Portfolio

Hi, I’m Ghautham Sambabu —
Software Engineer 



I build reliable APIs, ML workflows, and high‑quality frontends. Feel free to explore my work and education.

Ghautham Sambabu

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My Academic and Professional Journey

Here's a timeline of my academic and professional journey. Feel free to explore the details of my work and education.

2025

Software Engineer · Bank of America (Pennington, NJ) — Implemented a reliable, secure, and scalable Streamlit application; evaluated open-source tooling to improve a Pandas application; contributed to banking apps/APIs and data pipelines; designed databases (SQL Server/MongoDB); applied supervised ML methods and built NLP models.

StreamlitPandasAPIsSQL ServerMongoDBPythonJavaNLPSupervised ML

2024

Graduated · Rutgers (BA, CS + IT) — Summa cum laude (≈3.7+), coursework in CS/IT/statistics; scored 630/720 on AWS Solutions Architect.

Summa cum laudeRutgersCloud ComputingSystems ArchitectureDatabasesComputer ScienceInformation TechnologyStatisticsAWS Solutions Architect

2023

Software Engineer Intern · Bank of America — Built new features in existing apps; reviewed codebases; collaborated in daily Scrum; created RESTful services with Node.js/Express/MongoDB; integrated third-party APIs; delivered milestone updates and reports.

Node.jsExpressMongoDBReactReduxScrumREST APIsJavaPythonJavaScript

2022

Code Instructor · theCoderSchool (Montgomery, NJ) — Launched drone and AI summer courses (OpenCV, NumPy, DJITelloPy; ChatGPT & DALL·E); taught 50+ students (≤14 per class); developed curricula spanning ideation, math, and programming; mentored students and partnered with parents/coaches.

PythonOpenCVNumPyDJITelloPyChatGPTDALL·ECurriculum DesignMentorship

2020

High School Diploma · South Brunswick HS — Summa cum laude (≈3.9+); Varsity Volleyball (Outside Hitter/Setter, 2016–2020); 5th place NJ FBLA (Mobile App); 300+ volunteer hours across community orgs.

LeadershipTeamworkFBLACommunity Service

2019

Volunteer · Liberty Science Center — Welcomed guests, prepared tailored presentations/quotes, and engaged in sales trainings to grow product knowledge.

Customer ServiceCommunicationPresentation

Skills & Achievements

A showcase of my technical expertise and professional accomplishments.

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Machine Learning
Advanced NLP pipelines, computer vision systems, and supervised learning models with spaCy, YOLO, and custom architectures.
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Full Stack Development
React, Next.js, Node.js, Express, MongoDB, SQL Server - building scalable web applications and APIs.
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Data Science
Pandas optimization, analytics dashboards, data visualization, and insights generation for business intelligence.
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Education & Mentorship
Taught 50+ students at theCoderSchool, developed AI/drone curricula, and mentored future developers.
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API Engineering
Spec-first design (OpenAPI), versioning discipline, resilient error contracts, and clean SDKs for internal consumers.
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MLOps & Observability
MLflow for experiments, Evidently for drift, Airflow for orchestration, with tight CI/CD and data quality checks.
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NLP & RAG
spaCy pipelines, lightweight RAG agents, prompt tooling, and evaluation harnesses for reliable retrieval.
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Backend Systems
Java/Spring Boot, FastAPI, Node.js; SQL/Oracle/MongoDB; caching, auth, and performance profiling.

Personal Interests & Community

Beyond technology, here's what drives my passion and community involvement.

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Cooking & Meal Prep
Weekly meal prep and experiments with global cuisines; optimizing macros, batch workflows, and sharing recipes.
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Volunteer — TASK (Trenton Area Soup Kitchen)
Serving meals, pantry organization, and food-drive logistics—reliable, dignified service for the community.
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Fitness — GothamLifts
Structured strength & conditioning; goal tracking and content creation to keep consistency and growth.
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Volleyball
Outside Hitter/Setter—teamwork, communication, and fast decision-making honed on the court.
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Travel
Curiosity-driven trips and visual storytelling; capturing architecture, people, and everyday details.

Contact

Want to collaborate or need help with a build? Reach out on email or connect on LinkedIn. or follow me on Github.