Sai Nagamalla — Software Engineer

Software Engineer & CS/Stats Student

Chapel Hill, NC

CS and Statistics sophomore at UNC Chapel Hill, building everything from autonomous robot swarms at NASA to full-stack web platforms. I like working at the intersection of data, systems, and real-world impact.

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Projects

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Data Science

Project Goldilocks

Designed and built interactive tools — OrbitNotes, RoguePlanets, ExoplanetsVisualizer — to analyze and visualize exoplanet habitability across 36,000+ planets using a custom Goldilocks Scoring Algorithm.

PythonStreamlitPlotlyLangChainApache Spark

Full Stack

TarHeel Eats

A full-stack nutrition recommender that delivers personalized dining suggestions for UNC students, built on a BeautifulSoup4 scraper, SQLite data pipeline, and AI-driven recommendation engine.

PythonBeautifulSoup4SQLiteNext.js

Web Platform

ProjectLink

A web platform enabling high school students to start, join, and support real-world projects — built with a Firebase Firestore backend supporting real-time collaboration for 50+ users.

Node.jsTypeScriptFirebaseNext.js

Education

University

August 2025 – May 2028

UNC Chapel Hill

B.S. in Computer Science and Statistics & Analytics, Minor in Business Administration. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

High School

Graduated June 2025

Ardrey Kell High School

Charlotte, NC. Grade: 4.6

Coursework

Relevant Coursework

Data Structures & Algorithms, Discrete Mathematics, Multivariable Calculus, Databases, Data Science

Experience

Lead Software Engineer

September 2025 – Present

NASA

Built autonomy stack for 4 UGV Beast vehicles on Jetson Orin Nano with ROS2 and CBBA task allocation. Won 1st of 40 teams at NPWEE Academy, securing $10,000 in NASA funding.

Software Engineering Intern

June – September 2025

C2S Technologies

Built ProjectLink with Node.js, TypeScript, and Firebase Firestore — sub-second read/write latency across 50+ users.

Technology Consulting Intern

June – August 2024

Accenture

Built a route optimization model in Python, SQL, and NetworkX — improved USPS delivery efficiency by 18% across 10K+ records.

Website Development Committee

August 2025 – Present

HackNC

Built and maintained the HackNC website — cut load times by 40%, serving 500+ participants.

CAT-45 Rocket Team Member

January 2026 – Present

Carolina Skylab

Designing an H-class (160–320 N·s) solid-fuel rocket engine with Python and C++ models for thrust, chamber pressure (MPa-scale), and mass flow. Engineering nozzle, casing, and propellant geometry for steel and graphite fabrication.