Akshay Dadhwal | Full Stack Software Engineer

Hi!

I'm Akshay Dadhwal, a full stack software developer. I like to work with small teams and develop great software.👨‍💻

I also play a lot of video games. Shoot me an email!

Background

I am currently a senior Computer Science major at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD). During my time here, I have had the pleasure of working with small startups by providing them with dynamic solutions to reach their desired markets quickly using web and mobile technologies. Some of these companies include Celeber, ScrapApp, and Unifers. Apart from that, I have also enjoyed developing with Terrapin Hackers, my school's hacking club, and attending various hackathons both at UMD and other schools.

As a full-stack developer, my goal is to use my broad technical knowledge coupled with my entrepreneurial experience to provide unique insight into developing solutions both efficiently and quickly. Aside from that, I continue to challenge myself as a software engineer, raising the bar for standards with each product I develop.

Development aside, in my free time you can often find me playing soccer either with my intramural team or at pickup games at Street Soccer Club meetings. I am also passionate about gaming and game development. Currently, my favorite games are Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Divinity: Original Sin 2, and DOTA 2.

Skills

Languages

Java

SQL

CSS

HTML

JavaScript(ES6)

Python

PHP

Frameworks

Node

AngularJS

Ionic

Express

Tools

Git

Postman

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Firebase

Others

Unity3D

MATLAB

Android Studio

XCode

Experience

Stealth Startup

February - Present 2018

Full Stack Development

Developed an online tool help the company collect information about purchases made on the app. The tool also helps the processing team providing quick shortcuts to accelerate the process and delivery of the product.

Node

Bootstrap

HTML

CSS

Express

Babel

Webpack

Firebase

JavaScript

PostgreSQL

Celeber

June - September 2016

Software Developer Intern

I was part of a team of interns tasked with designing and developing the first version of the Owt party app. This was a challenging project as we had to make our app stand out among other event apps that cater to college students.
I also designed the two factor authentication system for the app and was responsible for integrating it with the Firebase authentication flow. We utilized weekly sprints in an Agile software development model to speed up our development.

Node

Swift

Express

Babel

Webpack

Firebase

JavaScript

GCP

iOS

AV Development

May - September 2015

Software Developer

I was part of a small team which worked on creating the MVP and landing website for ScrapApp India. The MVP consisted of a hybrid app created using Ionic framework and an AngularJS based administration panel.

Ionic

Bootstrap

HTML

CSS

AngularJS

Parse

Responsive

JavaScript

Android

Unfiers Social Ventures

May - August 2014

Full Stack Developer Intern

Node

Bootstrap

HTML

CSS

Express

Babel

Webpack

Firebase

JavaScript

PostgreSQL

Projects

Feed The Kitty Android app that lets users pool in money for an event. The payments are handled through the app using stripe and realtime updates are used to make the app more responsive for the user. I also worked on the design of the app which was received very well.

Android

Java

Photoshop

DoorBoard HCI project for which we built an android scheduling app used for tablets placed on doors of professors in the new Brendan Iribe Center at UMD. The aim of the app is to replace the name plates outside professor's door to be replaced with a user friendly tablet that functions as an introduction to the professor while also allowing the user to leave a message or schedule an appointment.

Android

Java

Photoshop

Hinder [YHacks] Hybrid mobile app used for finding your true love at a hackathon. I was successful in imitating Tinder's swiping functionality and implementing a coding preferences based matching system. I learned the lesson to always push your commits to git even when you think you're done!

AngularJS

Ionic

Gulp

Bower

SCSS

Showcase [PennApps] Web app used for planning and navigating events such as fairs and expos e.g. Hackathons, Career fairs. Developed a custom grid based mapping system in HTML5 Canvas using JavaScript. The map accepts an image file as a map from the admin and allows users to see a visual representation of the event

JavaScript

HTML

CSS

Canvas

Voxel Engine Voxel based (Minecraft-like) terrain generation system for video game engines (Unity3D). Implemented custom shaders in HLSL for various effects such as Ambient Occlusion, Z based fog and terrain types. Optimized voxel chunk generation and rendering by re-writing core systems to make use of multiple threads.

HLSL

CrowdAlert [HackDelhi Runner Up] Used Apple's iBeacon technology to develop a system of apps to measure and report commuter densities inside Metro cars. I was responsible for the collection and storage of the data received from the cars and making that accesible through a REST API.

PHP

JavaScript

HTML

CSS

API

RUMD Hyperloop Website Responsive mobile first website built for Rutgers-UMD Hyperloop Team.

Bootstrap

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

G.W.A.N. 3D FPS game built in 2 days for a competition.

Unity3D

Blender

Custom Wheel Creator Widget developed for a bike shop to handle custom wheel requests online. Also includes an admin area to see all the orders placed through the widget.

JavaScript

Canvas

PHP

MySQL