📍 India | Software Engineer | Ex-Microsoft SWE Intern
📧 Email: tusharbhardwaj2617@gmail.com | 🌐 Portfolio: minianon.in

I build things I wish existed — from AI products and developer tools to resources that help people break into tech.

• Microsoft — Software Engineer Intern · GitHub
  Built distributed Kubernetes systems, including a sharded controller using consistent hashing for scalable workload distribution.

• Vitti Capital — Python Developer · GitHub
  Building trading infrastructure, automation, real-time systems, and internal platforms for financial operations.

• Weaave — Visual AI workflow builder for designing and running AI-powered automations
• ShortlistMe — AI-powered platform that turns resumes into personalized portfolio websites
• HireLens — AI-powered resume screening with candidate scoring and ranking
• MiniLink — Simple link-in-bio platform for creating and sharing personal pages
• MiniMock — Instant chat, social media, and AI mockup generator
• PulseAI Prep — AI-powered interview preparation with mock interviews and personalized feedback
• MiniRizz — AI wingman for crafting better replies and conversations
• AnonBeats — Personal, ad-free music player for uploading, organizing, and streaming tracks
• Canvas Editor — Minimal 2D canvas editor with instant cloud persistence
• Maze Solver — Interactive maze generator and solver with multiple algorithms

• Mentoring — Helping 500+ developers through Topmate
• Community — Built Mini Anon Job Alerts, now 3K+ students strong
• Writing — Sharing engineering lessons, interview experiences, and things I learn on Medium
• Building — Constantly experimenting with AI products, developer tools, and ideas that I think should exist

☕ Buy me a chai — If something I built or shared helped you, a chai keeps me building. ❤️

• How I Secured a Microsoft Software Engineer Internship (2025)
• Stripe Technical Team Screen Interview Experience
• CRED Backend Intern: Machine Coding Round Interview Experience
• Inside Eightfold.ai’s Agentic AI Internship Hiring Process (2026)
• Optum Data Engineering Interview Experience (Mumbai)
• Trilogy Innovations Winter Internship 2026: On-Campus Interview Experience

More writing on → Medium

• System Design - designing systems at scale and preparing for system design interviews
• Operating Systems (1Shot-OS) - OS fundamentals distilled for quick revision
• Database Systems (1Shot-DBMS) - DBMS concepts for interview preparation
• Computer Networks (1Shot-CN) - networking essentials in a one-shot format
• SQL (1Shot-SQL) - SQL concepts and patterns for interviews
• Object-Oriented Programming (1Shot-OOPS) - OOPS revision with C++ examples
• Most Common HR Interview Questions - behavioral questions and structured answers
• Resources for Senior Software Engineers - expectations, preparation, and growth
• LeetCode Questions (Company-wise) - curated problems by company
• GitHub Basics - practical Git & GitHub essentials

• Microsoft SWE Intern — Selected through an off-campus process
• Featured 3× on Times Square for developer mentorship
• Built a 26K+ LinkedIn audience and ranked among the Top 0.1% mentors on Topmate
• Hackathon wins: SaaS Market Competition · Vibeathon
• LeetCode: Top 14,100 globally · 1,300+ problems · 1,000+ day streak
• Published a patent and had Edu Hub accepted at 2 academic conferences

• Turn Your Resume Into a Live Portfolio (With Analytics) | ShortlistMe - ShortlistMe walkthrough of generating, customizing, and sharing a portfolio directly from a resume.
• Built a Better Linktree | MiniLink - MiniLink walkthrough, why it’s simpler to use, and the features it offers.

"Small steps, every day" - I build tools to solve my own problems, then share them with the world. Currently exploring how AI changes everything about software development.