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Arjun Rao

BTech Computer Science student building backend services and developer tools

Arjun Rao

Hyderabad, Telangana

Open to backend roles from July

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.

Projects

  1. Level 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
  2. Level 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
  3. Level 03 / 2024

    logtail-lite

    A command-line tool that tails structured logs and filters them by field and level.

    Author

    • Python
    • CLI
  4. Level 04 / 2024

    placement-tracker

    A web app for a placement cell to track applications, interview rounds and outcomes.

    Team of three

    • Django
    • SQL

Experience

  1. June to August 2025

    Software engineering intern at 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.
  2. 2024 to 2025

    Open-source contributor at Developer tooling projects

    • Fixed documentation and small bugs, with reviews from maintainers.

Skills

Languages

  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • SQL
  • Java

Backend

  • Node.js
  • REST design
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis

Practice

  • Git
  • Unit testing
  • CI pipelines
  • Docker

Education and certificates

  • BTech, Computer Science and Engineering

    Engineering college, Hyderabad, 2022 to 2026

    Coursework in data structures, databases, operating systems and networks.

  • Algorithms specialisation

    Online learning platform, 2024

  • Cloud practitioner foundations

    Cloud provider training, 2025