hi, i'm shivansh.
computer engineering @ university of waterloo
prev. swe intern at baseleaf. aspiring researcher. working on reading research papers, replicating results, and building projects i actually want to build.
not just a nerd. played semi-pro soccer. music producer with over 100k+ streams. check out my vinyl room and my writing.
seeking winter 2027 internships.
experience
software engineering intern @ baseleaf
may 2026 — aug 2026
building llm-powered tooling that helps immigration professionals move through casework faster
autonomy software developer @ waterloo aerial robotics group
sept 2025 — dec 2025
optimizing autonomous navigation with enhanced computer vision and simulation-based validation
founding engineer @ stealth startup
aug 2025 — jan 2026
transforming dealership data into actionable real-time analytics at scale
software engineer fellow @ headstarter ai
jul 2024 — sept 2024
built intelligent task automation systems and optimized backend performance for real-time ai applications
writing
all writing →the language model made it worse
jul 2026
i put a free llm and a constrained beam search on top of the same emg encoder to see which recovers more typing. the llm raised error by ten points. the lever nobody was arguing about, sample rate, was worth fourteen.
a glimpse of my life
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