Naraen Gopalakrishnan

I’m a Computer Engineering student at UMass Amherst with experience building AI-powered web applications and cloud-based systems. I’m especially drawn to machine learning, identity and cloud security, and scalable backend services.

In a Software Engineering Fellow role at Headstarter AI, I built & deployed five AI‑powered web applications in five weeks. I engineered an interactive customer support agent with a custom RAG pipeline using OpenAI, Pinecone, and LangChain, and co-developed a SaaS platform for dynamic flashcard generation using Llama 3.1 and Stripe.

Earlier, at Snap Inc. as an AR and VR Development Extern, I gained hands-on experience with Snap Lens Studio—designing lenses with 3D assets, motion tracking, and real-time interactivity. I also collaborated with a team to brainstorm, prototype, and refine AR concepts for deployment.

Across projects and coursework, I focus on building practical systems end-to-end: from data preprocessing and evaluation (precision/recall/F1-score/ROC-AUC) to secure authentication, payments, and production-ready deployment practices.