Aru Bhoop
Lead Engineer at American Association of Variable Star Observers
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAru Bhoop is a Lead Engineer with 8 years of experience building and operating high-throughput infrastructure and end-to-end products, currently managing systems that handle 3M+ monthly requests for global researchers. He combines startup founder grit—having launched and pitched multiple ventures including a package-management startup and an immigration automation app—with hands-on engineering in modern stacks (Postgres, Redis, TypeScript, AWS) and blockchain-backed NFT systems. At AAVSO he led platform-wide transitions from authentication to research tooling, demonstrating an ability to drive cross-functional change in mission-driven organizations. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Clemson and is pursuing a Master's in Systems Engineering at UPenn, reflecting a blend of practical delivery and systems-level thinking. Notably, his projects have translated into investor interest and a Y Combinator interview, signaling both technical and product-market credibility.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Clemson UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Indian Land High SchoolMaster's degree Systems Engineering, Master's degree Systems Engineering at University of Pennsylvania
Github Skills (15)
colemak10
keyboard-layout10
layout9
keyboard9
typescript7
open-source6
webapp6
distributions6
angular5
journal5
visualization3
react3
data-visualization2
javascript1
infinity1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
aru-py/programmer-colemak
Aug 2020 - May 2022
Keyboard layout for programmers, based on Colemak
Contributions:49 commits, 2 PRs, 36 pushes in 1 year 8 months
layoutkeyboardcolemakkeyboard-layout
aru-py/student-friendships-and-majors
May 2020 - Feb 2024
Contributions:1 release, 20 pushes, 1 tag in 3 years 10 months
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