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SAMARTHJAGTAP.

I build software that helps people get their work done.

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING SENIOR AT UT ARLINGTON. WORKING ON CLOUD APPS AND AI TOOLS.

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SAME CHAOS.
BIGGER IDEAS.＋
CURRENTLY:BUILDING COOL THINGS.BASED IN:DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TXSTATUS: PROBABLY OVERTHINKING IT
01.VIEW GITHUB

FEATURED PROJECTS

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QuickDrop

FULL STACKAWS / GCP
MISSION BRIEF
  • Built session-based file sharing with separate AWS and GCP architectures.
  • Transferred 500 MB in about 50 seconds on local Wi-Fi during testing.
  • Used Cloud Storage, Cloud Run, and automated one-hour cleanup on GCP.
  • Built the AWS variant with S3 pre-signed URLs, Lambda, and API Gateway.
  • Load-tested with k6 for 500 to 2,000 concurrent light users.
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UTA Datathon

NEXT.JSFIREBASE
MISSION BRIEF
  • Built registration, QR lookup, and check-in for 400+ participants.
  • Reduced scanning, lookup, and confirmation from about a minute to 10 seconds.
  • Designed a Firestore schema connecting QR links to registration records.
  • Handled roughly 1,000 database reads and writes per minute in testing.
  • Supported peak registration and check-in loads of 250+ concurrent users.
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Map Daddy

RASPBERRY PICREATIVE TECH
MISSION BRIEF
  • Separated a browser-based controller from a Raspberry Pi 4B rendering receiver.
  • Reached a projection-ready display in under 10 seconds from a fresh boot.
  • Tested playback with 30 images and 10 videos.
  • Used cached media and hardware acceleration for stable 720p playback at 30 FPS.
  • Kept control latency under 500 ms during testing.
  • Added multi-corner mapping to fit projections to different surfaces.
  • Designed for live events, DJ visuals, and low-cost projection installations.
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MORE EXPLORATIONS

MORE PROJECTS

01. AUTONOMY

ROBOTICS / VISION

EXPLORE
  • Built sensor processing for an autonomous vehicle with a stable 30 FPS inference loop.
  • Used OpenCV for lane detection and YOLO for pedestrian and stop-sign detection.
  • Integrated three front-facing LiDAR scan zones for obstacle avoidance.
  • Achieved 95% obstacle-avoidance success across 20+ test runs.
  • Supported 20+ emergency-stop tests for manual and autonomous safety controls.
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02. MCP AGENT PLATFORM

SCOPED TOOLS / APPLIED AI

EXPLORE
  • Deployed an MCP-based agent platform in a live customer environment.
  • Gave agents scoped tools to work with business data.
  • Added approval workflows, audit logs, and rollback for consequential actions.
  • Matched permissions to the risk of each action across multiple tool integrations.

03. AI DEV TEAM

16 AGENTS / SHARED STATE

EXPLORE
  • Built 16 specialized agents for engineering and documentation across my apps.
  • Used Notion as a shared state layer for the team.
  • Separated shared agent behavior from app-specific memory.
  • Kept each agent’s context relevant as the number of agents and apps grew.

04. SIDEQUEST

iOS / SOCIAL PLAY

EXPLORE
  • Prototyped a 10-screen iMessage app for sending friends time-bound challenges.
  • Built it with Swift, UIKit, and Firebase, then tested it with 10 friends.
  • Implemented five quest states, from pending to completed or expired.
  • Used anonymous sign-in and Keychain persistence to simplify onboarding.
  • Achieved status updates in under one second during testing with Firestore listeners.
OFF THE CLOCK +

I also DJ. Turns out I like mixing things that probably shouldn’t go together.

A SMALL DETOUR. SOUND ON?
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I STUDY SOFTWARE
ENGINEERING AND
COMMERCIAL FILMMAKING.

THERE’S USUALLY
MORE THAN ONE PROJECT
ON MY DESK.

IDEAS
CODE
PEOPLE
SYSTEMS
AND
BEYOND.✧

03.

ABOUT

PEOPLE × IDEAS × SYSTEMS

A BIT
ABOUT ME.

I’m finishing my software engineering degree at UT Arlington in December 2026. I also study commercial filmmaking, and I founded Dastaan, our Bollywood fusion dance team.

I build tools that help people with real operational work. I spend time understanding the problem before writing code, whether that means cleaning up inventory records, replacing an old application, or deploying an AI tool.

I’m interested in forward deployed and solutions engineering roles. I like working with the people who use what I build, explaining the tradeoffs, and staying involved when it’s time to put the software to use.

EDUCATION

B.S. in Software Engineering
University of Texas at Arlington

Minor in Commercial Filmmaking · Expected December 2026
MY EXPERIENCE
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EXPLORE
LEARN
BUILD

04.

EXPERIENCE

Work

Software / AI Intern

Software and AI internship

March 2026 to present
  • I built an inventory tool with Vite, Node.js, and PostgreSQL for more than 200,000 records used by 10+ team members.
  • Queries became 45% faster, and the team saved roughly 15 hours of manual work a week.
  • Vendor comparisons and bulk duplicate cleanup helped employees review work in hours that had previously taken days.
  • I helped migrate two legacy HTML/PHP applications in four weeks against an estimated six-month timeline.
  • I converted web apps into Electron desktop apps for more than 300 daily users, giving them offline access to local hardware.
  • For a live customer environment, I deployed MCP-powered agents with scoped access, approval steps, audit logs, and rollback.

Teaching Assistant

UT Arlington · College of Engineering

August 2025 to present
  • I support ENGR 1101, which serves about 400 students each semester across roughly 6,000 assignment submissions.
  • A Python script I wrote processes 400 assignments in under four minutes and prepares the results for Canvas.
  • The workflow saves over two hours per grading batch.
  • I work with the teaching staff on consistent grading and student support.

LEGO FIRST League Coach / Camp Counselor

Kids & Teens University · UT Arlington

May 2025 to August 2025
  • I taught engineering and robotics across more than 10 summer camps serving 500+ middle and high school students.
  • Students worked on robot design, programming, and testing.
  • I made the concepts approachable and helped students work through problems together.
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Resident Assistant
Supported 38 residents and helped run 12 residential events at University Housing.

Leadership & community

President

Engineering Student Council · UT Arlington

May 2025 to present
  • I lead 26 officers and coordinate with 33 engineering student organizations serving about 6,000 engineering students.
  • I managed a $13,000 budget that funded 14 Engineers Week events.
  • I helped bring Bell Helicopter to campus for a live helicopter landing.
  • Cross-organization participation grew by 40% compared with the previous year.

President

Datathon UTA

April 2025 to present
  • I lead a 48-person team across the event’s technical and operational work.
  • The competition drew 440 registrations and 311 event-day check-ins, a 71% registration-to-attendance rate.
  • I secured three sponsors and $12,500 in funding, covering about 83% of the event budget.
  • I coordinated 12 mentors and judges alongside five workshops for 300+ active attendees.

Founder, President and Captain

Dastaan Bollywood Fusion Dance Team · UT Arlington

August 2025 to May 2026
  • I started UTA’s first competitive Bollywood fusion dance team.
  • We recruited 40 members and built an eight-person leadership team.
  • We put on eight performances for more than 1,000 total attendees, including a largest event with about 800 people.
  • I grew the team’s social content to 400,000 total views and handled recruiting, tryouts, performance planning, and campus partnerships.

Founder and President

Students in Computing and Artificial Intelligence · UT Arlington

February 2024 to May 2025
  • I founded SCAI and grew it from 0 to more than 500 members.
  • With a 15-officer team, we ran about 30 events and workshops.
  • General meetings averaged 70+ attendees, and the organization grew its Instagram audience to 1,600+ followers.
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Vice President, Engineering Student Council
Helped plan engineering events and coordinate communication across clubs and campus partners.

Vice President, Datathon UTA
Supported sponsor coordination, schedules, internal workflows, and event-day planning.

Board of Directors, NAESC
Worked with engineering student leaders across the country on governance and programming.

inSTEM Scholar
Joined a national cohort focused on STEM leadership, mentorship, and advocacy.

CERTIFICATIONS

Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I)Scrum.org · May 2026Product Management EssentialsIBM Developer Skills Network / Coursera · December 2025
AWS Academy4 TRAINING BADGES · 2025
AWS Academy Graduate: Cloud ArchitectingAWS training badge · December 2025AWS Academy Graduate: Cloud Data Pipeline BuilderAWS training badge · October 2025AWS Academy Graduate: Cloud Security BuilderAWS training badge · November 2025AWS Academy Graduate: Microservices and CI/CD Pipeline BuilderAWS training badge · November 2025
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LET’S CONNECT

BASED IN DALLAS-FORT WORTH
thesamarthjagtap@gmail.comlinkedin.com/in/thesamarthjagtapgithub.com/thatscrazzyy

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