Hey, I am ...

Aakriti Dhakal

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I am a software engineer, research assistant, a graduate student, UI/UX designer, fitness enthusiast, an extreme optimist, and a big-time coffee lover, so caffeine fuels both my code and my optimism.

By day,

I somehow convinced my professor that I could contribute to an NSF-funded research project, and now I’m riding the machine learning rollercoaster, experimenting with deep learning and hoping the machines don’t take over just yet. By night (and sometimes very early mornings), I consult startups, and help them craft digital marketing strategies that actually grab attention. Because, c’mon, it’s 2025, and everyone’s glued to their phone. Might as well make the most of it.

Before Grad School,

I spent two years at Heubert, working on my first large-scale project, where I mastered the art of debugging under pressure, navigating agile workflows, and realizing that “just one small change” is never actually just one small change.

Until then,

I was playing startup bingo, taking on roles from frontend engineering and UI/UX design to content creation and digital marketing. My biggest flex? Building a company’s digital presence from the ground up and helping them become an industry leader in just two years - all while maintaining my abs and surviving COVID. Now that's multitasking.

So,

Years of experience across different roles have made me a developer who thinks beyond code - building apps users love and stakeholders approve (saving me from endless ‘Can we tweak this?’ meetings). Because let's be real, if users hate it, we’ve just built an expensive problem. Luckily, communication is my forte and I can make the right features sound like the only option.

Let's Connect

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