Portfolio

Arjun Ranjan

Software Engineer • MS CS @ ASU

Building fast, elegant web apps and agentic backends. Next.js, TypeScript, FastAPI, Java. Performance-focused and UX-obsessed.

About

Builder of fast, beautiful software

I blend product taste with systems thinking. Recent work focuses on performance-first Next.js, pragmatic backend services, and agentic workflows.

I care about craft: crisp type, accessible motion, and measurable speed. My favorite PRs delete code and make pages feel instant.

Tooling I reach for: Next.js, TypeScript, GSAP, Framer Motion, FastAPI, Spring Boot, Postgres, MongoDB, Docker, and solid observability.

Experience

Where I learned by shipping

Software Engineering Intern · Alleo.ai (Techstars ’22)

Sep 2025 – Present
  • Refactored Next.js App Router layouts into shared server components to cut JS bundle size and speed up page loads.
  • Raised Lighthouse mobile perf 65 → 90 by restructuring hydration and fixing LCP bottlenecks.
  • Introduced Zustand to streamline data fetching and prevent redundant re-renders.

Grader (CSE259: Logic in CS) · Ira A. Fulton Schools — SCAI

Aug 2025 – Present
  • Graded for 120+ students; designed rubrics with faculty for fair, consistent evaluation.
  • Provided targeted feedback and office-hours coaching; cohort performance +15%.

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant · Ira A. Fulton Schools — Capstone

May 2025 – Aug 2025
  • Mentored 70+ students on scalable architecture, testing, and agile delivery.

Backend Engineer · tCognition Inc. (Capstone)

Aug 2024 – May 2025
  • Designed secure JWT auth in Spring Boot and modeled MongoDB for high-volume ATS data.

Software Engineering Fellow · Headstarter

Jul 2024 – Sep 2024
  • Shipped 3 prod-grade full-stack apps (React/Next/Firebase); CI/CD cut deploy time 50%; backend latency –40%.
Projects

Featured work

AI Flashcards

FastAPI • TypeScript • Ollama
  • Topic & PDF → structured flashcards via local LLM inference (RAG-ready).
  • Interactive React front-end with file upload and dynamic state.
Stack

Tools I move fast with

Next.jsReactTypeScriptNode.jsFastAPIPythonJava/Spring BootPostgreSQL/MongoDBDockerAWS/GCP/AzureCI/CDUI/UX & Accessibility
Education

Foundations

M.S. in Computer Science

Arizona State UniversityDec 2026 (Expected)

Relevant: Semantic Web Mining, Applied Cryptography, KRR

B.S. in Computer Science — 3.92 GPA (Dean’s List, all semesters)

Arizona State UniversityMay 2025

Relevant: DS&A, Compilers, OS, DBMS, ML, Data Mining, iOS, QA, Data Viz

Contact

Let’s build something excellent