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USC Master's Student · Software Engineer

DHRUVKAUL

Hey everyone, I'm Dhruv! I earned my Bachelor's in Computer Science at the University of Southern California in May 2026, and I'm also finishing my Master's there in December 2026. I have work experience across startups and fintech.

Currently, I'm developing a core AI pipeline for a global sportswear brand's analytics platform. I've also built data pipelines analyzing 1.2M+ customers and a World Cup site that helped 25,000+ fans follow the tournament and plan their trips.

Dhruv Kaul
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Experience

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AI Solutions Intern · Machina Sports
San Francisco · Jun - Aug 2026

I'm currently working on a computer vision pipeline for a leading global sportswear brand's analytics platform, which tracks how its products show up across media on 30+ pro athletes in 7 sports. The pipeline recognizes exact products from a 2,400+ item catalog in photos and video. I also designed a separate image segmentation pipeline that improved product identification, accounting for 73% of successful product retrievals.

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Software Engineer Intern, Backend · OneMain Financial
Charlotte, NC · Jun - Aug 2025

I developed backend Java services that automated loan approval workflows, helping increase credit approvals by 20%. I also built Python pipelines on AWS to predict credit card application likelihood for 1.2M+ customers, enabling more targeted mailing campaigns.

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ML & Backend Engineer · Booksnake
Los Angeles · Sep 2024 - Apr 2025

I worked with researchers and historians on an AR app surfacing 3.6M+ digitized cultural artifacts from national archives. My computer vision model read image-embedded scale bars to estimate real-world artifact dimensions and ensure they displayed properly in the app, improving true-to-size artifact display accuracy by 53%.

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AI Engineer Intern · Kintsugi Global
Los Angeles · May - Jul 2024

I led a team of 5 shipping a GenAI Q&A chatbot on an anime and manga Web3 platform backed by Japan's $1B "DigiDen" initiative.

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Projects

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StillInIt.app

I noticed a gap before the 2026 World Cup. With 48 teams spread across three host countries, fans had no way to see where their team might play next depending on how they finished, so I built a platform that combines live standings with prediction-market odds to show each team's chances and likely travel path, helping fans book tickets before prices went up. I piped Kalshi and ESPN data into a Monte Carlo simulation engine for minute-level probabilities, and shipped features fans asked for.

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Addison

A cross-platform ADHD productivity app with brain-dump, focus timer, and reflection flows. I led a team of 6 and built 10+ modular React Native screens, improving responsiveness ~40%.

React NativeTypeScriptFirebase
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TacticIQ

A natural language search tool that lets coaches find tactical patterns and moments from match footage instantly, without manual tagging or scrubbing. Click through for a demo.

PythonNLPComputer VisionVideo Search
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XNotes

An automated LLM-powered fact-checker for tweets. Built on GPT with web search integration, parallelized checking, and link unfurling for comprehensive source verification.

PythonOpenAINLPWeb Scraping
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Multi-Agent Safety

Research exploring ethical dilemmas in cooperative AI through simulated soccer, examining how reward-driven agents compromise team performance.

PythonReinforcement LearningMulti-Agent Systems
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Skills

ItemQtyDescriptionSpecification
0016LanguagesPython · C++ · Java · TypeScript · JavaScript · SQL
0026FrameworksReact / Next.js · FastAPI · Spring Boot · Django · React Native
0035Cloud & ToolsAWS (S3, SageMaker, Bedrock) · Docker · Vercel · Git · Linux
0046DomainsSoftware Engineering · Backend · Full-Stack · AI · ML · Computer Vision
MS Computer Science · USC Viterbi
December 2026 · Dean's List ×2
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GPA
BS Computer Science · USC Viterbi
May 2026 · Dean's List ×3 · Undergraduate Research Associates Program (URAP) Fellow · President, Sigma Phi Delta
3.46
GPA
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Fun Facts

Huge soccer fan

I'm a huge soccer fan. It's what motivated me to build StillInIt and TacticIQ.

Coffee enthusiast

I love coffee and trying out different latte art.

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Flag encyclopedia

I can name and identify all 197 country flags.

Contact

Let's Chat

I'm currently looking for new grad software engineer roles across AI/ML, backend, and full-stack.