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HARISH

i build AI systems that hold up in production.

full-stack systems, llm orchestration, production-minded engineering.

Harish Sakthivel
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02 / who's behind this

i'm harish.

Engineer focused on AI systems, full stack delivery, and LLM workflows that behave when the traffic is real. Finishing my degree at UT Knoxville in May 2026 (Information Sciences, AI & Data concentration).

Four projects shipped end-to-end: a bounded-agent AI system, a policy-routed internal platform, an LLM-driven QA loop, and a live-data job tracker. Each one taught me a different lesson about shipping under real constraints.

based in
Nashville, TN
school
UT Knoxville
graduating
May 2026
studying
Information Sciences (AI & Data)
major gpa
3.65 / 4.0 · Information Sciences · Dean's List
currently
internships + new grad roles
03 / platforms & tools

the usual suspects.

the stack, grouped how i actually reach for it: cloud, frontend, backend, AI and quality.

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cloud & api
AWS
AWS
ECS, Fargate, Secrets Manager
Azure
Azure
DevOps, Postgres, APIs
Docker
Docker
containers everywhere
frontend
React
React
ApplyTrack, UI work
Next.js
Next.js
this site, StackGate, more
TypeScript
TypeScript
default for anything serious
Vite
Vite
ApplyTrack frontend
backend & data
Node.js
Node.js
APIs, tooling
Postgres
Postgres
relational truth
Supabase
Supabase
auth + Postgres in ApplyTrack
Prisma
Prisma
StackGate data layer
ai & quality
Claude
Claude
LLM work across Evident, StackGate, VeriFlow
Playwright
Playwright
VeriFlow browser automation
Git
Git
obviously
04 / things i've shipped

the work.

Four real builds. Each one deployed, each one taught me something I couldn't learn from tutorials.

/ 01 · Feb 2026 — Apr 2026

Evident

Evidence-grounded AI decision system

PythonClaude APIAWS ECSFargateDockerSecrets Manager
the problem

Most LLM decision systems hallucinate confidence. Evident ranks research outreach targets but refuses to answer when the evidence is too thin.

what i built
  • Hybrid pipeline: deterministic extraction → enrichment → prefilter → selective Claude evaluation. Cuts unnecessary model calls by ~60%.
  • Bounded agent loop: evaluation → adaptive retrieval → second-pass review → final decision, capped at one retrieval per run.
  • Productionized on AWS ECS / Fargate with Docker and Secrets Manager. Demo and local modes with per-run cost ceilings.
outcome

Confident rankings with explicit refusals when evidence is weak, full citation trails, and predictable cost control that stays stable under real usage.

/ 02 · Sep 2025 — Dec 2025

StackGate

AI-assisted internal developer platform

Next.js 15PrismaClaude APIAzure PostgresTypeScript
the problem

Engineers ask for infra in Slack. Tickets get lost. Approvals are messy. StackGate turns plain-English requests into validated, policy-routed tickets.

what i built
  • Risk and policy engine classifying requests into low / medium / high tiers, auto-approving safe ones, routing the rest through a role-aware approval chain.
  • A modular provisioning layer that lets providers plug in cleanly while the core workflow stays stable, with guarded Azure Postgres paths for low-risk dev requests.
  • Complete audit trail capturing every workflow event with full requester-facing transparency on routing decisions.
outcome

Infra requests go from chat noise to traceable, policy-aware tickets, with humans still in the loop where it matters.

/ 03 · Jun 2025 — Aug 2025

VeriFlow

AI-powered QA automation copilot

TypeScriptPlaywrightClaude APIAzure DevOps APINode.js
the problem

User stories live in one tool. Tests live in another. The gap between them is where coverage dies. VeriFlow closes the loop.

what i built
  • Converts user stories into executable Playwright tests, runs them in a real browser, and persists the run history.
  • Integrated Claude with Playwright to validate live web app workflows end-to-end.
  • Pulls user stories and work items directly from Azure DevOps APIs as input to test generation.
outcome

Written requirements become automated coverage. Scheduled reruns, persisted history, fewer regressions making it past CI.

/ 04 · 2025

ApplyTrack

Job application tracker with live job search

React 19TypeScriptViteSupabase AuthPostgresExpressAdzuna API
the problem

Job hunt spreadsheets break the moment you start applying seriously. ApplyTrack turns the chaos into a real workflow with live job listings baked in.

what i built
  • Live job search via Adzuna pulled through a server-side proxy — no API keys exposed in the browser.
  • Workflow tracker (saved → applied → interview → offer / rejected / withdrawn / archived) with edit-in-place that doesn't lose state.
  • Real auth via Supabase, hosted Postgres, and a demo account so you can poke around without signing up.
outcome

A focused, no-fluff job tracker that's actually pleasant to live in for months at a time.

next up

Evident is stepping out of the lab.

This rollout is built to capture real user behavior and real hiring signal from resumes, then turn that feedback into hard performance wins and measurable lift.

06 / say hi

let's talk.

Graduating May 2026. Open to internships and new-grad roles in AI systems, infra, or full-stack. Nashville-first, remote-friendly, will relocate for the right team.

LinkedIn
linkedin
harishsakthivel04
GitHub
github
@hxrish04
based in
Nashville, TN
school · Knoxville, TN
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