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builder · engineer · researcher
Software engineer building model-aware products and full-stack systems with enough taste to make complexity feel simple.
2 published research papers
I am Dakshesh Pasala, a builder who likes turning ambitious ideas into software that feels sharp, useful, and alive.
I like making the first version real fast, then tightening the details until the product feels inevitable. Every project runs the same loop — question, prototype, break, understand, ship — and the loop compounds over time.
I think through data, workflows, edge cases, and the person actually holding the interface. Clean code and considered design aren't a polish pass for me — they're the default.
Based in California, open to remote or on-site collaboration.
Request résuméAR filters, health dashboards, ML systems, browser extensions, and simulations — each one built to work first, then to feel worth using.
A YOLO-based detector that identifies cars, pedestrians, and signals in dashcam footage in real time.
A GPT-based writing assistant that drafts positioned LinkedIn posts for founders from a single prompt.
Tracks diet, calories, and macro goals in a daily dashboard, giving one clear view of progress.
Internships, consulting, and shipped tools across product-facing engineering teams.
Built a multi-tenant Slack and Teams agent that brought core Docusign functionality — like routing legal requests and tracking agreement status — directly into the tools teams already work in.
Designed a trip navigator app that let employees plan office visits around real-time parking availability, cutting the guesswork out of commuting to site.
Built an RShiny and Python tool that rendered hierarchical part and workflow visuals for the engineering team.
Circuit analysis and signal-behavior research: amplifier design, natural frequency, and quality factor.
Designed and tested a cascade-connected transimpedance and voltage amplifier to enhance IR signal behavior and circuit performance.
Analyzed natural frequency and quality factor of parallel RLC circuits to study damping, selectivity, and frequency response effects.
Find the real question, build the smallest vivid answer, then harden the parts that matter.
Start with the real goal, not the shiny implementation. I map the user, the workflow, the constraints, and the smallest version that can teach us something useful.
Once the plan is clear, I turn the vision into something real. From early sketches to polished code, the work keeps moving with visible progress and tight feedback.
This is the stage where the blueprint becomes a working product: built carefully, refined through the details, and shaped until the experience feels complete.
For collaborations, opportunities, or an idea worth a real conversation.
Collaborations, opportunities, or an idea worth a real conversation — the channel is open.
dak.pasala@gmail.com