# nishant kumar

nishant kumar is a remote worker on Himalayas, Open Source Contributor at Instructor, based in India.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@nishantkumar31

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AI and systems engineer at Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering who cut model inference latency by 70%.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | India |
| Authorized to work in | India |
| Salary expectations | 70k+ INR |
| Job categories | AI Systems Engineer, Systems Engineer, Backend Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer |
| Skills | AI, Machine Learning, AI Systems Engineering, Backend Engineering, Distributed Systems, Microservices, API Security, ETL, Model Quantization, KV Caching, Concurrency Control, Distributed Locking, Role Based Access Control, Runtime Memory Profiling, Multithreading |
| LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/nishant-kumar |
| GitHub | https://github.com/nishant4671 |

## About

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At Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, I architected production AI service backends using FastAPI, Redis, and Docker, with an 89.2% accuracy benchmark. I reduced model inference latency by 70% through 4-bit AWQ quantization and KV-cache optimization.

As a contributor to Instructor (Structured Outputs for LLMs), I authored PyTest test suites and integrated MyPy static type validation. I also refactored API response deserialization routines to reduce edge-case runtime failures across upstream providers.

At Petals NGO, I engineered automated ETL pipelines with Python, PostgreSQL, and AWS S3, cutting reporting time from two days to four hours. I also deployed a real-time inventory allocation dashboard that reduced supply stock-outs by 40%.

My projects include Market Mastermind, a market data simulation engine with order execution and risk profiling, and Arogya Saathi, a distributed microservices healthcare platform. I also developed Ignar API Shield, a FastAPI gateway that detects shadow and unmapped APIs across banking endpoints.
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## Experience

### Open Source Contributor (current)

[Instructor](https://himalayas.app/companies/github). Jan 2025 - Present

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Authored test suites using PyTest and integrated static type validation (MyPy) to enhance schema parsing stability. Refactored API response deserialization routines to minimize edge-case runtime failures across upstream providers.
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Skills: Pytest, Mypy, API-Development, Schema-Parsing, Deserialization

### Tech Trainee (AI & Systems Engineering) (current)

Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering. Oct 2024 - Present

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Architected production AI service backends using FastAPI, Redis, and Docker with an 89.2% accuracy benchmark. Reduced model inference latency by 70% via 4-bit AWQ quantization and KV-cache optimization.
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Skills: fastAPI, Redis, Docker, AWQ, KV-Caching, RBAC, Distributed-Locking

### Technology & Operations Consultant (Volunteer)

Petals NGO. Sep 2025 - Jan 2026

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Engineered automated ETL data pipelines (Python, PostgreSQL, AWS S3), cutting reporting time from 2 days to 4 hours. Deployed a real-time inventory allocation dashboard with Redis caching, reducing supply stock-outs by 40%.
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Skills: Python, PostgreSQL, S3, ETL, Redis, Dashboard-Development

## Education

### Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering

Bachelor of Technology, Information Technology. Grade: 9.00/10

Activities and societies: Academic Rank: Top 5% of Class; 2x University Mathematics Topper (Calculus & Linear Algebra). Coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms, Operating Systems, DBMS, Computer architecture, Stanford CS229, MIT 18.642.

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Pursuing a Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology with an AI/ML focus, expected to graduate in June 2028. Achieved a CGPA of 9.00/10 and ranked in the top 5% of the class.
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### Rashtriya Military School

Higher Secondary Education, Higher Secondary Education

Activities and societies: Leadership Rank: School Adjutant

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Completed higher secondary education, graduating in 2023. Served as School Adjutant, commanding 300+ cadets.
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## Tech stack

- OpenAPI
- NumPy
- Pandas
- PostgreSQL
- Node.js
- Next.js
- Redis
- JavaScript
- Python
- C++
- PyTorch
- ZeroMQ
- FastAPI
- TypeScript
- pytest
- Docker
- SQL
- Valgrind
- SciPy
- Bash

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