Subash Kandel
AI Engineer
I build ML-powered systems, real-time data pipelines, and REST APIs across cloud and serverless platforms. Recently led LOCUS, Nepal's flagship tech NGO, and completed Computer Engineering at IOE Pulchowk Campus. Open to new opportunities.
tap to see colorI care about the things most people skip. The edge cases, the impossible deadlines, the parts of a codebase nobody wants to touch. I'm currently shipping my way through building things that matter.
Experience
- 01
President · LOCUS
Mar 2025 — Mar 2026·Lalitpur, Nepal·Full-time·NGO
- Selected to lead a national-level tech NGO (est. 2003); managed a 50+ member cross-functional team across engineering, outreach, sponsorship, and operations.
- Directed end-to-end execution of Nepal's flagship 3-day national technology festival, which drew 30,000+ attendees.
- Designed and delivered 10+ technical sessions and 15+ programs advancing education in software, hardware, and AI.
- Led nationwide outreach initiatives across 100+ colleges, impacting more than 10,000 students.
- 02
Backend Developer · Tachyonwave
Sep 2024 — Mar 2025·Remote·Contract
- Built and deployed a RESTful backend for a news portal (krishisanjal.com) using Django REST Framework.
- Deployed and maintained a survey-collection backend on AWS EC2, supporting 100+ simultaneous users in real time.
- Automated infrastructure health checks with AWS Lambda functions that monitored service uptime.
Python (DjangoDRF)AWS (EC2LambdaSNSS3)PostgreSQLcPanel - 03
Software Engineering Intern · IOE Pulchowk Campus
Mar 2024 — Aug 2024·Lalitpur, Nepal·Internship·Part-time
- Built REST APIs for marksheet generation and result filtering on the IOE Exam and Result Management platform.
- Contributed to the React frontend and wrote unit tests to validate API correctness.
Nest.jsReactMSSQLSSMS - 04
Software Engineering Intern · Aakhyaan
Sep 2023 — Apr 2024·Remote·Internship·Part-time·EdTech
- Contributed to the backend of a large-scale tutoring platform built on a serverless architecture.
- Helped implement features including live classes (Zoom SDK), resource management, and multi-level user access.
- 05
B.E. Computer Engineering, IOE Pulchowk Campus · Education
Nov 2022 — May 2026
PROJECTS
DeepDetect — Multi-Domain Deepfake Detection
ONLINEDeepfake detection system combining spatial (XceptionNet), frequency (FFT), and semantic (CLIP ViT) features in PyTorch. Includes "DeepDetect", a React Native (Expo) mobile app for media upload and AI-based analysis.
Real-Time Twitter Sentiment Analysis
ONLINEReal-time sentiment pipeline: Kafka ingestion, Spark Streaming processing, MongoDB storage, and a Django dashboard. 4-class sentiment classification with PySpark MLlib, visualized via Chart.js and Matplotlib.
Stock Prediction & Portfolio Visualization
ONLINELSTM-based web app for stock forecasting and FinBERT-based sentiment analysis of financial news. Integrates a Gemini insight engine for buy/sell/hold recommendations and a virtual portfolio module. Packaged for rapid deployment with historical data support from Mero Lagani.
SnapShort — Serverless URL Shortener & Analytics API
ONLINEServerless REST API built with FastAPI on AWS Lambda using a dual-database architecture (DynamoDB + PostgreSQL). JWT authentication, custom short codes, and background click tracking. pytest test coverage with Moto for mocked AWS services.
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