ISHAN MALHOTRA // PORTFOLIO

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Welcome to my portfolio terminal.

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Founding Engineer @ WithCoverage · prev. Palantir Technologies

B.S. Computer Science, University of Chicago · GPA 3.8/4.0

Available commands:

about - Learn more about me
experience - Work history
projects - View my work
contact - Get in touch
clear - Clear terminal

// tree ~/ishan

ishan@portfolio
├── role ............. Founding Engineer @ WithCoverage
├── background ....... New Delhi → New York
│
├── education
│   ├── school ....... University of Chicago
│   └── degree ....... B.S. Computer Science
│
└── interests
    └── Crew  ·  Badminton  ·  Mixing music  ·  Travelling

// ps aux | grep ishan

COMPANY ROLE PERIOD STATUS

WithCoverage Founding Engineer 2026–now ● active

Early engineer at an AI-powered risk management platform replacing commission-based insurance brokers with flat-fee + AI analysis
Backed by Sequoia & Khosla Ventures ($42M Series B, Jan 2026); 700+ companies including GoPuff and Eight Sleep

Palantir Technologies Fwd Deployed SWE 2023–2026 ○ prev

Built AI-powered search for automotive manufacturing using LLMs, image embeddings & knowledge graphs — reduced search time by 70%
Developed LLM-based ETL tools automating schema discovery and legacy data migration
Engineered offline-first React + Foundry apps using Service Workers & IndexedDB for car technicians in low-connectivity environments
Scoped AI use cases across automotive and healthcare clients; led end-to-end pilots

Coda.io → Grammarly Infrastructure Intern 2022 ○ prev

Built a custom Kubernetes HPA to scale Browserless pods on real-time queue length — improved response times by 40% under peak load
Deployed a metrics pipeline using Express.js, Prometheus, and Helm for custom autoscaling metrics
Collaborated with SREs on-call; resolved incidents via Sumologic and Grafana

Dori Inc Software Dev Intern 2021 ○ prev

Built a Python Flask server loading files from S3 and running inference on image/video data
Integrated with a React computer-vision web app; annotated datasets and benchmarked object detection models using CVAT

DeepSkies Lab Research Assistant 2020 ○ prev

Designed a Reinforcement Learning model to automate sky-surveying for a self-driving telescope
Deployed an RL agent to find the equatorial surface of the sky

Pluto.click Founder & CEO 2015–2020 ○ prev

Prototyped & patented a low-cost agri-tech device to remotely control water pumps via Arduino and embedded C
Sold 700 units across 5 states; won national awards; selected as Ashoka Youth Venturer (April 2018)

// ls ~/projects/

Pluto – IoT for Farmers

2015–2020

Agri-tech device to remotely control water pumps. Sold 700 units, won national awards, Ashoka Youth Venturer.

→ pluto.click → TEDx Talk

Arduino IoT Embedded C

AI Chess App

2024

Interactive chess application with AI opponent. Built with React, Next.js, deployed on Vercel.

→ Play Now

React Next.js AI

Ride-Vide

2020–2022

Ride-sharing platform for UChicago students to split airport transportation costs. Connected 200+ students.

→ GitHub

React Node.js Socket.io

Parkinson-free

2018

Gesture recognition software for Parkinson's therapy using OpenCV. Published research paper.

→ Research Paper (IJRESM 2018)

Python OpenCV Computer Vision

Secrets – Sentiment Analysis

2020

Analyzed sentiment from 1500+ posts on college confession pages using NLP and Google Cloud API.

Python NLP Google Cloud

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I'm always open to discussing new projects, creative ideas, or opportunities.

Feel free to reach out through any of the channels below:

→ email: ishan710@gmail.com → phone: 773-383-7518 → github: github.com/ishan710 → linkedin: linkedin.com/in/ishan--malhotra

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