Fardeen Khimani 😇

Co-Founder

Atlanta, Georgia, United States5 yrs 2 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Co-founder of Rounds, enhancing interview processes.
Expert in AI and machine learning applications.
Proven track record in software engineering internships.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and AI-focused software engineer with strong expertise in machine learning and robotics.

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Skills

Core Skills

Artificial Intelligence (ai)Software TestingMachine LearningLarge Language Models (llm)RoboticsReinforcement LearningC++JavascriptWeb DevelopmentJavaCloud ComputingVirtual Reality (vr)

Other Skills

AI-usageAI/ML R&DArabicBERT (Language Model)C (Programming Language)C#Entrepreneurship DevelopmentGPT-4Google Cloud Platform (GCP)Node.jsOptimizationPostgreSQLROS2ReactReact.js

About

@KhimaniFardeen on X @rounds.so on IG Hi! I'm the co-founder of Rounds. We help companies and individuals interview better through data, AI, and custom assessments. Check it out at rounds.so! I am a graduate of Georgia Tech's BS/MS computer science program where I studied areas like machine learning, programming, and statistics and researched problems in AI planning, sensors, and virtual reality. I work in Deloitte's Applied AI Dept. focusing on transforming government work using data and automation.

Experience

Rounds.so

Co-Founder

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Find Out if a Software Engineer is Good or Not (before you hire them)
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Our Technical Assessment:
A) tests how well someone uses AI and their brain to code.
B) how well they communicate and present tech.
C) impossible to cheat on.
Call me for more info: https://calendly.com/fardeen-rounds/rounds-assessment-interest

AI-usagecommunicationcoding dataArtificial Intelligence (AI)Software Testing

Deloitte

Applied AI

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos · Nashville, Tennessee, United States · On-site

AI/ML R&D. Making the Federal Government more efficient.

AI/ML R&Ddata automationArtificial Intelligence (AI)Machine Learning

Georgia institute of technology

3 roles

AI Research Scientist

Promoted

Aug 2024 – Jan 2025 · 5 mos · Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Working on LLM Planning Agents in text environments under Dr. Fekri

Large Language Models (LLM)BERT (Language Model)GPT-4OptimizationArtificial Intelligence (AI)

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 · 1 yr · Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Head TA: CS2340 Objects and Design - Scrum master for student projects using Android Studio, Java, Unit Testing, etc.
TA: CS3790 Into to Cognitive Science - Fall 2024

Undergraduate Student Researcher Team Lead

Jan 2022 – May 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos · Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Enabled an exoskeleton to climb 7 ascent types by analyzing hip data from 22 subjects and writing embedded software using MATLAB, Raspberry Pi, C.
Developed VR AI enemies to test exo’s dodging abilities with 3 difficulty modes and human-like momentum using Unity Physics, Reinforcement Learning, C#.
As team lead, presented findings to lab of 60+ people regularly and led 3 other engineers.

Tianjin university

Graduate Student Researcher (Georgia Tech Shenzhen Institute, Tianjin University)

May 2024 – Aug 2024 · 3 mos · Shenzhen, Guangdong, China · On-site

Virtual robotics/LLM research under Dr. Fekri

Large Language Models (LLM)RoboticsReinforcement Learning

Georgia tech-europe

Graduate Student Researcher

Jan 2024 – May 2024 · 4 mos · Metz, Grand Est, France · On-site

LLM negotiation research under Dr. Pradalier

ROS2C++Robotics

Ncr corporation

Software Engineer Intern

May 2023 – Aug 2023 · 3 mos · Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Executive Leadership Award (1st / 225) – CEO personally chose project for sales use.
Building a globe that visualizes ~42,000 NCR order updates per minute around the world in real time using Google Cloud, PostgreSQL, Spring, Java, React, and more!

JavaGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Spring BootReact.jsPostgreSQLSoftware Testing+1

Tootly.org

Founder

Mar 2023 – Dec 2023 · 9 mos · Atlanta

Texting students SAT content daily using Node.js, React, Stripe, and Twilio.
Check it out at tootly.org

Node.jsReactStripeTwilioJavaScriptWeb Development

Ncr corporation

Software Engineer Intern

May 2022 – Aug 2022 · 3 mos · Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Working in the Banking Sector as a Software Engineering Intern. Architected tool for several NCR apps using MongoDB, Node JS, Perforce, SpringBoot, and Docker

Machine LearningReinforcement LearningC (Programming Language)C#UnityVirtual Reality (VR)

Cirruslabs

Software Engineer Intern

Aug 2020 – May 2021 · 9 mos · Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

Architected strategy that led to increased online sales leads by optimizing engagement
rates for different online presence models and iterated weekly with presentations to CEO.

Skipli

Marketing Intern

Mar 2020 – Jul 2020 · 4 mos · Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Created promotional videos and flyers and cold emailed/called restaurant clients.
Hired and matched sales reps to clients and system directly caused clients to join.