Open to graduate & junior roles

Vedant Basavaraj Kinikar

Computer Science graduate in Melbourne, now reading a Master of Data Science at RMIT. I build with React, Node.js and REST APIs — picked up across two software internships — and spend my own time on machine learning and computer vision systems that have to run on real data.

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About

I finished a B.Tech in Computer Science at VIT Vellore and moved to Melbourne to read a Master of Data Science at RMIT, alongside an MBA in Finance at NMIMS.

Two internships taught me the unglamorous half of the job: reading someone else's ERP module before changing it, handling the edge cases nobody wrote down, and asking the questions that stop a feature being built twice. The projects below are where I go deeper — reinforcement learning on traffic signals, YOLO on a production line, smart contracts wired to an ML model.

I'm looking for a graduate or junior software engineering role in Melbourne where I can keep shipping backend and data-heavy work.

At a glance

Based in Melbourne, VIC

Currently M. Data Science, RMIT University

Strongest in Python, JavaScript, React, Node.js, SQL

Also TensorFlow, OpenCV, AWS, Docker

Looking for Graduate / junior software engineering

Certified AWS Cloud Practitioner · Google Cloud Digital Leader

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Experience

  • Oct 2025 — Jan 2026

    Software / Project Intern

    SoulSoft Infotech Pvt. Ltd. · Sangamner, India

    • Worked on web and mobile development tasks in the company's stack — React, Node.js, REST APIs and database tooling.
    • Implemented a module-level internal-dashboard feature end to end: requirement analysis, edge-case handling and integration.
    • Helped with API and cloud-environment improvements, researching performance-oriented approaches along the way.

  • Jul 2025 — Oct 2025

    Software Engineer Intern

    AiravataOne Technologies · Palghar, India

    • Built ERP modules for manufacturing clients — module design, coding and debugging under senior-developer review.
    • Turned dense system requirements into maintainable code, and proposed implementation improvements from my own research.
    • Worked across functions to pin down requirements and keep delivery predictable.
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Selected projects

Self-initiated · 4 months · Developer

Smart Adaptive Traffic Flow Optimisation

A deep-reinforcement-learning agent that retimes urban traffic signals in a simulated SUMO environment, instead of running them on a fixed cycle.

  • Trained an agent-based RL model against the simulator to optimise signal timing.
  • Processed camera feeds with OpenCV and CNNs for lane-level signals — better flow, travel time and vehicle distribution in test runs.
  • Python
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • OpenCV
  • SUMO
  • CNNs
  • TensorBoard

Skill-development project · 3 months · Developer

Factory Vision

A computer-vision pipeline for a simulated production line: defect detection, product-quality classification and workflow-stage monitoring.

  • Built the pipeline around TensorFlow, OpenCV and YOLO for real-time inference.
  • Extended it to anomaly detection, worker-safety monitoring and production-line analytics.
  • Python
  • TensorFlow
  • YOLO
  • OpenCV

VIT · 5 months · Team of 2 · Lead blockchain & ML developer

BOLT 2.0 — Blockchain Loan Prediction & Route Optimisation

A decentralised platform pairing blockchain document verification with ML-powered loan prediction, plus a logistics routing module.

  • Co-designed the platform and led the Ethereum smart-contract work for document verification.
  • Implemented route optimisation over geospatial data with Dijkstra's algorithm, supporting transparent financial and supply-chain workflows.
  • Ethereum Smart Contracts
  • Machine Learning
  • Python
  • Dijkstra's Algorithm
  • Geospatial Data
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Skills

Programming

  • Python
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • SQL

Software development

  • React
  • Node.js
  • Django
  • REST APIs
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • Docker
  • Linux

Databases & cloud

  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud

Data & AI

  • TensorFlow
  • Scikit-learn
  • OpenCV
  • YOLO
  • Machine Learning
  • Computer Vision
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Education

  • Jul 2026 — Dec 2028

    Master of Data Science

    RMIT University · Melbourne, VIC

  • 2026 — 2028

    Master of Business Administration (Finance)

    SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) · Mumbai, India · Online

  • Sep 2021 — Jul 2025

    B.Tech, Computer Science (Core)

    Vellore Institute of Technology · Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

    • CGPA 8.28 / 10
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Certifications & leadership

Certifications

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — AWS, Feb 2024
  • Google Cloud Certified – Cloud Digital Leader — Google, Jan 2024
  • CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) complete course & practice exam — Udemy, Oct 2025

Leadership

  • Technical mentor (informal peer support), VIT Vellore — 2024–2025
  • Team coordinator, academic project collaboration group — 2023–2024
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Contact

Let's talk

I'm after a graduate or junior software engineering role in Melbourne — backend, full-stack or data. Email is the fastest way to reach me.

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