Nilay Kapadia
About Me
Hello! I'm Nilay, a senior computer science student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a concentration in AI, ML, and data science. I mainly like to work with C++, Python, Go, TypeScript, and React.
Work Experience
- Alo Yoga
Jun 2025 — Aug 2025
Software Engineer Intern - Business Systems
Created an SRE pipeline to monitor server and database performance which was fed into a Grafana dashboard. Developed an automated Python testing tool to simulate manufacturing pipelines, saving 1000+ developer hours per year. Built a GitHub app to automate deployment processes and check for proper database indexing. Made an AI chatbot interface with the OpenAI API using a RAG trained on the company's codebase and documentation.
- Doron Precision Systems
Jun 2024 — Aug 2024
Software Engineer Intern
Built a custom AI traffic system in Unreal Engine 5 with C++ that allows for thousands of vehicles to navigate autonomously, avoid each other, safely merge into lanes and onto highways, and follow right of way at intersections.
- Bozu
May 2023 — Aug 2023
Software Engineer Intern
Built a proof-of-concept system using Microsoft's Graph API and TypeScript to allow users to sync calendar events between Outlook and the platform. Added functionality to create Bozu meeting within Outlook through a custom Office plugin. Developed a custom Slack app to let users create a Bozu meeting in Slack along with a MySQL and TypeScript system to demonstrate account binding between the two services.
Projects
- Operating System Simulator
Created a C++ OS simulator for CPU scheduling algorithms including FCFS, SJF, SRT, and round robin with performance metrics for CPU utilization, wait times, and turnaround times
- RPI Search Engine
Built a search engine ranking microservice with that covers all RPI domains. Integrated the service with a Redis cache and indexing, link analysis, and metrics microservices
- Pipeline
Rewriting 6-year-old CMS for The Polytechnic, RPI's student-run newspaper. Pipeline is built with Django, Wagtail, and Sass.
- PolyCal
PolyCal is calendar app that centralizes every event on RPI's campus into one place. It is built with React and Go.
- Super Snippets
Super Snippets is a React app that turns code snippets into visually appealing images for presentations and technical demonstrations.
- Degree Doctor
Degree Doctor is a Vue app that helps students create and manage a plan for their college degree.
- Wordle Together
Wordle Together is a multiplayer version of Wordle where two players compete to guess the word first.
Contact
- Email — nilayrkapadia [at] gmail [dot] com
- GitHub — nikapadia
- LinkedIn — nilaykapadia