Hi, I'm
Raghav Apoorv
Fullstack builder who ships. Software systems, ML products, and product engineering — from zero to production.
About
A bit about me
I'm a fullstack builder who ships — software systems, ML products, and product engineering from idea to production. At Uber I build the platforms and models behind competitive market intelligence. At Zomato I went from engineer to tech lead, owning chat infrastructure that scaled to millions. At Georgia Tech I built Examinator, a research tool that's processed over 2M exam submissions. I gravitate toward hard problems with real users: AI tooling, health-tech, hiring platforms, and learning systems. Outside of building, I'm passionate about giving back — whether it's mentoring early-career engineers, judging hackathons, or just having honest conversations about navigating tech careers. If you're figuring things out, I'm always happy to chat.
Featured In
Education
Where I studied
Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S. Computer Science (4.0) · Certificate in Management of Technology
AI, ML, Computer Vision, NLP, Product Development · May 2021
Delhi Technological University
B.Tech. Mathematics and Computing (3.91)
Convenor, Technical Council · Chairperson, IEEE Student Body · 2013–2017
Experience
Where I've worked
Uber
Senior Software Engineer
Built CI/CD and parity workflows for metric generation—99.9% deployment reliability. Led the competitive metric modeling library that cut dev time in half and runtime by two-thirds. Built ML models predicting rider-to-eats conversion and driver behavior. Designed a Spark/Hive data platform for driver analytics and migrated legacy Presto pipelines to Spark.
Georgia Tech
Research Scientist
Led plagiarism and cheating detection for CS6601 (Artificial Intelligence) for nine terms. With Prof. Thad Starner and the Jack Watson Research Group, developed Examinator—a tool that detects cheating in take-home and online exams, reviewing 2M+ submission pairs and resulting in 56+ referrals. Supported 2000+ students via Ed and office hours. Received a Thank a Teacher Award.
Zomato
Software Engineer → Tech Lead Manager
Joined as a software engineer and was quickly promoted to Tech Lead Manager. Owned the design and delivery of an in-house chat platform (Golang, SQS, Redis, MySQL) that replaced a third-party tool and scaled to 60× the previous load—managed a team building React Native SDKs for Android and iOS, a 500+ agent management system, and a decision-tree chatbot that cut support queries by 60%. Led the monolith-to-microservices migration in Go, driving architecture decisions and coordinating across teams. Owned digital ads targeting, leveraging data science models to save ~$500K monthly, and led growth initiatives that increased the user base 10% month over month.
Greplr
Co-Founder
Built a hyperlocal super-aggregator that combined cab services, restaurants, flights, and e-commerce price comparison into one app. The core technology was acquired and used by Micromax in their "Around YU" product.
Citigroup
Software Engineer Intern
Improved the regulatory stress testing system, reducing runtime by ~30%. Built a tool in Java to migrate projects from Ant to Maven and worked on migrating the code repository from SVN to Git.
Projects
Things I've built
Examinator
Cheating detection in online exams using answer rarity and timing analysis. 3 publications at ACM Learning @ Scale (2020, 2023, 2024). Processed 2M+ submissions, 56+ referrals, 52 convictions. Featured by Georgia Tech GVU Center.
Fake Yelp Reviews & QA
Ensemble model (CNN, gradient boosting, BERT) for fake review detection (~88% accuracy) and a BERT-based QA pipeline over reviews.
Byldafarm
Precision agriculture Android app: crop-mix recommendations from ~20 years of data, Bluetooth-controlled irrigation, soil sensors, and a data pipeline. Featured in Hindustan Times.
Greplr — Super Aggregator
Co-founded a hyperlocal super-aggregator combining cabs, restaurants, flights, and e-commerce price comparison into one app. Core technology acquired by Micromax for their "Around YU" product.
Patents & Publications
Research output
Smart Attendance Management System and Method
Patent IN 201611040048 · IEEE TENCON 2016 — BLE-based attendance with Android app. Presented at the Rashtrapati Bhavan to the President of India. 51 citations
Cheating detection and advanced outcome analysis for online exams
PCT/US2023/081567 — International patent for web-based exam integrity analysis. 2023
Examinator: A Plagiarism Detection Tool for Take-Home Exams
Learning @ Scale 2020 — Compared 2M+ exam pairs since Spring 2019; 56 cases referred for discipline. GVU Coverage · 13 citations
Examinator v3.0: Cheating Detection in Online Take-Home Exams
Learning @ Scale 2023 — Analyzed 915,831 submission pairs across three courses; identified 46 instances of cheating. 7 citations
Examinator v4.0: Cheating Detection in Online Take-Home Exams
Learning @ Scale 2024 — Analyzed 7,683 submissions from 1,923 students; 52 academic misconduct convictions.
Skills
What I work with
Languages
Frontend
Backend & Data
ML & Tools
Awards & Leadership
Recognition
Code for India Hackathon (Google) — 1,000+ participants. Chief guests: Google CEO Sundar Pichai and PM Narendra Modi. International hackathon organized at Google HQ.
Geekfest Hackathon (IBM & NIC) — 500+ participants. Featured in Hindustan Times.
India–UK Tech Summit Hackathon (Barclays) — 300+ participants. Chief guests: PM Narendra Modi and PM Theresa May.
Build for India Hackathon (Paytm) — 500+ participants. Offline-to-offline payments via near ultrasonic waves.
Envision Hackathon (IEEE) — 300+ participants
HackDelhi (91Springboard) — 200+ participants. Beacon-based metro crowd density app.
GSF Hacks (Hindustan Times & GSK Accelerator) — 300+ participants. Speech-to-text registration form.
coDelhi Hackathon (IEEE) — 300+ participants
Blydathon (IIIT Delhi) — 250+ participants
Thank a Teacher Award, Georgia Tech — for excellence teaching CS6601 (Artificial Intelligence)
Dr JK Pal Memorial Best Student Award, IEEE Delhi Section — awarded to one student per IEEE branch for 4 years of dedication
Richard E. Merwin Scholarship, IEEE Computer Society — recognizing student volunteer leaders worldwide (40 recipients/year)
Hackathon Judge — Vihaan (2018, 2019, 2020), Scaler OpenQuest Open Source Hackathon
VP Events, GSGA, Georgia Tech (2020–21) — ran first remote New Student Convocation for 7,000+ graduate students
Co-Founder, TeamOSC · Chairperson, IEEE Student Body · Convenor, Technical Council, DTU