manas mhasakar

Manas Mhasakar

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Actively seeking full-time software engineering opportunities for 2025. Contact me here!

I'm a Master’s student in Computer Science at Georgia Tech with a strong interest in building robust backend and full-stack systems. Most recently, I interned at Meta on the Account Access team, where I worked on streamlining authentication flows and improving infrastructure that supports secure login experiences across multiple apps.

Previously, I was a Research Fellow at Microsoft Research, where I contributed to LLM-powered applications, including building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems using GPT-4 and LlamaIndex. I also developed orchestration logic to improve efficiency in real-world deployments.

I completed my undergraduate degree in Computer Science from BITS Pilani, Goa. During that time, I interned at SuperPe, Dezerv, ServiceNow, and Coulomb.AI, where I focused on backend development, designing APIs, optimizing system performance, and working with frameworks like Django, Golang, and FastAPI.

Outside of work, I enjoy Indian classical music, table tennis, and detective fiction.

Education

Publications

  1. KumuConnect: Designing Culturally Responsive LLM-Powered Teacher Tools
    — Link
    Authors: Manas Mhasakar, Rachel Baker-Ramos, Benjamin Carter, Evyn-Bree Helekahi-Kaiwi, Josiah Hester.
    ACM CHI 2025 — Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  2. Comuniqa: Exploring Large Language Models for Improving Speaking Skills — Link
    Authors: Manas Mhasakar, Shikhar Sharma, Apurv Mehra, Utkarsh Venaik, Ujjwal Singhal, Dhruv Kumar, Kashish Mittal.
    ACM COMPASS 2024

Work Experience

  1. Meta — Software Engineering Intern, May 2025 – Aug 2025
    Core login infrastructure, unified auth challenges, notification framework across apps.
  2. Microsoft Research — Research & Software Fellow, Jul 2023 – Aug 2024
    Built RAG systems, orchestrators, and backend infra for LLM-powered applications.
  3. SuperPe — Backend Intern, Jan 2023 – Jun 2023
    Scaled Django/FastAPI systems to 50K+ transactions/day; implemented credit risk logic.
  4. Dezerv — Backend Intern, Sep 2022 – Dec 2022
    Built Golang-based APIs and automated onboarding/verification flows.
  5. ServiceNow — Software Intern, May 2022 – Jul 2022
  6. Coulomb.AI — Backend Intern, Nov 2021 – Apr 2022

Projects

  1. KumuConnect — Aug 2024 – Present
    Leading engineering efforts at Moamoa Lab, Georgia Tech to support Hawaiian Immersion educators via an LLM-powered curriculum builder.
  2. AutoVal — Report
    Built an evaluation automation pipeline using KLEE (symbolic execution) and CBMC (bounded model checking) for C/C++ programs.
  3. Theorem Proving with Coq
    Formalized geometric algorithms using hypermaps and constructive proofs in Coq.

Technical Skills