Open to full-time SDE roles from Jan 2027

Akshat Gupta

Systems Engineer AI Application Developer Apple Intern '26 iOS Developer

Building reliable systems and AI-powered apps.
Incoming Apple SWE Intern, RF SWAT Team, Cupertino.

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Akshat Gupta
About Me

Engineer by training,
builder by instinct

I spent two years at Arista Networks writing systems software in C/C++: kernel drivers, networking stacks, multi-threaded daemons. I loved the craft of it, but I always wanted to build things people could actually touch and use.

That sent me to UCSD's MS Computer Engineering program in 2025, and pushed me to teach myself Swift along the way. I built RecoverAI and LeanAI over the past year. This summer I'm joining Apple's RF SWAT team as a SWE Intern, working at the intersection of hardware systems and software.

I think the best engineers right now are the ones who integrate AI tools natively into their work. That's the skill I'm building deliberately.

UCSD MS 2027 Apple Intern 2026 ex-Arista Networks BITS Pilani
Featured Apps

iOS apps built from scratch

Designed, engineered, and shipped solo. SwiftUI with AI backends.

Apple Swift Student Challenge 2026
GitHub ↗

RecoverAI

An empathetic AI recovery companion for athletes. You log how you feel, and RecoverAI tells you whether to train, modify, or rest, with AI-generated rationale that draws from your soreness history, sleep, mood, and stress data.

SwiftUI SwiftData Claude API Groq API HealthKit
iOS App · 2025
GitHub ↗

LeanAI

A nutrition and fitness tracker built around one goal: losing fat while preserving muscle. Describe your meals in plain English and LLaMA 3.3 handles the macro math. HealthKit pulls your daily activity. CloudKit keeps you and your training partner in sync.

SwiftUI SwiftData Groq (LLaMA 3.3) HealthKit CloudKit
Projects & Research

Selected work

Research · Ongoing
WCSNG / Qualcomm

CSI + FTM Indoor Localization

Sub-meter indoor positioning using Wi-Fi Channel State Information and Fine Timing Measurements. Research at WCSNG lab, funded by Qualcomm.

802.11CSIPythonSignal Processing
Hackathon Winner

CleanIT Anomaly Detection

Real-time network anomaly detection system winning Arista Networks internal hackathon. Hybrid C++/Python architecture with adaptive thresholding.

C++PythonMLNetworking
Course Project GitHub ↗

OFDM Transceiver (IEEE 802.11a)

Full OFDM physical layer implementation of the IEEE 802.11a standard in MATLAB: QPSK modulation, STF/LTF preamble, multipath channel simulation, synchronization, channel estimation, and equalization.

MATLABDSP802.11aOFDM
Research Paper PDF ↗

UAV Base Station Optimization

Coverage and energy efficiency optimization for UAV-mounted base stations in emergency and rural deployments using trajectory planning algorithms.

UAVOptimization5G
Research Paper PDF ↗

UAV-Assisted 5G MEC Task Scheduling

Task offloading and scheduling framework for UAV-assisted Mobile Edge Computing in 5G and IoT networks, minimizing latency and energy consumption.

MEC5GIoTUAV
Co-authored Review

ML in Environmental Forecasting

Co-authored systematic review of machine learning approaches for environmental and climate prediction, covering CNNs, RNNs, and ensemble methods.

MLPythonResearch
Experience

Where I've worked

Software Engineer Intern

Apple · RF SWAT Team, Cupertino
Jun – Sep 2026 Upcoming
  • Joining the RF SWAT (Software, Wireless, Architecture & Testing) team
  • Working at the intersection of wireless systems and software engineering
SwiftC/C++RF SystemsWireless

Software Engineer

Arista Networks · Pune
Jul 2023 – Aug 2025
  • Built and maintained kernel-level device drivers and multi-threaded system daemons in C/C++ for Arista's EOS network operating system
  • Led development of CleanIT anomaly detection system, winning the internal hackathon; deployed across production monitoring pipelines
  • Designed gRPC-based microservices for inter-process communication across distributed switching hardware
C/C++Linux KernelgRPCPythonTCP/IP

Associate Consultant

Indus Insights · Mumbai
Jan – Jun 2023
  • Delivered data-driven insights for financial services clients using Python and SQL analytics pipelines
  • Built automated reporting dashboards reducing manual analysis time by 40%
PythonSQLAnalytics

Software Intern

LTI (L&T Infotech) · Mumbai
May – Jul 2022
  • Built SAP UI5 frontend components and REST API integrations for enterprise clients
JavaScriptSAP UI5REST
Skills

Tech stack

Languages

C C++ Python Go Swift Bash SQL JavaScript

Systems & OS

Linux Kernel Device Drivers Multi-threading UNIX Memory Management

Networking

TCP/IP Wi-Fi 802.11 gRPC REST Wireshark CCNA

AI & iOS

SwiftUI SwiftData HealthKit CloudKit Claude API Groq API LLM Integration RAG

Infrastructure

Docker Kubernetes Jenkins AWS (EC2/S3) Git Linux

Research & Signal

MATLAB OFDM DSP Channel Estimation Indoor Localization
Education

Academic background

UC

MS Computer Engineering

UC San Diego · ECE Department
Sep 2025 – Jun 2027

Focusing on wireless systems, machine learning, and signal processing. Research at WCSNG lab on Wi-Fi indoor localization. Recruiting as Apple SWE Intern from this program.

Wireless Comms ML Signal Processing Systems
BP

BE Electrical & Electronics

BITS Pilani · Pilani Campus
Aug 2019 – May 2023

Graduated with 8.39/10 CGPA. Coursework in embedded systems, digital design, signals, control theory, and computer architecture. Strong CS minor through electives.

8.39 CGPA Embedded Control Theory Digital Design
Recognition

Awards & certifications

🏆

CleanIT Hackathon

Winner, Arista Networks internal hackathon for anomaly detection system

📡

CCNA Certified

Cisco Certified Network Associate, Oct 2025

🥇

CBSE City Topper

City topper + National Gold Medalist in CBSE board exams

Beyond the Code

Outside the terminal

🏋️

Powerlifting

Squat, bench, deadlift. The other kind of systems optimization.

🔐

CTF Competitions

Binary exploitation, reverse engineering, and cryptography challenges

⌚

Watch Collecting

Horology nerd. Currently: Seiko Prospex Marine Green GMT. See my wishlist →
🏊

Swimming

Open water and lap swimming. Best for clearing the mental stack.

🎲

Board Games

Settlers, Ticket to Ride, Wingspan. Strategic thinking that doesn't require a terminal.

✈️

Travel

Japan 2024 was the highlight. Building the list for what's next.

Contact

Let's talk

Not actively job hunting right now since the Apple internship is sorted, but I'm always up for interesting conversations: research collaborations, iOS projects, or just talking shop about systems engineering and AI tooling.

akg007@ucsd.edu
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