Ayush Kumar

AI Engineer @ Nextiva

About

AI Software Engineer with high intellect, stellar academics, excellent communication skills and the intent to go the extra mile to create a positive impact.- At 22, got 100% merit based scholarship worth $60K to pursue MS in Computer Engineering from ASU. - Rewarded by Microsoft's Ex-COO, for extraordinary talent and achievements with a $20K cash award.- Within 6 months of joining Nextiva, engineered applications, creating expected solid impact by saving $60K annually.- Architected a patented AI ROI application which reduced manual processing time from 2 weeks to 15 minutes.- Social media presence with around 800K+ views and a base of 10K+ followers.- Spearheaded the development team at ASU for a $2M project for the U.S. Government in 2024.

Country

United States

City

Phoenix

Industry

Computer Software

Skill

Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Early-Stage Startups, Startup, Agentic AI, GenAI, GraphQL, Docker, Jenkins, FastAPI, LangChain, Hugging Face Products, LLaMA, QLora, OpenAI API, PyTorch, Figma, Spring Boot, SQL , Nuxt.js, Vue.js

Experience

AI Engineer

Nextiva

2026-2 - Present · 8 mos

• Designed and built an end-to-end RFP automation platform, with a team of 5 people using Python (FastAPI), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and AI-driven workflow, automating response generation, peer review, and final document delivery which reduced turnaround time from 1 week to 15 minutes and saved $60K annually.

AI Engineer Intern

Nextiva

2025-11 - 2026-2 · 4 mos

• Developed a patented full-stack ROI calculation automation platform using TypeScript, OpenAI Agents, and PostgreSQL, enabling parallel execution of 20K+ proprietary formulas to generate 50-page executive-ready ROI report for customers. • Engineered 80+ reusable ReactJS frontend components with consistent UI/UX patterns, integrated with robust Python backend with BigQuery persistence layers on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) capable of handling 5K+ users simultaneously.

Software Engineer

Arizona State University

2024-10 - Present · 2 yrs

Tempe, AZ

• Migrated from a traditional WordPress system to a TypeScript/NextJS based web infrastructure which fetched realtime data from a decoupled CMS resulting in decrease in Jira tickets by 70% with increased capability of handling 90k+ users. • Collaborated with a team of 8 people for a $2M U.S. Government project (Link), building secure ingestion services with PHP, REST APIs, and PostgreSQL to automate cross-agency data exchanges supporting sensitive national research operations. • Engineered analytics dashboards, automation workflows, and interfaces using Airtable by combining SQL and NoSQL databases, used by 10K+ employees within the engineering department.

Software Engineer

Emotionall

2025-9 - 2025-11 · 3 mos

• Engineered 45+ REST API endpoints for application’s backend in Python and tested with Postman which resulted in improving performance and reducing API latency by 30% through structured query design and optimal JSON payloads. • Configured AWS infrastructure to deploy applications on AWS EC2, and led a migration from EKS to Amazon ECS, reducing infrastructure cost by 60% and enabling automated workflow and better maintainability for the development team. • Built end-to-end CI/CD automation on Github Actions, enabling predictable and error free deployment across environments.

Education

Arizona State University

Computer Engineering [On 100% Scholarship]

2023-8 - 2025-5 · 1 yr 10 mos

Relevant Coursework: Foundation of Algorithms Artificial Intelligence Data Mining Data Visualisation Software Validation Software Security Blockchain

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University

Electronics and Communications Engineering

2019 - 2023-6 · 4 yrs

Institute: GL Bajaj Group of Institutions, Greater Noida Relevant Coursework: -Data Structures and Algorithms -Object Oriented Programming -Computer Networks