Open to new grad SWE roles · Iowa State CS

I build full-stack software
from backend systems
to deployment.

Computer Science student at Iowa State University with experience building full-stack applications, backend systems, and deployment workflows.

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About

Computer Science student at Iowa State University with experience in full-stack development, web systems, and deployment workflows.

Interested in software engineering roles focused on backend systems, full-stack applications, developer tools, and reliable user-facing products.

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Education

Iowa State University

Major
B.S. in Computer Science
Minors
Entrepreneurship · Applied AI
Honors
Dean's List 2025
Location
Ames, IA
Dates
Aug 2023 – Dec 2026 (expected graduation)
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Experience

Recent roles across full-stack product work, university web systems, and production-ready delivery.

  1. Full-Stack Software Intern

    Vensol Global Pvt Ltd · Hyderabad, India

    • Built payroll features for FinTrack OS using React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Node.js, and PostgreSQL for a multi-branch platform serving 300+ users.
    • Engineered REST APIs, validation, PostgreSQL transaction logic, and RBAC, automating payroll workflows and reducing processing time by ~60%.
    • Deployed backend services and PostgreSQL on AWS with the frontend on Vercel, using Git-based releases to debug production issues and validate payroll accuracy.

  2. Web Systems Lead

    Iowa State University — Digital Ag Innovation Lab · Ames, IA

    • Developed and maintained production web systems in SharePoint and Drupal for research projects, workforce programs, events, and technical resources.
    • Identified and fixed accessibility, navigation, content, link, and usability issues through structured testing and production validation.
    • Worked with researchers and university technical teams to implement updates, verify deployments, and keep public-facing systems accurate and reliable.

Projects

Selected work across mobile, full-stack, systems, and AI.

Insurance Policy Administration System — Bonzah project preview
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Insurance Policy Administration System — Bonzah

Deployment and platform infrastructure for an insurance policy administration system.

  • Building the deployment and platform infrastructure for an insurance policy administration system using GitHub, Supabase, Vercel, Cloudflare, and Sentry.
  • Designing CI/CD workflows, staging and production environments, secrets management, monitoring, and SOC 2-style security controls for sensitive policy and customer data.
  • Supporting backend integrations and legacy Azure/AWS data migration while maintaining compatibility with existing partner APIs.
  • Supabase
  • Vercel
  • Cloudflare
  • Sentry
  • CI/CD
  • GitHub
GitHub
TaskForge project preview
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TaskForge

Distributed job-processing platform with async workers, priority queues, and real-time tracking.

  • Built a distributed job-processing platform using Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and Redis with asynchronous workers, priority queues, scheduled execution, and real-time job tracking.
  • Implemented idempotent job submission, worker heartbeats, exponential-backoff retries, and dead-letter handling to prevent duplicate processing and recover from task failures.
  • Containerized API, database, Redis, and worker services with Docker, added automated tests with pytest, and configured CI workflows with GitHub Actions.
  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • Docker
  • pytest
GitHub
Polly Press project preview
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Polly Press

Full-stack Android news app with roles, real-time updates, and CI/CD.

  • Built a full-stack Android application in Java with role-based experiences for readers, editors, and moderators, including authentication and content-moderation workflows.
  • Implemented WebSocket-based real-time updates and REST APIs to deliver news and application changes without relying on repeated client polling.
  • Designed a normalized MySQL database for content and user management and automated testing and deployment through GitLab CI/CD.
  • Java
  • MySQL
  • REST APIs
  • WebSocket
  • GitLab CI/CD
GitHub
Cyclone Compass project preview
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Cyclone Compass

MERN student platform with maps, dining, events, e-store, and RBAC.

  • Built a full-stack student platform using the MERN stack with campus maps, dining information, event management, and an e-commerce workflow with full CRUD functionality.
  • Implemented role-based access control for administrators, students, and guests to enforce permissions across protected application features.
  • Structured backend logic into modular services and API workflows to separate application responsibilities and support maintainable feature development.
  • MongoDB
  • Express.js
  • React
  • Node.js
GitHub

Technical Skills

Languages, frameworks, and tools I use to build full-stack products — plus the practices around testing, delivery, and collaboration.

Stack

Tools & other

Languages
CC++PythonJavaJavaScriptTypeScriptSQL
Software & Data
ReactNext.jsNode.jsExpress.jsREST APIsPostgreSQLMySQLMongoDB
Tools & Practices
GitGitHubGitLabDockerCI/CDOOPTestingTDDLinuxAgile

Leadership & Community

Building communities and leading initiatives that create lasting impact.

Peer Mentor

Iowa State University — Department of Computer Science

Ames, IA

Mentor introductory computer science students through in-class activities, programming support, and collaboration with course instructors.

Impact

Supporting introductory CS students in class

CS Help Room Tutor

Iowa State University — Department of Computer Science

Ames, IA

Tutor 50+ students weekly across core CS courses, debugging code and explaining data structures, algorithms, programming, and problem-solving.

Impact

Tutoring 50+ CS students weekly

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Certifications & Awards

Recognition across academics, technology, entrepreneurship, and community service.

Academic ExcellenceLatest

Dean's List 2025

Iowa State University · 2025

Academic excellence recognition for strong performance at Iowa State University.

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Community Service

Certificate of Appreciation

SRDS India · Dec 2022

Recognized for organizing office events and fundraisers with strong communication skills.

Entrepreneurship

Young Entrepreneur Award

Graphy Tech · Feb 2022

Honored for innovative leadership, entrepreneurial spirit, and driving business growth.

Programming Excellence

Code of Honour

WhiteHat Jr · Jan 2021

Top 1% in a hackathon of 10 lakh participants; built the 'COVID Care' application.

Mathematics

Certificate of Merit

Ramanujan Mathematical Academy · Oct 2016

District rank in the 27th National Mathematics Research Talent Search Competition.

Martial Arts

Yellow Belt in Karate

All India Budokan Academy · Feb 2016

Demonstrated commitment to discipline, focus, and continuous improvement.

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Behind the scenes

Interested in how I built this portfolio?

Stack, CI/CD pipeline, Hostinger hosting, SSL, and the one-click path from local commit to a live custom domain.

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Let's Start a Conversation

I'm currently seeking software engineering roles and collaborations. CS @ Iowa State, Dean's List, building reliable full-stack products — let's connect.

Emailshivadhar.maddi@gmail.com
LocationAmes, Iowa

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