Poorav Rawat

Computer Science @ Georgia State University

AI / ML research + Software Engineering

I'm a student, builder, and researcher who enjoys creating things I personally need or believe others would find valuable. I strongly believe in learning by doing, which is why I focus on shipping projects and turning ideas into real products.

These days, my time is split between university leadership roles, building personal projects, solving problems on Codeforces, and contributing to some research work.

Intuit
• Software Engineering Intern - Site Reliability Engineering Present
Optimizing Kubernetes deployments using ArgoCD and utilizing Claude Code with MCPs to streamline daily SRE workflows and cloud workspace management.
• Software Engineering Intern - Engineering Enablement Summer 2025
Modernized Mailchimp’s CI/CD by migrating legacy jobs to Groovy-based Jenkins pipelines and optimizing resource usage with Kubernetes-based runners.
Trends Center @ GSU
• Research Assistant Present
Architected multi-head attention mechanisms for brain image analysis and re-engineered core architectures using JAX/JIT for distributed GPU clusters.
• ML Research Intern Summer 2024
Optimized Torch-MISA architecture for fMRI data using parameter screening (DSD) to isolate critical hyperparameters and reduce model error rates.
Specialist on Codeforces
1500+ rating on Codeforces competitive programming platform (top 10%)
AI ATL 2025 Drive Capital track winner
First place for implementing an industry grade application of AI
Delta analytics scholarship
Awarded for exceptional achievements in the field of CS
Conference team for SAACURH RBC 2026
Hospitality chair for SAACURH regional business conference
President's list x6
Awarded for achieving a perfect 4.0 GPA, 6 semesters in a row
IMC Trading Challenge Top 5%
Ranked in the top 5% among 18k+ teams in the annual IMC trading challenge
Efficient basketball shooter
50% from 3 point line (better than Steph Curry's 3pt%)