Rishi Kundargi
San Francisco, CA · (848) 203-4050 · rishi.kundargi@gmail.com
Education
B.S. Computer Science & Economics · GPA: 3.9
Machine Learning · Data Science · Random Processes · Graphics · Algorithms · Decentralized Finance · Game Theory · Econometrics · Financial Econ · Product Management
Cabin Manager, Cal Ski Team — competed at Nationals across 3 disciplines (team sponsored by Red Bull)
Experience
Developer Relations
March 2026 – Present- Led go-to-market content for the Chalk Compute launch — launch page, technical documentation, and runnable examples to give developers a self-serve path from first touch to active use.
- Authored technical thought-leadership content including deep-dive blogs on data drift and a public performance benchmark, establishing Chalk's voice on production ML infrastructure.
- Built Chalk's competitive intelligence and social listening practice from scratch, mapping the feature platform landscape for internal GTM and product teams.
Backend Software Engineer, Payments
Aug 2024 – Feb 2026- Resolved ~90% of incomplete payments (~500/month) and saved ~40 ops hours/month by replacing a manual credit process with an automated BAU-aligned reprocessing flow (Go, React).
- Eliminated ~$1.1B in monthly finance reconciliation breaks by implementing automated full-platform entries for funds moved manually.
- Cut payment-rail onboarding time by ~10 eng weeks with a new extensible API primitive and redirect-payment workflows; onboarded Dutch bank partners.
- Reduced stuck-payment debugging time by 40% by emitting standardized status events across all payment rails (Kafka, Ruby).
- 2nd in the Coinbase Onchain Hackathon — built a smart contract with image upload and voting to keep friends accountable (Solidity, React).
Product Management Intern, DSML – ML Platform
May – Aug 2023- Spearheaded ROI tooling saving $400K/yr by identifying ML infra inefficiencies and driving data-backed cost reduction.
- Managed cross-functional projects through user interviews, stakeholder alignment, and data analysis (Snowflake, Looker).
- Standardized feature/model deprecation process, tripling usability and adoption; drafted PRDs.
Software Development Engineer Intern, Wickr – Android
May – Aug 2022- Designed and implemented live, in-line, scalable markdown rendering of text (Kotlin).
- Collaborated with Design to create onscreen layout designs; ensured cross-platform consistency with a comprehensive unit test suite.
Undergraduate Student Instructor — Designing Information Systems
Jan 2021 – Dec 2022- Directed lab for 80 students per semester, managing 6 Academic Student Employees.
- Assessed technical projects and provided guidance (NumPy, Pandas, Python).
URAP Undergraduate Researcher, Fossil Fuel Divestment
Aug 2021 – May 2022- Analyzed economic risks of fossil fuel investments, delivering data-driven divestment insights (SQL).
- Created visualizations and models to forecast impacts (MatPlotLib, Seaborn, Excel).
Skills & Tools
Go · Ruby · Python · Kotlin · TypeScript · React · Solidity · SQL · Kafka · Snowflake · Looker · Figma · NumPy · Pandas