Hi, I'm Justin

I study Computer Science and Math at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

You can reach me at justinmmanoj [at] gmail [dot] com.

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Education

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics · May 2027

Relevant Coursework: Algorithms, Data Structures, Operating Systems, Distributed Systems, Database Systems, Machine Learning, Computer Networks, Web Programming, Combinatorics, Discrete Mathematics

Experience

ChitChat Workplace

Co-Founder / Software Engineer

Built the real-time backend for a 100K-concurrent messaging platform and launched enterprise pilots in 90 days.

GBCS Group

Software Engineering Intern

Rebuilt backend APIs with GraphQL and caching, cutting database load 60% and reducing production bugs.

UMass Amherst – Autonomous Learning Lab

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Stress-tested multi-agent LLM systems, identifying 14 failure modes across 10k+ simulations and improving analysis speed 3×.

BUILD UMass

Software Engineer

Built a campus events platform used to create and discover student events, improving search speed and real-time updates.

Led software development for competition robots, building C++ vision and path-planning systems while coordinating code reviews and team execution.

Projects

UMass Dining Engine

Java · Spring Boot · React · PostgreSQL · Redis · Python

AI meal recommender that ingests live dining hall menus and filters for dietary preferences, helping 30k+ students decide meals faster.

Poker Trainer

TypeScript · React · WebAssembly · Node.js

Texas Hold’em practice environment with Monte Carlo opponents and WebAssembly simulations to teach pot odds and EV.

Medical Insight Bot

Python · FastAPI · React · PostgreSQL · pgvector

RAG chatbot built with FastAPI and pgvector to rank diagnoses from a medical knowledge base while comparing GPT-4o vs. Gemini outputs.

Subscription Tracker

Java · Javalin · PostgreSQL · JavaScript · HTML/CSS

Manager that tracks recurring costs, aggregates monthly/yearly totals, and alerts for expiring trials via a Javalin API.

Technical Skills

Languages

PythonJavaC/C++JavaScriptTypeScriptGoSQL

Frameworks

ReactNode.jsSpring BootFastAPIFlaskNext.jsExpress.jsLangChaingRPC

Libraries

PyTorchTensorFlowNumPyPandasScikit-learnHugging FaceOpenCVRay

Tools

PostgreSQLRedisDockerKubernetesKafkaAWS (EC2, EKS, S3)Linux/UnixGitCI/CD