Hi, I'm Saatvik.

I'm a CS Master's student at UIUC who builds data systems by day and plays jazz trumpet by night.

Experience

  1. Aug. 2025 – Present
    East Lansing, MI
    Nexxup Music Discovery logo

    Chief Technology Officer

    Nexxup Music Discovery

    Leading engineering for a startup that tracks which independent artists are catching fire across streaming and social.

    • Python
    • React
    • Firestore
    • Railway
  2. May 2024 – Aug. 2026
    Lansing, MI
    Auto-Owners Insurance logo

    Data Analytics & Engineering Intern

    Auto-Owners Insurance

    Turned years of claims and licensing data into tools that keep adjusters' workloads balanced and licenses in good standing.

    • Python
    • SQL Server
    • scikit-learn
    • MLflow
    • Power BI
  3. Aug. 2025 – Dec. 2025
    East Lansing, MI
    Magna International, Michigan State Capstone logo
    Magna International, Michigan State Capstone logo

    Software Developer

    Magna International, Michigan State Capstone

    Taught a vision model to read 3D car parts, so engineers can find a part's lookalikes among thousands.

    • Python
    • TensorFlow
    • OpenAI API
    • Docker
  4. Aug. 2024 – May 2026
    East Lansing, MI
    Imagine Software Club at MSU logo

    Executive Board

    Imagine Software Club at MSU

    Matched students with startup project teams, and taught a room of 60 to love the terminal.

    • Bash
  5. Jan. 2023 – May 2024
    East Lansing, MI
    MSU Department of Computer Science logo

    Undergraduate Learning Assistant

    MSU Department of Computer Science

    Walked about 70 students from their first Python loop to managing their own memory in C++.

    • Python
    • C++
    • Bash
  6. Jul. 2023 – Aug. 2023
    Downers Grove, IL
    WestPoint Financial Group logo

    E-filing Intern

    WestPoint Financial Group

    Handed a firm's document filing to Python scripts, so its digitization team could move faster.

    • Python
    • Excel

Projects

Desktop App

Half Full

A desktop calendar that syncs with Google Calendar, works offline, and ships on the Mac App Store and Microsoft Store.

  • JavaScript
  • Electron
  • Firebase
  • Google Calendar API
Half Full preview
Machine Learning

Insurance Risk Factor Neural Network

A web app that turns a person's health risk factors into the insurer's expected loss.

  • Python
  • Flask
  • Plotly
  • scikit-learn
Insurance Risk Factor Neural Network preview
macOS App

Wallpaper Mirror

A menu bar app that keeps two Macs on the same wallpaper, and lets both people doodle on it together in real time.

  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • Tkinter
  • Pillow
Wallpaper Mirror preview
Computer Vision

Playing Card Identification Bot

A neural network that reads a playing card's rank and suit from a photo.

  • Python
  • PyTorch
  • Matplotlib
Playing Card Identification Bot preview

Education

  • Aug. 2026 – Dec. 2027 · Champaign, IL

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Master of Computer Science

  • Aug. 2022 – May 2026 · East Lansing, MI

    Michigan State University

    B.S. in Computer Science

    GPA 3.9 / 4.0