Summary
Drshika A is a research software engineer with six years of experience building full-stack and backend systems, currently contributing to scientific software at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. She has shipped production code in industry internships at MongoDB (Rust driver), Uber (membership platform), and Cargill, and has research experience in AR/VR accessibility with Microsoft. A CS student from UIUC, she has led course assistantship for data structures and supported multiple HCI and systems research projects, blending teaching, research, and engineering. Passionate about accessibility, she focuses on technology that empowers people with disabilities and brings that human-centered perspective to technical design. Notably comfortable across Rust, web frontends, and research prototypes, she’s actively seeking full-time backend or full-stack roles.
6 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at The Grainger College of Engineering
Spanish, Hindi, Kutchi, Gujarati