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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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CURRENTLY:BUILDING COOL THINGS.BASED IN:DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TXSTATUS: PROBABLY OVERTHINKING IT
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FEATURED PROJECTS

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QuickDrop

I built QuickDrop to share files through short-lived sessions, with separate AWS and GCP setups. In testing, a 500 MB transfer took about 50 seconds on local Wi-Fi.

FULL STACKAWS / GCP
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UTA Datathon

I built the registration and QR check-in platform for UTA Datathon. It handled 400+ participants, cut check-in from about a minute to 10 seconds, and supported a 71% registration-to-attendance rate.

NEXT.JSFIREBASE
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Map Daddy

Map Daddy lets you control projections from a browser while a Raspberry Pi handles playback. You can adjust the corners to fit the surface you’re projecting onto.

RASPBERRY PICREATIVE TECH
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MORE PROJECTS

01. AUTONOMY

ROBOTICS / VISION

02. MAP DADDY

CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY

03. QUICKDROP

CLOUD / FULL STACK

04. SIDEQUEST

iOS / SOCIAL PLAY

SIDEQUEST: PLANS WITH FRIENDS +

SideQuest is an iMessage prototype for sending friends small challenges, from a food run to a study session. I built it with Swift, UIKit, and Firebase, then tested it with 10 friends. Quests have five states, with updates arriving in real time. It isn’t publicly released yet.

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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.✧

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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

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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 2025AWS 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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