Smit Saraiya

Computer Science Graduate

I love building

Smit Saraiya

Selected Work

SyncSpace

2025

A multithreaded distributed application designed for real-time collaboration. Developed a low-latency, fault tolerant, and thread safe application.

Java · Swing · Sockets · Multi-threading · Maven

Financial News AI

2024

An automated NLP pipeline that aggregates and summarizes financial news. Implemented FinBERT for sentiment analysis to process 200+ daily articles into actionable insights.

Python · FinBERT · NLP · Next.js · React · TypeScript

Sentiment Analysis Pipeline

2024

Scalable Spark pipeline for data processing and warehousing. Engineered an ML model with 85% accuracy, improving inference time on unseen data about climate change from reddit comment threads.

Python · ETL · Spark · TensorFlow · Pandas · NumPy

Donkey Kong Game

2023

2D game running on bare-metal hardware without an operating system. Wrote low-level C code for input handling and hardware communication using GPIO.

C · Raspberry Pi4 · Bare-metal · GPIO

Experience

July 2025 - Present

Full Stack Developer

ScamDetect
  • Developed and deployed a production-ready web application using Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS.
  • Implemented and tested secure form-based workflows to support user communication and business operations.
  • Improved UI based on user feedback, ensuring cross-browser compatibility, performance, and code quality.
2024 - 2025

Fullstack Software Developer

TechStart Club
  • Completed end-to-end programming projects involving backend logic, database integration, and frontend.
  • Wrote, tested, and debugged application code to meet functional and quality requirements.
  • Applied object-oriented design principles and collaborated with teammates in an agile development environment.
2022 - Present

Math Instructor

Mathnasium
  • Improved student math performance by up to 90% through tailored instruction and adaptive teaching strategies.
  • Aided in training new hires at the math center informing them of strategies used for in-person and online instruction.

Skills

Languages

Java, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL

Concepts

Data Structures, Algorithms, OOP, Unit Testing, Debugging

Web & Systems

React, Next.js, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, MySQL

Cloud & Tools

Azure, GCP basics, Vercel, Git