Harshit Kandoi | Full Stack Software Engineer | Google Cloud Certified (ACE)
Harshit Kandoi is a Full Stack Software Engineer and Google Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE). He specializes in Python backend APIs, cloud-native services on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), event-driven automation, and generative AI models.
Professional Experience
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Associate Software Engineer at ThoughtIn Solutions
Architects event-driven serverless architectures on Google Cloud Platform, writing clean APIs and automation scripts in Java, Python, and TypeScript. Developed custom offline dev tools to accelerate team debug cycles.
Technical Skills
- Languages: Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL, Mojo
- Backend & Databases: FastAPI, Flask, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, SQLite, SQLAlchemy
- Cloud & Infrastructure: Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Firestore, Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, Docker, CI/CD, Git/GitHub
- AI, ML & Automation: PyTorch, TensorFlow, YOLOv5, computer vision, OpenCV, Deep Q-Learning (RL), LLM Prompt Engineering, Web Scraping (Selenium)
Featured Software Engineering Projects
- Local GCP Emulator: Docker container offline infrastructure simulating Firestore and Pub/Sub queues for local development.
- ASL Sign Language Detection: Custom YOLOv5 computer vision model with 90%+ real-time accuracy.
- Doom Deep Q-Learning Agent: Deep reinforcement learning agent trained to navigate complex game maps.
- Movie Recommender System: Hybrid SVD collaborative and content filtering engine.
- Portfolio OS: Interactive desktop-style portfolio with 10+ applets and animations.
- Real-time Face Recognition: Multi-face detection and recognition using OpenCV and Haar Cascades.