Kushagra Katiyar

English2Success

Software Developer

February 2025 - July 2025

Remote

• Developed a full-stack automation using Flask and Python for 450+ global users to replace manual processes.
• Reduced manual administrative overhead by 8+ hours weekly through automated reporting and AI-powered summarization.
• Integrated OpenAI GPT-4o API for AI-powered report summarization and content moderation of tutor submissions.
• Developed an automated email pipeline using Gmail API with OAuth2, sending 50+ weekly reminders and progress reports.
• Deployed dashboard with individual tutor profiles using Flask and GCP scheduled job automation.

GatorAI

Software Development Team Lead

September 2025 - Present

Gainesville, Florida

• Led the development of KeyFrame, a full-stack AI-powered slide-show generation platform with Redis queue and PostgreSQL.
• Designed a pipeline orchestrating OpenAI GPT-4o, Flux-Schnell, AWS Polly, and FFmpeg with parallel processing.
• Implemented Docker containerization with Cloudflare R2 streaming and Next.js frontend for production deployment.
• Achieved 5x cost reduction from industry standard (1 dollars per minute) using slide-show style videos at 20 cents per minute.

Computing Student Union

UI/UX Design Team Lead

August 2025 - Present

Gainesville, Florida

• Managed UI/UX strategy for a campus-wide portal, streamlining event tracking for 200 CS students and 25 organizations.
• Spearheaded a cross-functional team of 5 designers using Scrum methodologies, ensuring seamless handoffs to developers.
• Developed high-fidelity prototypes in Figma utilizing the ShadCN Library, resulting in 100 new active users.

Gator User Design

UI/UX Designer

October 2025 - Present

Gainesville, Florida

• Executed user research for the UF CSFG Lab website, identifying friction points through qualitative analysis.
• Architected a design system and high-fidelity interactive prototypes in Figma, ensuring visual consistency.
• Communicated design strategy through user journey maps, and detailed affinity boards.

GatorAI

Social Media Officer

July 2025 - Present

Gainesville, Florida

• Boosted Instagram engagement by 2x, driving 150,000+ impressions in a single month through targeted content strategy.
• Designed Canva graphics to promote events and engage members, supporting club outreach.
• Represented GatorAI at tabling events, engaging 25+ students per session, bringing in 200+ attendees to GBMs.
• Arranged and designed scenes/graphics on OBS for weekly AI/ML lecture streams accumulating 900+ views per semester.

Computing Student Union

Membership Director

May 2025 - Present

Gainesville, Florida

• Organize and host social events throughout the semester for 20 members of the tech team.
• Interview and select new members to expand tech team.
• Track various metrics such as attendance and member engagement weekly.

TikTok

Content Creator

December 2025 - Present

Lake Mary, Florida

• Post Flute videos on Tiktok, growing a to 800 followers and 500,000 cumulative views.