MS CS · August 2026 · 4.0 GPAMulti-sport athlete

Hi, I'm Srujan

Software Engineer

I build across the stack — production systems at 2M+ req/day, system design under real load, and networks coursework (TCP/IP, BGP/OSPF) that informs how I think about services. Shipped JobHuntOS, CampfireChai, and AlgoChronicle. MS CS at 4.0, graduating Aug 2026.

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MS CS · August 2026 · 4.0 GPAMulti-sport athlete

Srujan Chidarla

MS CS (Aug 2026, 4.0 GPA) — system design, computer networks, and production AI systems at 2M+ req/day.

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How I work

Built in production, shipped for people

Full-stack development, system design, and networking — shown through work, not job titles.

At scale

System design in production

Architecture · reliability · performance

At Cognizant I contributed to Spring Boot microservices at 2M+ requests/day and 99.9% uptime — optimizing a hot-path query from P99 ~250ms to ~50ms and learning what reliability under load actually requires.

2M+ req/day99.9% uptimeP99 optimizationMicroservices

End to end

Full-stack products shipped

UI · API · data · deploy

CampfireChai, JobHuntOS, AlgoChronicle, and StudyGlobal — complete UIs, APIs, data models, and deploys I own. WalletGyde internship: 35% engagement ↑ and 40% faster transactions while finishing my Master's.

6 featured appsChrome Web StoreLive on VercelReal-time systems

How systems connect

Networking & systems depth

TCP/IP · routing · CI/CD · cloud

MS coursework in computer networks (TCP/IP, BGP/OSPF) plus production infra work — Docker/CI at Cognizant, AlgoChronicle's push-to-publish pipeline, and thinking about how services talk, fail, and recover.

TCP/IP · BGP/OSPFGitHub ActionsDocker / CIAzure DevOps

Work history

Experience that grounds the degree

Production engineering at Cognizant, then a fintech internship during my MS — the work that sits behind the degree.

Shipped a fintech platform during my Master's — 35% engagement ↑

35% Engagement ↑ · 40% Speed ↑ · Recent production ship

Production foundation — contributed on systems at 2M+ req/day, 99.9% uptime

2M+ Daily Requests · 99.9% Uptime · Production foundation

Education

University of FairfaxAug 2024 – Aug 2026 (Expected)
Master of Science in Computer Science
GPA 4.0/4.0 · Shipping CampfireChai, JobHuntOS, and Neocortex while studying · Fairfax, VA
VNR VJIETAug 2018 – Aug 2021
B.Tech, Information Technology
GPA 3.8/4.0 · Graduated with Honors · Hyderabad, India

Selected work

Products with real decisions behind them

Four projects first: the problem, what I built, the trade-offs I learned from, and a working demo or source link. Two additional projects are available below.

AI · Chrome Extension

JobHuntOS

First product in the Chrome Web Store

My roleSolo engineer · extension, LLM routing, and product delivery

Live on Chrome Web Store

The problem

Job applications take hours — tailoring resumes, fighting ATS forms, hunting recruiters.

What I built

MV3 Chrome extension with BYOK LLM routing, streaming fit analysis, resume export, and smart autofill.

What I learned

Browser extension architecture (MV3), streaming APIs, and shipping a product strangers actually install. Small scope, real users.

Interview prep · live feed

Daily DSA practice

Solve → push to dsa-problems → Auto-publish on AlgoChronicle. Consistency recruiters can verify.

Latest solved

Day 32

Odd and Even Sum

Smart Interviews (Hive) · Easy · Linear Scan + Modulo

2streak

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Recent log

D31
Number DistributionSmart Interviews (Hive) · Easy · Counting + Conditionals
D30
Max Element in ArraySmart Interviews (Hive) · Easy · Linear Scan
D29
Find Duplicate Number 👥Practice
D28
The Missing Number Challenge 🧩Practice

Open AlgoChronicle Source repo

Technical foundation

Tools I actually use

Honest levels — ready to deepen in production, not pretending expertise I haven't earned.

Java / Spring BootStrong

4+ yrs learning · Cognizant · 2M+ req/day foundation

Node.js / ExpressStrong

3+ yrs learning · CampfireChai · JobHuntOS APIs

Python / FastAPIComfortable

Learning · Neocortex agent backend

Credentials

Certifications that signal learning

Featured credentials across cloud, AI, and full-stack — 19 total with links to verify.

Tech notes

Writing that keeps me sharp

Short LinkedIn takes plus a longer essay on system design in the AI era — how architecture evolved, and why it still matters when I ship.

Featured essay

System Design in the AI Era

From monoliths to microservices to LLM-aware platforms — why system design still matters for new grads shipping real products, and how I apply it in CampfireChai, JobHuntOS, and production work.

Jul 13, 20266 min read

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Interactive architecture inside →

Aug 22, 2026NetworkingSystem Design

TCP backpressure taught me more about microservices than most blog posts

Computer networks coursework (congestion control, flow control, BGP/OSPF) maps cleanly onto service design: queues, rate limits, circuit breakers, and why P99 latency matters when the pipe fills up.

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Jul 8, 2026AIAgents

Why multi-agent systems are leaving the demo phase

A short take on how agent orchestration is moving from toy demos into real product workflows — and what that means for full-stack engineers learning AI tooling.

Read on LinkedIn

Jun 24, 2026Next.jsPerformance

What Next.js performance work actually looks like in production

Caching, image strategy, and shipping less JavaScript — practical notes from building recruiter-facing apps where first load still matters.

Read on LinkedIn

Off the field

Athlete discipline

Track, gym, and multi-sport training — the same consistency that shows up as 99.9% uptime thinking, long-running AI side projects, and finishing products end-to-end.

HandballTrack & FieldVolleyballBadmintonBasketballCricketFootballRelay