Pramish Pandey

Research Software Engineer • Applied AI Fellow

Data Engineer at the School of Polymer Science & Engineering (USM), architecting Django-React systems and automated ETL workflows that process 50,000+ records. Focusing on scalable software architectures, zero-trust data governance, and practical applied AI solutions.

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Background

Engineering at the Intersection of AI & Systems

Bridging academic research and production software with deterministic engineering, data isolation, and machine learning pipelines.

I currently serve as a Data Engineer and Full Stack Developer at The University of Southern Mississippi's School of Polymer Science & Engineering. My work centers on architecting resilient data pipelines, designing PostgreSQL enterprise schemas, and deploying full-stack web platforms using Django and React.

Simultaneously, I am an AI4ALL Ignite Fellow building bias-audited machine learning pipelines on 24.9M CDC Natality records, and an AI Innovation Hub Fellow with the Mississippi Dept. of Information Technology Services, where I architected a serverless AWS pipeline for automated transcript verification. As a Computer Science student, I maintain a 4.0 GPA and have earned the President's List for five consecutive semesters.

Whether building cross-platform C++ microscopy apps (PolyVision) or human-in-the-loop AI validation engines for state agencies, I focus on minimal blast radius, rock-solid security (PII/PHI), and intuitive user experience.

Pramish Pandey Profile
50,000+
Records Synthesized
Automated ETL & research data pipelines
97%
Upload Time Reduction
Bulk processing optimization for scientists
4.0/4.0
Academic GPA
5x Consecutive President's List Honoree
2x
AI Research Fellowships
AI4ALL Ignite & MS AI Innovation Hub
Track Record

Experience & Research Fellowships

Delivering high-impact data systems, applied AI prototypes, and academic mentoring.

Data Engineer & Full Stack Developer

Sept 2025 – Present
School of Polymer Science & Engineering, The University of Southern Mississippi
Manage enterprise data models and automated ETL workflows using Python and SQL to query, clean, and synthesize 50,000+ records into a custom research database.
Built and deployed a full-stack Django backend, React frontend, and PostgreSQL stack on GCP (with Firebase Hosting) giving collaborators shared, sample-level access, cutting research data sorting and retrieval time by 90%.
Built Python data pipelines and Google Cloud Storage integrations to ingest, annotate, and synthesize 50,000+ raw research files across 20+ active laboratory studies, forming the basis of a manuscript currently in preparation.
Live Production Platform: polymermorphology.org
Python Django React PostgreSQL ETL GCP Plotly.js

AI4ALL Ignite Fellow

Jan 2026 – Present
AI4ALL
Engineered an end-to-end Python machine learning pipeline to process 24.9 million CDC Natality records, optimizing XGBoost and deep learning architectures (TabNet) on a 3-million-row stratified sample to predict preterm births.
Audited and mitigated bias across 3 targeted fairness metrics using SHAP and g-computation, testing disparity hypotheses with bounded confidence intervals, and deploying a Streamlit dashboard for responsible AI auditing.
XGBoost TabNet SHAP Streamlit Python

AI Innovation Hub Fellow (Backend Developer)

Feb 2026 – May 2026
Mississippi Dept. of Information Technology Services
Architected a serverless AWS Step Functions pipeline orchestrating API Gateway and Lambda to automate PDF transcript processing, extracting 16 structured academic fields via Amazon Textract and Bedrock Nova Pro.
Engineered an 18-rule deterministic Python verification engine combined with Bedrock AI analysis to evaluate synthetic records, automatically flagging academic anomalies and fraud indicators for human review.
Developed a React single-page application with append-only audit logging for AI decisions and tailored a validated proof of concept for the Mississippi State Board of Nursing by assessing their needs in weekly standup meetings.
AWS Step Functions Amazon Textract Bedrock Nova Pro Lambda React

Learning Assistant — College Algebra Support

Aug 2025 – Dec 2025
Center for Faculty Development, USM
Mentored 150+ students across multiple STEM disciplines to reinforce mathematical logic and analytical problem-solving skills.
Coordinated in weekly pedagogical strategy sessions with university faculty to improve retention and comprehension.
Mentorship Mathematical Logic STEM Pedagogy
Academics

Education & Honors

Rigorous foundational and applied computer science curriculum with continuous 4.0 academic distinction.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Jan 2024 – Expected May 2027
The University of Southern Mississippi

Coursework: Database Management Systems, Machine Learning & Intro to AI, Object-Oriented Programming, Data Structures & Algorithms, Computer Systems, Operating Systems, Secure Software Development, Computer Networks, Linear Algebra, Probability & Statistics, Data Governance Concepts.

GPA: 4.0 / 4.0 President's List (5 Consecutive Semesters) Academic Excellence Scholarship (Full Tuition)

Cambridge AS & A Levels

Aug 2020 – Aug 2022
Xavier International College

Coursework: Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, English.

GPA: 4.0 / 4.0 Computer Science Distinction
Research Output

Publications

Manuscripts and research output arising from platform and pipeline engineering work.

A Centralized Data Platform Enabling Collaborative, Sample-Level Access for Polymer Morphology Research

In Preparation
Pandey, P., et al. — School of Polymer Science & Engineering, The University of Southern Mississippi
Documents the design and impact of the Django/React/GCP research data platform built to give collaborators shared, sample-level access across 20+ active laboratory studies.
Portfolio

Featured Research & Engineering Projects

Applied AI pipelines, high-throughput desktop vision software, and scalable web platforms.

Beyond Engineering

Leadership & Entrepreneurship

Building ventures and organizations alongside academic and research work.

Co-Founder

Jan 2026 – Present
Clean-Slate, Guided Expungement Platform
Co-founded an automated legal-document platform that guides eligible individuals through the criminal record expungement process.
Led technical and non-technical stakeholder presentations and raised $1,500 in non-dilutive funding, including $1,000 from the Hult Prize Campus Final and $500 from Checkpoint for product R&D.

Treasurer

Fall 2026 – Present
USM Entrepreneurship Society
Manage the organization's budget and financial planning in support of student entrepreneurship programming and events.
Creative

Photography & Visual Storytelling

Capturing portraits, events, and university life through high-contrast cinematic visual narratives.

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Capabilities

Technical Proficiency & Stack

Core languages, machine learning frameworks, distributed infrastructure, and engineering standards.

Languages

Python C++ (C++20) TypeScript Go C SQL (PostgreSQL) JavaScript HTML5 / CSS3

AI, ML & Frameworks

PyTorch XGBoost Hugging Face SHAP LangChain OpenCV React / Next.js Django / FastAPI pandas & NumPy Plotly / Recharts

Cloud, Systems & DevOps

AWS (Step Functions/Textract/Bedrock) Google Cloud Platform Firebase Docker Kubernetes Git & GitHub Actions Neon & Supabase Row Level Security (RLS) Postman / pytest

Core Engineering Competencies

Data Governance (PII/PHI) Automated ETL Pipelines System Architecture OOP & Design Patterns Data Structures & Algorithms Cross-Functional Collaboration
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Open to Research Software Engineering roles, applied AI collaborations, and technical partnerships.

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