Snehil Kakani
Building intelligent systems with a focus on creating accessible user experiences. Exploring music production, photography, and video games in my free time. Published researcher, NMSC finalist, and entrepreneurial award winner.
Software Engineer, Photographer, AI Engineer, Music Producer, Full-Stack Developer, Audio Engineer
- Software and agentic infra @ Lindy
- Computer Science @ Cal Poly SLO
- Bay Area, CA
- Software engineering internships
Experience
San Francisco, CA
Lindy
Software Engineer Intern
- Built production infrastructure for Lindy's high-volume AI agent platform
- Lead engineer of Routines, enabling agents to act on schedules and real-world events
- Designed features from data model to UI, then scaled it into a managed catalog with fleet-wide rollout and extended it into workspace-wide Slack agents
- Shipped 400+ PRs over 10 weeks, owning Routines end-to-end and integrating it into Lindy Teammate, the company's biggest launch to date
San Luis Obispo, CA
Hack4Impact Cal Poly
Software Engineer
- Completed a two-month engineering bootcamp before contributing to the Paso Robles Food Co-op member portal
- Built server actions for group messaging and admin blasts with role-based auth and Zod validation
- Developed modals with member search, owner-pinned ordering, and accessibility support
San Luis Obispo, CA
CodeBox
Software Engineer
- Built navigation features for Mustang Maps, a React Native campus navigation app for Cal Poly students
- Implemented A* pathfinding and integrated it into the routing UI
- Built map layer filtering and building category matching; fixed core search and directions UX across bottom sheets and input handling
San Jose, CA
Lynbrook DevX Club
President / Vice President / Head of Frontend
- Led a 50+ member coding club, directing full-stack project development and delivering weekly technical workshops on TypeScript, Next.js, and system design
- Expanded club scope to support member-led passion projects, enabling students to ideate, build, and ship their own software
- Organized hackathons and collaborative sprints, growing active participation year over year
Remote
Various Organizations
Freelance Website Developer
- Built and deployed responsive websites for clients including EuclidLearn and Care for Our Common Home using Next.js and Tailwind CSS
- Managed full project lifecycle for paid and pro bono engagements, including post-launch support and feature iterations
- Delivered across education, nonprofit, and local business sectors from initial scoping through long-term maintenance