Kushagra Katiyar

CS @ University of Florida | Full-Stack Developer

Lake Mary, Florida

Hey! I'm Kushagra...

I am pursuing a bachelor's in Computer Science at the University of Florida. I specialize in Full Stack development but have experience in Product Management and UI/UX Design. I have shipped real world applications and hold leadership on campus demonstrating my skills in teamwork, communication, and problem-solving. Outside of tech my interests include gaming, cars, and Taekwondo. I post flute videos on tiktok and instagram, accumulating over 500,000 views.

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Virtual Learning Lab

Undergraduate Research Assistant

January 2026 - Present

University of Florida

• Building LLM evaluation pipeline to score decodable text quality across K-12 literacy dataset of 400+ stories.
• Automated text telemetry using GPT-2 perplexity and syntactic dependency to ensure target reading levels.
• Developing RAG pipeline for 100+ stories and 100,000+ characters in vector databases for 90% reduction in prompt token costs.

English2Success

Software Engineer

February 2025 - July 2025

Remote

• Developed a full-stack Agentic AI automation using Flask and Python for 450+ global users, replacing manual processes.
• Reduced manual administrative overhead by 8+ hours weekly through automated reporting and AI-powered summarization.
• Developed an automated email pipeline using Gmail API with OAuth2, sending 50+ weekly reminders and progress reports.

Technical Leadership

UF GatorAI

Webmaster

January 2026 - Present

Gainesville, Florida

• Contribute to full-stack development of GatorAI's official web platform, serving UF's premier AI club with 500+ members and managing 12+ officer roles.
• Built with Next.js 14 frontend and Supabase PostgreSQL backend, integrating Vercel Blob for asset management and deployed with CI/CD automation.
• Engineered real-time search functionality and semester-based filtering across lecture recordings and events, improving content discoverability through multi-field semantic search.

UF GatorAI

Software Team Lead

September 2025 - January 2026

Gainesville, Florida

• Led end-to-end software development cycle of a full-stack Agentic AI video generation platform, with weekly scrum reviews.
• Designed a pipeline orchestrating OpenAI GPT-4o, Flux-Schnell, AWS Polly, and FFmpeg with REST APIs.
• Achieved 5x cost reduction from industry standard ($1 per minute) using slide-show style videos at $0.20 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.

Involvement

Dream Team Engineering

Software Engineer

January 2026 - Present

Gainesville, Florida

• Building Android app automating Train-of-Four anesthesia testing, replacing costly tools with MediaPipe diagnostics in Kotlin.
• Hit 90% diagnostic accuracy across 400+ video simulations using motion extraction and twitch detection algorithms in Java.

Swamp Records

Software Engineer

January 2026 - Present

Gainesville, Florida

• Developing full-stack site for signed artist Alex Willow, owning UI/UX design through Vite and React implementation.
• Translating Figma prototypes into reusable component library, establishing a scalable design system for ongoing development.
• Partnering with artist management to define product requirements for growing audience of 50+ monthly listeners.

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.
• 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

• Organized and hosted social events throughout each semester for 20+ members of the UFCSU tech team.
• Led member outreach and selection workflows using Google Forms to streamline recruitment and onboarding.
• Tracked weekly attendance and engagement metrics in Notion and Google Sheets to improve retention planning.

Computing Student Union

UI/UX Designer

Jan 2025 - Present

Gainesville, Florida

• Designed UI/UX for 3+ products at UFCSU serving 100+ CS students and 25+ computing clubs at UF.
• Integrated ShadCN components to align product interfaces with modern industry standards.
• Developed and iterated on 3-5 Figma prototypes for each product based on stakeholder and user feedback.