MS in Computer Science @ Northeastern University • Full-Stack & Backend Software Engineer
- 🎓 Pursuing my Master of Science in Computer Science at Northeastern University (GPA 4.0), graduating Apr. 2027.
- 👨🏫 Teaching Assistant for CS5610 Web Development at Khoury College — leading recitations and office hours for 100+ graduate students.
- 💼 5 years as a Software Engineer at HCL Technologies, building and scaling financial platforms for a major US automotive manufacturer.
- ⚡ I love performance engineering, clean architecture (SOLID, design patterns), and shipping features end-to-end.
- 📫 Reach me at puri.pu@northeastern.edu
Languages
Web & Frameworks
Databases
Cloud & DevOps
| Project | Description | Tech |
|---|---|---|
| ⚡ 1 Billion Rows Challenge | Processed 1 billion rows of temperature data in under 12 seconds using memory-mapped I/O, concurrent chunk processing, and a custom byte-level parser. Achieved a 650% speedup with a fan-out/fan-in goroutine pattern and a zero-allocation FNV hash map. | Go |
| 🔍 LostNFound | A lost-and-found platform serving 1000+ Northeastern students, with a RESTful API for item CRUD, JWT auth, image uploads, and category/location/date search. | React Node Express MongoDB JWT |
| 📅 Calendar Application | A multi-calendar manager with recurring events, timezone-aware scheduling, and cross-calendar copying. Built on MVC with Builder/Strategy/Facade patterns and 95%+ coverage across 700+ JUnit tests. | Java Swing JUnit |
- Khoury College, Northeastern University — Teaching Assistant (Jan. 2026 – Present) Lead CS5610 Web Development recitations & office hours for 100+ grad students; built 20+ coding examples (responsive sites, REST APIs, DOM).
- HCL Technologies — Software Engineer (Mar. 2020 – Mar. 2025) Built data-migration pipelines validating millions of financial records at 99%+ accuracy; shipped 30+ backend reports and a plugin-based architecture for a major US automotive client.
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