Hi, I'm

Dhruv Pharasi

Building intelligent systems at the intersection of data and software.

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About Me

  • CS Graduate, The University of Manchester — First Class Honours
  • Graduate Software Engineer @ Nationwide — AI-driven process automation & productivity
  • Skills in Agentic AI, LLM engineering & multi-agent workflows
  • Building with Claude Code, LLM APIs & cloud-native tools
  • AWS & Azure certified

Languages

Python Java C# C/C++ SQL JavaScript Haskell ARM Assembly

ML/AI & Data

TensorFlow PyTorch Scikit-Learn Pandas NumPy MediaPipe OpenCV

Tools & Cloud

Claude Code AWS Azure OpenAI API Docker Git MongoDB REST APIs

Experience

Nationwide Building Society

Graduate Software Engineer
September 2025 - Present
  • Developed multi-agent workflow using Claude Code to convert standard procedures into structured process maps (90% time reduction)
  • Built LLM-based pipeline to generate system documentation at scale (80% time savings)

EY

Generative AI Intern
July 2024 - September 2024
  • Designed chatbot using OpenAI's API that translates natural language to SQL with 95%+ accuracy
  • Achieved 60% reduction in database query retrieval time

The University of Manchester

Research Intern
June 2024 - August 2024
  • Evaluated data wrangling patterns by analyzing 80+ Python programs across 8 datasets
  • Co-authored research paper on automated data wrangling extraction using LLMs

Projects

Hex AI

Developed an intelligent agent for the board game Hex using Alpha-Beta Minimax search with Two-Distance Pruning and Resistance-based heuristic.

Python Search Algorithms Heuristic Functions
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Virtual Mouse

Gesture-controlled virtual mouse using Python, OpenCV, and MediaPipe for real-time cursor control and click actions via webcam.

Python Computer Vision MediaPipe
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Spotify Playlist Generator

Leveraged OpenAI API and Spotipy API to create music playlists from natural language prompts.

Python OpenAI API LLM
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Education

The University of Manchester

BSc. (Hons), Computer Science
September 2022 - June 2025
  • First Class Honours
  • Stellify Award recipient
  • Final Year Project — Implemented a text-to-image diffusion model from first principles, applying learnings from the 2020 paper on DDPMs. Project Report ↗

DPS International Edge

IB Diploma Programme
June 2020 - May 2022
  • 42/45 points
  • Roll of Honour recipient

Certifications

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

CLF-C02

AWS Certified AI Practitioner

AIF-C01

Certified in Cybersecurity

ISC2 CC

Azure Fundamentals

AZ-900

Azure AI Fundamentals

AI-900

Awards

StudentHack Hackathon Winner

StudentHack Hackathon Winner ↗

Won first place for building a duplicate image detector and Chrome extension to flag missing email attachments (90% accuracy), as part of a team of four

University of Manchester Global Futures Scholar

Global Futures Scholar

Scholarship awarded to only 15 students by The University of Manchester for academic excellence and leadership potential

Extracurriculars

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PASS Leader

Mentored first-year students in core computer science concepts and helped them succeed in their courses

YouTube

IB Math YouTube Channel ↗

Created educational content explaining complex math concepts to help IB students prepare for exams

Interests

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Football
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Table Tennis
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Running
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Strength Training
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Personal Finance
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Music
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Tech News
LeetCode
LeetCode

Let's Connect

I'm always interested in discussing new projects, opportunities, or ideas. Feel free to reach out!