Gaithersburg, MD

Harshit Garg

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

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01 / About

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.

github.com/hgarg1 harshit-garg.com garg.archie@gmail.com

Selected Publications

Certifications

AWS

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

CLF-C01

Azure

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

AZ-900

CompTIA

CompTIA A+

A+

Key Achievements

🏆

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.

🥉

UPS National Hackathon — 3rd Place

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

🌟

Synergy in Data & AI Award

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

🎯

IT & Business Transformation Fellowship

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

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02 / Skills

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

01 / 05

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

04 / Projects

What I've Built

Production systems, not demos — every project is live.

PTA.AI

Lead Agentic AI Engineer

Multi-tenant SaaS platform for PTA and school websites with environment-aware configuration, tenant isolation, and RBAC-driven admin dashboards. Features distributed governance with multi-parent approval workflows, dynamic page generation, and full-stack web + desktop + mobile deployments.

Environment-aware multi-tenancy with RBAC-driven admin and tenant dashboards
Distributed governance: multi-parent approval workflows and hierarchical policy execution
Dynamic content system — non-technical users manage events and pages without redeploys
Integrated Namecheap, GitHub App, Stripe, email, and AI inference with backend orchestration
Full-stack: web, desktop, and mobile with automated CI/CD via EXPO

Multi-Tenant SaaS RBAC Agentic AI CI/CD Mobile Namecheap API

Nexus Intelligence

Lead AI Systems Engineer

Full-stack AI orchestration platform extending Google Gemini with persistent, Git-inspired version control — featuring branches, checkpoints, pull requests, a Memory Vault subsystem, and a multi-agent registry with real-time command center telemetry.

Git-inspired version control for AI conversations: branches, checkpoints, pull requests
Memory Vault: durable, queryable memories with scoped visibility and context injection
Real-time command center — latency, uptime, auth health, and neural engine state
Multi-agent registry with discovery, initialization, and deployment of specialized agents
Passkeys, biometrics, hardware keys, and system override credentials

AI Orchestration Gemini Version Control Multi-Agent RBAC Passkeys

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

05 / Education & Executive Programs

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.

🚀

Venture Formation

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

🤝

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

06 / Leadership

Impact & Service

🏢

Member

Microsoft Customer Advisory Board

🎓

Founder & Former President

Collegiate FBLA at UMD

🎓

Founder & Former President

Collegiate DECA at UMD

💻

CEO (300+ Members)

Data and Cloud Computing Society

🎤

Former President

College Park Toastmasters

🏛️

Former Senator

University of Maryland Senate

⚖️

Current Chief Judge

Montgomery County Board of Elections

📜

Former Delegation Chair, Board Chair & Speaker Pro Tempore

Maryland Student Legislature at UMD

07 / Contact

Let's Connect

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

garg.archie@gmail.com

GitHub

github.com/hgarg1

Website

harshit-garg.com

Phone

(301) 525-7100