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Akhil Kammila
akhilkammila@gmail.com | 603-930-1612 | github.com/akhilkammila | linkedin.com/in/akhilkammila

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology
Major in Computer Science • Cumulative GPA: 4.00/4.00
Activities: Trading Club, Competitive Programming, Startup Exchange
Atlanta, GA
Aug. 2022 – May. 2025

Experience

Jane Street
Incoming Quantitative Trader Intern
New York, NY
May 2025
Optiver
Quantitative Trader Intern
  • Traded TSLA options using Optiver systems on a simulated environment
  • Learned options theory, played trading games, shadowed traders, mastered Optiver systems
Chicago, IL
June 2024 – Aug. 2024
MathWorks
Software Engineering Intern | C++, Java, Docker, Bash
  • Developed a C++ microservice enabling MATLAB documentation hosting on a background process
  • Containerized Doccenter, a Java web app serving search requests on mathworks.com
Natick, MA
May 2023 – Aug. 2023
MIT PRIMES
Student Researcher | C, Python
  • Conducted research alongside mentor Kyle Hogan in a prestigious HS research program
  • Developed an upgraded protocol for the Tor handshake
  • Improved censorship resistance, latency, and packet size of the handshake by modifying the certificate authentication process and message ordering
Cambridge, MA
Jan. 2021 - Jan. 2022

Projects

Leetcode Testcase Extractor | Python, Docker, AWS
  • Developed a selenium bot to find hidden testcases by solving LeetCode problems one testcase at a time
  • Overcame issues such as submission limits, reCAPTCHAs, testcase overflow, varying problem types, CPU utilization, multiprocessing conflicts, and copy-paste access
  • Created robust wrapper classes for logging, screenshotting, and error handling to minimize downtime
  • Packaged the bot in a 270MB Alpine Linux Docker image to enable multiprocessing
  • Scaled to 10+ EC2 instances with scripts that spin up containers automatically; extracted 1M+ characters of testcases across 100+ problems
  • Built a second bot that screenshots 1200+ solution editorials and 2700+ problem descriptions in under 2 hours
  • Averaging 800+ GitHub page views daily, 400+ stars
Some Other Projects
  • Script and website to notify users when GT classes open during registration; deployed to AWS; used by 15+ people
  • Bot to automatically fill attendance forms for GT clubs; improved Competitive Programming club’s attendance by 100%+
  • WordHunt solver accounting for input speed; achieved 25% higher scores and 40% better win rate vs. online solvers

Skills

Languages and Tools: Python, C++, C, Docker, AWS, Bash, Git, Linux
Interests: Catan, Spikeball, Competitive Programming, Board Games, Fantasy Football
Other: Valedictorian (1/450), 4x AIME, Coca-Cola and US Presidential Scholar Semifinalist, 1590 SAT



who's akhil?

akhil is currently a CS student at Georgia Tech.
he is a full-stack dev and is looking to learn as much as possible.
he usually doesn't describe himself in the third person.

things he uses the most:

recent work

ghost

• Created the first implementation of the popular word game ghost – where players build upon a word without saying the last letter

• Built live, scalable multiplayer functionality and three singleplayer bots using web sockets, Datamuse API, and intelligent data filtering and processing

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Face Bot

• Created an affordable, compact home security device using Raspberry Pi Zero and 3D printed parts

• Coded RaspController website controls and Open CV Facial Recognition capabilities for the device

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MIT Research Intern

January 2021 – June 2022

• Constructed a formal protocol for the Tor handshake, a cryptographic protocol with over 2 million daily users, with information from capturing Tor network traffic and analyzing source code.
• Developed an upgraded Tor handshake protocol, with improved censorship resistance, latency, and packet size, by changing certificate authentication and message ordering.

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September 2018 – July 2020

• Solved subcases of a mathematics optimization problem involving the value verification of unknown coins and computational efficiency.

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Hospital Data Analysis Internship

Optimized SolutionHealth’s investments into medical equipment and advertising by analyzing patient demographics, facility leakage, and contributors to patient outmigration.
Developed a user interface to display cardiovascular and oncology treatment trends for 40+ health facilities

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*my presentation and findings cannot be shared due to confidentiality reasons

ASL Learing Tool

• Trained a machine learning model using Tensorflow and Python to predict sign language gestures

• Developed an online educational platform with React and Flask to teach sign language words and translate webcam-inputted sign language in real time

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smart camera

• Designed a mobile application to eliminate bad that uses facial recognition to intelligently capture photos only when all subjects smile and open their eyes.

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personal website

this website!

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safedrive

• Built a telematics device to detect driver distractedness based on movements including eating, talking, and removing a hand from the wheel, using Raspberry Pi, artificial intelligence, and the State Farm driving distractions dataset

• Currently building a website for users to easily configure a Raspberry Pi device and view a data dashboard displaying their driver distractedness score, speed, braking, and more

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Crop Insight

• Trained a machine learning model to predict crop yield in different countries based on location, year, weather, etc. with a 98.60 R2 score using sci-kit learn.

• Developed a website which displays predicted metrics and shows farmers how to optimize their crop choices.

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Robotics Team Captain

August 2018 - May 2021

• Programmed autonomous robot movement, camera vision processing, autonomous scoring mechanisms, and driver controls for three FRC robots.

• Served as a mentor, motivator, and organizer for a 20+ member robotics team. Hosted and organized FLL Jr. events for over 400 children in 30+ teams.

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