Work Experience
Hands-on backend engineering: production APIs, auth systems, and reliability fixes.
Software Development Intern
Dicotr
Aug 2025 — Nov 2025Certificate
- Developed centralized error handling and request validation for internal REST APIs using Flask, improving backend reliability for services used by 2+ cross-functional teams.
- Redesigned PostgreSQL schemas and optimized SQL queries, reducing average query response time by ∼30% and resolving recurring data-consistency issues across internal tools.
- Containerized backend services using Docker and streamlined development environments, while contributing to Git/GitHub-based code reviews and an Agile development workflow.
Education
Formal training and academic record.
Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Kota
B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering
Aug 2023 — May 2027
Patna Collegiate School, Bihar
Class XII
85.6%
St. John Residential Public School, Bihar
Class X
94.6%
Achievements & Competitive Programming
Top 10 out of 600+ teams — IEEE Hackathon, IIIT Gwalior (built a distributed real-time system under 24 hours)
700+ problems solved across Codeforces, LeetCode (1685+ rating), and CodeChef (3 star)
Advanced to Round 3 of Flipkart GRiD 8.0, one of India's premier engineering competitions, by excelling in the screening and online assessment rounds.
Let's build something
Open to backend, full-stack, and distributed systems roles or collaborations. Reach out and I'll get back to you.
kumarsaurav1881@gmail.com