Pranay Joshi

01 / About

Shipping since 2018

Hi, I'm

Pranay Joshi

I build backend systems and AI tools.

Neurotech, genomics, and robotics are part of the work. The software has to handle biological data, and the robotics projects have to work alongside the hardware.

Entrepreneurship

AcceptedHumans2Machines

Technical Index

Programming

  • Golang
  • Python
  • TypeScript/JavaScript
  • SQL
  • C/C++
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Node.js
  • FastAPI
  • GraphQL
  • gRPC

AI & Backend

  • AI Agents
  • LangGraph
  • LangChain
  • RAG
  • Harness Engineering
  • LLM Evaluation
  • MCP
  • Vector DBs

Cloud & Infra

  • AWS
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Kafka
  • Redis
  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • Git
  • Linux
  • GCP

Education

The University of Alabama

'23 - '27

B.S. Computer Science · Minor in Robotics

GPA 4.00/4.00

Achievements

  • Google Summer of CodePostman · Open Source
  • Google Code-in WinnerOpen Source · Global
  • ACM ICPC FinalistCompetitive Programming
  • 4x President's ListUniversity Honors & Emerging Scholar
  • 4x Hackathon WinnerMindBeats · EEG + AI

02 / Projects

Ideas, shipped in code.

01 / Founder

Find Research Labs

A place for students and researchers to find each other. Compare a lab’s questions, people, and open roles, then take the next step with that context in view.

ResearchMatchingLabsDiscovery

03 / Builder

Physlint

Local checks for robot-learning data. Physlint catches broken recordings before they reach training, then writes a CI report with a stable exit code.

GitHub
PythonRoboticsLeRobotMCAPCLI

04 / Winner, UGAHacks

MindBeats

EEG-based music recommendation system that utilizes real-time brain signals and emotion detection via custom CNN model to generate playlist recommendations.

PythonTensorFlowStreamlitOpenAI APIEEGCNN

05 / Builder

The Game Factory

Describe a game or sketch a level, and it becomes something you can play in the browser. Agents build it, then you can remix it and share it.

TypeScriptPythonPhaserFastAPIAI

06 / Winner HackUGA 11

Lifeline

AI-powered second responder that eliminates busy signals during emergencies — ultra-low-latency voice agent in 29+ languages with intelligent dispatch escalation.

TwilioGeminiElevenLabsNode.jsNext.jsWebSockets

03 / Experience

Roles, and the work that shipped.

Birmingham, ALJun 2026 — Present

Shipt

Backend & AI Engineer Intern

Marketplace · Search · Payments

Now

Architected

AI Coding Agent Harness

MCP

Powered

E-commerce Search

GenAI

Shipped

AI Cart Builder

Live

GoLLMsRAGAgentsHarness

04 / Research

Physiological computing for learning and robotics.

May 2024

PhysioBots: Engaging K-12 Students with Physiological Computing and Robotics

CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI EA '24)

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AuthorsMyles Lewis, Pranay Joshi, Wesley Cade Junkins, Vincent Ingram, Chris S. Crawford

DOI10.1145/3706599.3720106

Physiological computing, which involves using physiological signals to control technology, has the potential to engage K-12 students in computing education. PhysioBots combines physiological computing with robotics to engage K-12 students in computing education while fostering creativity and problem-solving skills.

Physiological ComputingRoboticsK-12 EducationEEGEMGHuman-Computer InteractionSTEM Education

05 / Let's Talk

Open to projects, opportunities, and collaborations.

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