- Optimized interactions for a children’s social reading robot in a research study. Containerized applications for an easily maintainable docker compose setup using multi-container docker applications and ROS on raspberry pi.- Refactored old code to reduce API response times allowing for 60% improvement in robot behavior response.- Added python-decorators based debugger for verbose logging of system states and method calls, which reduced debugging times by 80%.- Improved multi-threaded implementations to prevent race conditions between processes.- Centralized robot behavior and speech control for easier modifications through a simple text file, enriching the robot’s behavioral and emotional displays and allowing non-programmers to customize the interactions.

- Responsible for development of new and improvement of existing features using a custom stack with front-end based on vanilla JS and React, and back-end in PHP.- Developed an export-to-PDF option and implemented dynamic resizing for the design editor.- Developed a WYSIWYG drag-and-drop HTML editor from prototyping stage to release.- Worked closely with the UX team to improve design and usability of features.- Contributed bug fixes to open-source projects being used and resolved unanswered stack-overflow question on a rare issue.

Worked with a team of other interns under professional game developers for creating a Unity mobile game. Placed 3rd in the company's first national gamejam spanning 1 month to design and develop a game.