Summary
Sunim Acharya is a T-shaped AI software engineer and graduate assistant based in the San Francisco Bay Area with a decade of hands-on experience building full-stack and AI-driven systems. He has led end-to-end projects from architecting LLMOps and multi-agent playgrounds to optimizing game engines and shipping mobile and web MVPs, often improving performance and delivery timelines substantially. Comfortable across Python, TypeScript, DSPy, React, FastAPI, vector stores and playback tooling, he combines research collaboration (supporting Dr. Sathish Akula) with product-focused engineering. Sunim’s background spans startups and consultancy where he introduced offline-first syncing, load-balanced infrastructures, and automated workflows that scaled teams and reduced latency. He pairs strong engineering craft with teaching and mentoring experience—grading, reciting, and providing targeted feedback to revitalize student learning. An avid game developer by interest, he brings a creative systems mindset to AI and real-time applications.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering at Tribhuvan University
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Florida Polytechnic University
English, Nepali, Hindi