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Arul
Agarwal

Building mobile-first experiences for 400M+ users. MS CS @ Northeastern. Crafting elegant solutions at the intersection of design and engineering.

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About

I'm a graduate student at Northeastern University pursuing my Master's in Computer Science, with a passion for building applications that make a real difference.

With 3+ years of professional experience at Viacom18/Disney Star, I helped build the JioCinema streaming platform serving 400M+ users. I specialize in mobile development across iOS and Android, with deep expertise in Jetpack Compose, SwiftUI, and cross-platform frameworks.

Beyond mobile, I explore AI/ML and NLP — from multilingual hate speech detection to sentiment analysis. I love combining technical depth with thoughtful design to create tools people actually want to use.

EDUCATION

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

Master of Science in Computer Science

Jan 2025 – Dec 2026 (Expected)

VELLORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science Engineering

Aug 2017 – June 2021
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IEEE PUBLICATION

Sentiment Analysis of Financial News — IEEE 12th International Conference (2020)

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COMMUNITY IMPACT

COVID-19 Relief coordinator for 500+ families

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LEADERSHIP

Vice-Chairman, Institution of Engineers (India), VIT Chapter

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TEACHING

Programming instructor for underprivileged students

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WORK_LOG

Experience

TEACHING ASSISTANT

Northeastern University
Sept 2025 – Dec 2025
Boston, US
▹Teaching assistant for the graduate course CS5010 Programming Design Paradigms
JavaDesign PatternsOOP

EXECUTIVE - ANDROID DEVELOPER

Viacom18 / Disney Star
Aug 2022 – Dec 2024
Bengaluru, India
▹Developed JioCinema streaming app using Jetpack Compose serving 400M+ users
▹Designed Custom Compose Component Library with accessibility features, reducing dev time by 25%
▹Implemented comprehensive testing infrastructure maintaining 99.9% uptime
▹Led component library design team, conducted code reviews and API documentation
KotlinJetpack ComposeAndroidAgile

GRADUATE ENGINEER TRAINEE - ANDROID

Viacom18 / Disney Star
Aug 2021 – Aug 2022
Bengaluru, India
▹Collaborated with cross-functional teams using Agile, achieving 100% sprint completion
▹Implemented new features with comprehensive test coverage and code quality standards
KotlinAndroidGitAgile

FRONTEND DEVELOPER INTERN

The Data Team
Feb 2021 – Jul 2021
Bengaluru, India
▹Developed React Native mobile applications with Jest testing suites for BPCL project
▹Created accessible web dashboards using React.js with real-time analytics
React NativeReact.jsJestJavaScript
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BUILD_LOG

Projects

FEATURED

VisionLearn

Cross-platform iOS/Android learning app for children with Cerebral Visual Impairment

▹Built with Compose Multiplatform achieving 95%+ shared code across platforms
▹Integrated Google Gemini AI for adaptive learning content generation
▹Designed accessibility-first UI with 64dp+ touch targets and TalkBack/VoiceOver support
KotlinCompose MultiplatformGemini AISQLDelightKtorKoin
Jan 2026
FEATURED

Multilingual Hate Speech Detection

Comparative study of multilingual transformers for zero-shot cross-lingual hate speech detection

▹Achieved 0.844 F1 score with MuRIL on Hindi using few-shot learning
▹17% improvement over zero-shot baseline across 50K+ samples
▹Discovered machine translation degrades detection by 20-27%
PythonPyTorchmBERTXLM-RoBERTaMuRIL
Sept – Dec 2025
FEATURED

StreetBeats

iOS app connecting street performers with audiences via real-time location-based discovery and digital tipping

▹Built with MVVM + Coordinator pattern and token-based design system (60+ components)
▹Integrated Stripe PaymentSheet for secure payments
▹Firebase for auth/Firestore with dual performer/listener flows
SwiftUIFirebaseStripeMapKit
Sept – Nov 2025
OTHER PROJECTS

ALGORITHM VISUALIZATION PLATFORM

Interactive web app for visualizing pathfinding algorithms using Boston map data

Python ·Flask ·JavaScript

STOCK MARKET TREND PREDICTION

Predictive model combining technical analysis with NLP-based sentiment analysis of financial news

Python ·TensorFlow ·Pandas ·NLP

HONEYPOT THREAT DETECTION

Network security system using honeypot servers for real-time threat prevention and intrusion detection

JavaScript ·Node.js ·Network Security

ARDUINO HAND GESTURE CONTROL

Computer control system using Arduino ultrasonic sensors to recognize hand gestures for touchless interaction

C++ ·Arduino ·Python ·Serial Communication
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TECH_MATRIX

Skills

Python
Java
JavaScript
TypeScript
Swift
Kotlin
C++
Go
Ruby
SQL
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OPEN_CHANNEL

Contact

I'm always open to discussing new opportunities, interesting projects, or just having a conversation about tech. Let's connect.

SEND TRANSMISSION
EMAIL
arulagarwal@gmail.com
GITHUB
github.com/arulagarwal
LINKEDIN
linkedin.com/in/arulagarwal
LOCATION
Boston, MA