmarking — no leaderboard overfitting
  • Model adapter abstractions enabling evaluation across heterogeneous LLM APIs
  • Fairness-focused architecture for longitudinal model behavior comparison
LLM Benchmarking Eval Pipelines Model Adapters

Campaign Sites

Lead Software Engineer

Multi-tenant campaign website platform for political candidates — mobile-first full-stack supporting web, desktop (Electron), and mobile clients with shared auth and automated CI/CD.

  • Mobile-first full-stack: web, Electron desktop, and mobile with shared authentication
  • Secure RBAC for campaign staff, volunteers, and public users
  • Automated CI/CD via GitHub Actions across all environments
  • Scalable backend for messaging, supporter engagement, and analytics
Multi-Tenant Electron Mobile RBAC GitHub Actions

RBAC Platform

Lead Software Engineer

Centralized multitenant email delivery and RBAC-as-a-Service platform enabling multiple independent applications to share authorization logic and transactional email with tenant-specific branding.

  • Centralized email delivery with tenant-specific branding, language, and sender identity
  • RBAC-as-a-Service standardizing permissions across heterogeneous applications
  • Tenant isolation with cross-application governance and auditability
RBACaaS Multi-Tenant Email Platform Microservices

Codex Hotels

Lead Software Engineer

Full-stack hotel booking system with stateful orchestration, room inventory modeling, and a high-polish futuristic UI — engineered to mirror real hospitality systems.

  • Stateful booking flow enforcing step order, validating dates, capacity, and availability
  • Room inventory and dynamic pricing with capacity constraints and per-night rates
  • Transaction-style reservation flow with high-fidelity UI and accessibility integrity
Full-Stack Booking Engine State Machine UI/UX

AI Terminal

Lead Software Engineer

AI-augmented online PowerShell environment integrating with VS Code for pre-execution analysis, context-aware inline suggestions, and version-control–aware command execution.

  • Pre-execution analysis catching errors and risky commands before runtime
  • Deep editor–terminal integration for context-aware inline suggestions
  • Version-control–aware execution reasoning about build, run, and deploy commands
VS Code PowerShell AI Developer Tools Shift-Left

Desktop LLM Clients

Solo Developer

Suite of desktop LLM clients — Grok, OpenAI, Dream X, and Google Gemini Nexus — with Gmail API auth, markdown rendering, signed binaries, and OTA update mechanisms.

  • Rebuilt LLM interfaces in Java with Gmail API auth, image uploads, and markdown rendering
  • Signed EXE binaries packaged via Inno Setup with clean install/uninstall lifecycle
  • OTA update mechanism via signed GitHub releases
Java Electron LLM OTA Updates Windows Credential Manager

Education & Executive Development

HBS Foundry 2026 // Founder Development & Venture Building

Harvard Business School Foundry Bootcamp

2026

Selected Founder Participant

Selected to participate in the Harvard Business School Foundry Bootcamp, a founder-focused venture development program supporting the creation and growth of innovative technology companies. Participated while developing Preon Systems, engaging with entrepreneurs, investors, advisors, and startup ecosystem leaders. Focus areas included venture formation, business strategy, leadership, innovation, product development, and scaling emerging technologies.

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Venture Formation

Focused on business strategy, venture modeling, and product development during Preon Systems' growth.

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Ecosystem Networks

Engaged directly with seasoned entrepreneurs, angel investors, startup advisors, and innovation ecosystem leaders.

Technology Scaling

Advanced focus on business leadership, innovation strategy, and commercializing/scaling emerging technologies.

UMD

University of Maryland, College Park

Aug 2021 – Dec 2025

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science — Machine Learning Track

Minors: Technology Entrepreneurship & Business Analytics

Honors & Awards

  • Winner – Synergy in Data & AI Award (UMD Department of Computer Science)
  • Dean's List (2021–2022)
  • Completed 400-level coursework beginning freshman year
  • Accepted into IT and Business Transformation Fellowship

Programs

  • Hinman CEOs Program
  • Terrapin Leadership Institute (TLI)
  • Chief Executive Officer, Data and Cloud Computing Society (300+ Members)

Selected Coursework

  • Ethics in Technology
  • Advanced Data Analysis
  • Computer Vision

Impact & Service

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Member

Microsoft Customer Advisory Board

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Founder & Former President

Collegiate FBLA at UMD

🎓

Founder & Former President

Collegiate DECA at UMD

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CEO (300+ Members)

Data and Cloud Computing Society

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Former President

College Park Toastmasters

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Former Senator

University of Maryland Senate

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Current Chief Judge

Montgomery County Board of Elections

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Former Delegation Chair, Board Chair & Speaker Pro Tempore

Maryland Student Legislature at UMD

Let's Connect

Open to internships, full-time roles, collaborations, and interesting conversations.