Rushikesh Desai
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  • πŸš€ Skillsets
  • πŸ’Ό Relevant Work Experience
  • 🌱 Outside of Work

About Me

Hello there, I’m Rushi… integrating deep learning, software development, and finance into systems.


πŸš€ Skillsets

Programming language & Databases
  • C, C++, Python, Java, R
  • AWS, Docker, Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, Flink, Airflow, Elasticsearch, Tableau
  • SQL server, MongoDB, Neo4j, Postgres
Data Science & Machine Learning
  • Scikit-learn, Pandas, NLTK, TensorFlow, PyTorch
  • CNNs, GNNs, Transformers, BERT, LLMs, RAG
  • Reinforcement Learning, Time-Series Analysis, System Design
Mathematics & Finance
  • Applied Statistics, Probability, Linear Algebra, Stochastic Calculus, Differential Equations
  • Financial Modeling and Portfolio Analysis, Market Risk Analysis
  • Bloomberg Certificatoin (BMC)

πŸ’Ό Relevant Work Experience

πŸŽ“ Research Assistant

Martin Tuchman School of Management, NJIT | Sept 2024 - May 2025

  • Researched reinforcement learning and attention-based models to optimize portfolio strategies (Monte Carlo simulation, Black-Scholes model).
  • Applied multimodal AI and statistical methods for financial modeling and time-series analysis (wavelet analysis, stochastic calculus).

πŸ“Š Data Analyst – NJIT

NJIT | May 2024 - Sept 2024

  • Designed predictive models for application trends and demographics, improving forecasting accuracy.
  • Engineered ETL workflows and data models to optimize admissions and financial aid strategies.
  • Presented data-driven insights to leadership, shaping institutional decision-making.

πŸ€– Data Scientist – Flairminds Software

Flairminds Software | Oct 2022 - Jun 2023

  • Built an NLP product matching engine (BERT, spaCy) to improve categorization and search relevance.
  • Applied computer vision architectures (VGG, Inception, ResNet, YOLO-NAS), improving search accuracy by 30%.
  • Delivered a document parsing + Elasticsearch retrieval system with a React UI on AWS, enabling real-time, query-based insights.

πŸ’» Full-Stack Developer

E-venu Computers | Sept 2021 – Aug 2022

  • Built a supply chain system with predictive sales modeling and recommendation engines, improving inventory planning and customer engagement.
  • Boosted system efficiency with web optimizations (caching, compression) and MongoDB tuning, reducing latency and scaling throughput.

πŸ›οΈ Software Developer

Rheal Software | Nov 2020 – July 2021

  • Built Judicial web systems for U.S. counties (case submissions, reviews, warrants, video call integration).
  • Developed Healthcare Management Systems for insurance processing and client-specific customizations.

🌱 Outside of Work

  • Hackathons: Winner of National Hackathon (2017) and MLH HackNJIT 2023 devpost.com/rrd7
  • Investment Club: Equity Analyst, managed $75K NJIT fund.
  • Bloomberg Trading Challenge 2024: Led team to 14% ROI on $1M virtual portfolio.
  • Key initatives: Built models for derivatives pricing with RL, time-series forecasting real-time data for investment club.

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