Aswakth Balaji

About

Computer Science and Engineering student at NIT Tiruchirappalli with experience as a Software Engineer Intern at Microsoft. Built projects in full-stack development, privacy detection, and repository automation, and has additional leadership and design involvement in student groups.

Experience

• Software Engineer Intern
  Microsoft
  May 2026 – Jul 2026

  Onboarded Quota Groups to the Resource Capacity Manager (RCM) and resolved scale-out failures, enabling real-time quota transfers between subscriptions. Designed and implemented production-ready features within an existing large-scale codebase, validated through unit and integration testing. Deployed and tested solutions across local and Azure-hosted environments, collaborating with the engineering team on task planning and status communication.

Education

• 2027 NI
  B.Tech

  National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

  Computer Science and Engineering · Aug 2023 – May 2027

  Computer Science and Engineering · Aug 2023 – May 2027

Skills

Tools / apps / platforms

Projects

• Redact IQ
  Python, spaCy, React, TypeScript

  Built a privacy risk detection tool using a custom spaCy NER model to identify Personally Identifiable Information (PII) across text and document files. Supported PDF, DOCX, CSV, TXT, JSON, HTML, and image (OCR) formats using a hybrid regex + AI-driven NER detection approach.

• Consent Chain
  React, Node.js, Prisma, PostgreSQL

  Developed a full-stack middleware system enforcing consent-based control over access to cloud-hosted files, with Google OAuth and JWT-based session management. Implemented real-time grant/revoke access workflows with consent expiry, audit logging, and interactive dashboards for access-pattern visualization.

• CodeGuard
  Python, Embeddings, Similarity Search

  Built an agentic repository maintenance system for Python projects that scans codebases, retrieves context using embeddings, and executes maintenance workflows (linting, testing, code inspection). Designed a modular architecture spanning repository indexing, workflow orchestration, and skill-based execution to automate issue triage and health checks.

⚽ Extracurricular activities

• Networks Researcher, Spider R&D

  Researched core networking concepts (OSI model, packet transmission, protocols) with hands-on exposure to network simulation using GNS3 and Cisco Packet Tracer.

• Graphic Designer, Graphique

  Designed posters and digital creatives for institute-level fests (Pragyan, Festember), maintaining brand consistency under tight deadlines.