Param Thakkar
Software Engineer Intern at Quora
Mountain View, California, United States
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Top SchoolParam Thakkar is a proactive software engineer and prolific open-source contributor based in Mountain View, California, with eight years of hands-on experience building websites, apps, games, and bots. Currently interning across ML and engineering roles—including Quora (ads targeting), Databricks (incoming Summer 2026), and previous internships at Glean, Expertise.ai, Dropbase, and ZipBoard—he blends practical product work with machine learning evaluation and quality efforts. A grade 12 student-turned-polymath, he has amassed over 2,000 GitHub contributions and showcases a portfolio of public projects at param.me/projects, reflecting a rare early-career depth of delivered software. He’s a seasoned hackathon participant and winner, translating rapid prototyping instincts into production-minded internships at notable Bay Area companies. Known for curiosity-driven tinkering, Param pairs community-first open-source activity with applied ML and engineering experience that scales beyond typical student roles.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
University of Waterloo
Stackoverflow
669reputation
51kreached
3answers
16questions
Github Skills (108)
bug-tracker10
merge-request10
wordcloud10
api10
api-rest10
lists10
open-source10
hsts10
tracks10
bitly10
redirect10
reddit9
broken-links9
zero-configuration9
transcript9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
paramt/sanskrit-quotes-calendar
May 2018 - Jun 2021
A collection of daily subhASitam । सुभाषितम्
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 6 pushes in 3 years 1 month
react
paramt/go.param.me
Nov 2019 - Mar 2020
Private URL shortener for my personal links
Contributions:129 commits, 4 PRs, 111 pushes in 3 months
shortenertinyurlnodejslinksurl-shortener
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