Hyderabad, Telangana
Arjun Rao
BTech Computer Science student building backend services and developer tools
Open to backend roles from July
01 / About
Final-year BTech student who likes making slow things fast and confusing things clear. I build REST APIs, write tests before I trust them and ship small tools that teammates actually use. I am looking for a backend or software engineer role.
02 / Work
01 / 2025
queuekit
A small job-queue library for Node.js with retries, backoff and a read-only dashboard.
Author. Used by two campus club projects.
TypeScript / Redis / Open source
02 / 2025
campus-notes-api
A notes-sharing API with token auth, rate limiting and integration tests for every route.
Solo project
Node.js / PostgreSQL / REST
03 / 2024
logtail-lite
A command-line tool that tails structured logs and filters them by field and level.
Author
Python / CLI
04 / 2024
placement-tracker
A web app for a placement cell to track applications, interview rounds and outcomes.
Team of three
Django / SQL
03 Experience
June to August 2025
Software engineering intern
A product startup, Hyderabad
- Built an internal admin endpoint and covered it with integration tests.
- Cut a slow report query by adding an index and rewriting a join.
2024 to 2025
Open-source contributor
Developer tooling projects
- Fixed documentation and small bugs, with reviews from maintainers.
04 Skills
- Languages
- TypeScript / Python / SQL / Java
- Backend
- Node.js / REST design / PostgreSQL / Redis
- Practice
- Git / Unit testing / CI pipelines / Docker
05 Education
2022 to 2026
BTech, Computer Science and Engineering
Engineering college, Hyderabad
Coursework in data structures, databases, operating systems and networks.
06 Certifications
2024
Algorithms specialisation
Online learning platform
2025
Cloud practitioner foundations
Cloud provider training