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Staff Software Engineer · Apple
Rohan Maheshwari

Forward-deployed at Apple. Building the part of AI people actually touch.

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Contact
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Work

modules / work
2022
Mar 2022 — Present
now

Apple

Software Engineering Applications, ICT4 · Cupertino, CA
Agentic AI platform · GSSM
  • Forward Deployed Engineer wearing multiple hats — AI/ML engineering, UI/UX design, API and system infrastructure, and product development.
  • Created the agentic AI platform used across the embedded software engineering team in Apple's Procurement and Supply Chain org (GSSM).
  • Partner directly with business and end users to build tools that forecast, track, project and report on corporate and direct procurement — driving efficiency and optimization across Supply Chain.
GoPythonPHPReactNext.jsDockerPostgresAI
2020
Apr 2020 — Mar 2022

Better.com

Software Engineer · New York, NY
Real Estate pod · early engineer
  • Early engineer on the Real Estate team.
  • Built a finite state machine to track real estate leads end-to-end.
  • Built the APIs powering the Agent mobile app.
  • 80:20 backend/frontend developer on the Real Estate pod.
PythonReactTypeScriptAWSDockerElasticSearchPostgres
2019
Mar 2019 — Apr 2020

Acclaro

Sr. Software Engineer · New York, NY
+60% ops efficiency
  • Migrated a legacy codebase to Laravel and Python microservices.
  • Owned architecture and system design.
  • Created new APIs and internal tools that automated parts of the business, improving ops efficiency by 60%.
  • Integrated machine translation tooling into the core platform.
PHP (Laravel)ReactPythonLinuxAWSMySQL
2017
Oct 2017 — Mar 2019

Rengen Labs (SAFTLaunch)

Lead Developer · New York, NY
$100M+ processed
  • Blockchain programming and smart contracts on Bitcoin and Ethereum.
  • Worked with the founding product and executive team to turn business ideas into a scalable investment banking platform.
  • Built the modules that accredited and processed investments upwards of $100M.
  • Managed and grew the dev team; owned stack, architecture, microservice curation, and release planning.
PHP (Laravel)PythonReactMySQLBitcoinEthereum
2017
May 2017 — Sep 2017

Lightfox, Inc

Software Developer · Morristown, NJ
First engineering hire
  • Engineered systems for an enterprise-level IoT lighting control platform.
  • First engineering hire — developed the MVP and built the system architecture.
PHP (Laravel)Vue.jsjQueryAWSMySQL
2015
Jun 2015 — May 2017

CircleLink Health

Full Stack Software Developer · New York, NY
100 nurses · 2,000 patients
  • Created APIs, apps and web portals connecting doctors, practices, nurses and Medicare patients.
  • Built an Uber-style call-matching app serving 100 nurses and 2,000 patients across the US.
  • Built an automated time-tracking and billing management system.
PHP (Laravel)Vue.jsjQueryAWSMySQL

Founding

modules / founding
Jan 2012
— Dec 2015
FOUNDER

krdts

New York, USA

Founded a social-change startup from the ground up during college. Received press coverage and $50k in funding. Designed the architecture and core API, built the Android and iOS apps, and presented the work as an undergraduate honors thesis.

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Honors thesis

Education

modules / education
2019
Post Graduate Certificate, Machine Learning
Cornell University
2016
M.S. Computer Science
Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityGPA 3.6
2014
B.S. Computer Science, with Honors
Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityGPA 3.8

Beyond the stack

modules / beyond
Leadership
Board Member, Growth & Technology
Global Young Voices2015 – 2018

Drove sustained growth and technical progress for an international blog. Wrote as the Indian representative and attended UN events as a press member.

President, Student Government Association
Fairleigh Dickinson University2013 – 2014

Led a team of 30 senators and ran weekly meetings with 100+ attendees.

Volunteering & internships
  • Microsoft TEALSJun – Dec 2016
  • United Nations — PC4KIDSMar – May 2017
  • Ruckus MarketingWeb design internshipSummer 2012
Honors
  • Provost's Award, FDU (2013)
  • University Honors Program, FDU
  • Charter Day Leadership Scholar, FDU
  • Phi Omega Epsilon Honors Society
  • Rowing — FDU Crew
Off hours
Astronomy · Cricket · Piano · Impressionist ArtFluent in English & Hindi.