Yash Verma

MSCS at University of Michigan | AI Infrastructure & ML Systems | Former SWE Intern at Udemy | Published AI Researcher

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

About

I’m a senior at The University of Texas at San Antonio triple-majoring in Computer Science, Software Engineering, and Mathematics of Data & Computing. My interests now center on intelligent systems, distributed infrastructure, and the intersection of AI and distributed systems. This past summer, I worked on the Design Systems Engineering team at Udemy, where I integrated Figma MCP Server (AI) into production pipelines and helped scale React components used by millions of learners. At UTSA, I lead Rowdy Creators, a sub-organization of ACM focused on helping students build real projects and land internships. I also host Beyond the Stack, an interview series with engineering leaders that explores how technology and leadership evolve together. My long-term goal is to pursue research and graduate study in scalable AI systems: exploring how distributed infrastructure, orchestration, and agentic intelligence can work together to make computing more adaptive and human-centered.

Experience

  • The University of Texas at San Antonio (On-site)
    • Undergraduate Research Assistant
      Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

      Part of CloudSys Lab, led by Dr. Lama. More info coming soon...

    • Computer Science Tutor
      Jan 2024 - May 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos

      • Mentored 300+ students across core CS courses, including Systems Programming, Discrete Mathematics, OOP, and Software Engineering, improving understanding of algorithms, data structures, and system-level logic. • Increased assignment success rates by 25% through hands-on guidance in Java, Python, and C, emphasizing debugging strategies, version control, and best coding practices.

    • Undergraduate Research Assistant
      Jan 2024 - Apr 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Word2Vec4Kids: Interactive Challenges to Introduce Middle School Students to Word Embeddings. https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v39i28.35197

  • Association for Computing Machinery UTSA Student Chapter (San Antonio, Texas, United States · On-site)
    • Director, Rowdy Creators
      May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

      Leading Rowdy Creators, a sub-organization of ACM at UTSA focused on helping Computer Science students build real-world projects and strengthen their internship portfolios. I organize weekly workshops, speaker sessions, and collaborative development sprints that bridge the gap between coursework and industry practice. Under my leadership, Rowdy Creators has expanded participation across 7 active project teams and built a community centered on hands-on learning and professional growth.

    • Chief Technical Officer, Rowdy Creators
      Jun 2023 - May 2025 · 2 yrs

    • Public Relations Junior Officer
      Feb 2023 - May 2023 · 4 mos

  • Software Engineering Intern - Design Systems Engineering Team at Udemy
    Jun 2025 - Aug 2025 · 3 mos

  • Member at Google Devloper Student Clubs - The University of Texas at San Antonio
    Feb 2023 - Apr 2023 · 3 mos

    Attended several events like kickoff, weekly Leetcode sessions, and networking events.

  • The Scientific Teen (Part-time · 1 yr 4 mos)
    • Web Development Lead
      Jun 2021 - Jul 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

    • Web Developer
      Apr 2021 - Feb 2022 · 11 mos

      The Scientific Teen is a non-profit organization, global STEM communication organization, which is run by passionate teens from over 20 countries around the world. I've joined this organization as a Web-Developer, in which I'll be performing many renderings to our webpage in the near future to make our page look splendid day by day. Our webpage is www.thescientificteen.org.