NYC, New York

Hersh Lalwani

Passionate developer obsessed with building and shipping new applications.

01

experience

Sep 2025 - Present

UTD Office of Information Technology

Software Engineer

Created a full stack application to be used by students and staff to manage their IT assets, built with React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS on the frontend and FastAPI on the backend. Hosted on AWS.

  • Designed and implemented responsive UI components and workflows using React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS.
  • Developed RESTful API endpoints with FastAPI to handle asset management operations.
  • Deployed and maintained the application on AWS, ensuring scalability and reliability.

React / TypeScript / Tailwind CSS / FastAPI / AWS

Aug 2025 - Nov 2025

Alight

Software Engineer Intern

Collaborated on enhancements to the customer-facing voice chatbot leveraging LLMs and ML techniques to improve user self-service accuracy and reduce support load.

  • Implemented and tested new features for the voice chatbot using TypeScript and AngularJS.
  • Worked with the team to implement features into live deployments, ensuring seamless integration and performance.

TypeScript / AngularJS / Spring Boot / Java / LLMs / Machine Learning

02

projects

Sep 2025 - Present

Vibc

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A domain-specific programming language and compiler for composing music. Parses custom code defining instruments, tempos, and notation, then translates it into playable MIDI files and synthesized audio waveforms (.wav). Built with C++ and the JUCE framework.

C++ / JUCE / CMake

Jan 2026 - Present

Q-Deck

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A passion project made from a love for quantum computing and TUIs. Converts a quantum circuit into OpenQASM and shows statevectors for the circuit. Includes most common quantum gates. Built in Rust with the Ratatui TUI library.

Rust / TUI / OpenQASM

Feb 2026

Gotris

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Tetris 99 built in the terminal using Go and the Bubble Tea TUI library. Supports multiplayer connectivity through a dedicated HTTPS and WebSocket server.

Go / TUI / WebSockets

Nov 2024 - Dec 2024

Atlas Alert

Disaster metrics dashboard providing real-time alerts and analytics for emergency response. Built a containerized full-stack system using React, FastAPI, Docker, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Celery.

React / FastAPI / Docker / PostgreSQL / Redis / Celery

Jan 2025 - May 2025

Machine Learning Mini-Projects

Implemented foundational ML algorithms including Naive Bayes, tree-based classifiers, CNNs, and SVMs to explore model tradeoffs, evaluation metrics, and deployment considerations.

Python / scikit-learn / PyTorch

Nov 2024

HackUTD - PufferFish

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Hackathon prototype mobile app detecting anomalous and potentially fraudulent bank activity using lightweight AI heuristics and pattern features.

React Native / Tailwind CSS / Expo / Python

Aug 2024 - Nov 2024

Beat Bond

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Music recommendation web application leveraging audio embeddings and listening history to surface contextually relevant tracks. Integrated Spotify API and an ML service layer.

Next.js / React / Spotify API / Python / Flask / Machine Learning

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blog

all posts
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photos

open collage
Photo entry one

Jun 13, 2026

Milky way captured in Big Bend National park. Truly one of the .

Photo entry two

Jan 17, 2025

Sunset from the top of Haleakalā in Maui. The views from here gave a whole new perspective to the world.

Moon in telescope

Aug 4, 2025

Moon as seen through my telescope (Celestron 5SE).

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stack

Languages

TypeScript / JavaScript / Python / Swift / C++

Frontend

React / Next.js / Svelte / Astro / Tailwind CSS / HTML / CSS

Backend

Node.js / Express / FastAPI / Flask / PostgreSQL

AI/ML

PyTorch / TensorFlow

DevOps

Git / Docker / AWS / Vercel / Terraform