Puranjay Gambhir

Frontend Developer · AI & ML Enthusiast
Auckland, New Zealand University of Auckland
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Puranjay Gambhir
01.

About Me

Penultimate Computer Science student blending Full-Stack, Machine Learning, and real industry experience as a current Software Development Intern, on top of prior startup experience. I co-preside over a Google-backed community of 450+ members and lead-organise an international programming contest, with 2 hackathon wins along the way through strong innovation and teamwork. I care about building things that matter, and I'm actively looking for software engineering or technical internships where I can put my skills to work on real problems.

Hackathon & Contest Wins
  • 1st Place
    DEVS x SESA 2026 Beginners Hackathon StarGaze
  • Dual Sponsor Wins
    WEB3UOA Hackathon · Avalanche & NewMoney L2Earn
  • Contest Win
    Youth Solves for India · IIT Mandi × Masai Civic Connect
  • 24h Build
    Hackathon Team Lead · IIT Mandi × Masai Route Continuity Gap Detector
Roles
Software Developer Intern Jul 2026 – Present
Canary Data Solutions Limited Part-time, On-site, Auckland, New Zealand. Shipping a client reporting feature and fixing production SQL issues with C#, ASP.NET, and SQL Server.
Digital & Design Executive Nov 2025 – Mar 2026
Capital Media Partners Limited Part-time, Hybrid, Auckland, New Zealand. Shipped the company's website and scripted away hours of manual client-record admin.
8.7/9.0 GPA at Massey (A+)
2x Hackathon Winner (DEVS x SESA, WEB3UOA)
535+ Posts in 3 months
02.

Education

March 2026 - Nov 2027 (Expected) Auckland, NZ

University of Auckland

Bachelor of Science: Computer Science (2nd Year)

Relevant Courses: Data Structures & Algorithms, Object-Oriented Programming, Software Methodologies, Discrete Math

Awards & Activities: 1st Place in DEVS x SESA 2026 Beginners Hackathon; Dual Sponsor Track Winner in WEB3UOA Hackathon; Class Representative

Current Computer Science Hackathon Winner Class Representative
Feb 2025 - Nov 2025 Auckland, NZ

Massey University

Diploma in Science and Technology: DipScTech

GPA: 8.7 / 9.0  (A+ Average)

Relevant Coursework: Calculus, Linear Algebra, Introduction to Programming, Statistical Foundations

Awards & Activities: Most Studious Student 2025, "Excelling" Academic Progress (both semesters), Class Representative, Resident Representative

8.7/9.0 GPA Class Rep Most Studious Student 2025
Aug 2025 - May 2026 (Expected) India (Online)

IIT Mandi × Masai School

Minor in Artificial Intelligence & Data Science

Remote, Mandi, India

Relevant Courses: Machine Learning Fundamentals, Python for Data Science, Applied Statistics

Awards & Activities: Youth Solves for India Contest Winner; Team Lead for 2 Hackathons

15-Credit Minor Pioneer Batch Hackathon Lead
03.

Experience

Work Experience

Jul 2026 - Present

Software Developer Intern

Canary Data Solutions Limited  ·  Part-time, On-site

Auckland, New Zealand

  • Build and maintain business software and databases for both client and internal projects, applying sound programming practices and data security procedures throughout.
  • Shipped a fortnightly reporting feature for a client web app on a C#, ASP.NET, and SQL backend, covering report generation, multi-select filtering, Excel export, and scheduled email automation, now release-ready.
  • Tracked down a schema drift bug in a live SQL Server table-valued function and restored reporting accuracy by correcting a parameter mismatch against the source-controlled version.
Nov 2025 - Mar 2026

Digital & Design Executive

Capital Media Partners Limited  ·  NZ Startup  ·  Part-time, Hybrid

Auckland, New Zealand

  • Built the company's website with HTML5, Tailwind CSS, and JavaScript for a startup serving 300+ NZ businesses, reworking frontend architecture and user flows on client-facing dashboards, backed by unit tests and peer reviews for reliability.
  • Used Python to automate Excel data sync across all 300+ business records spanning 18 industries and 60 categories, cutting 40+ hours of manual data entry and tidying up data management overall.
  • Drove digital marketing strategy up to 535+ posts across platforms, and designed regional Wall Planners giving partners 365 days of brand visibility and steady exposure across Auckland.

Volunteering & Leadership

Aug 2026 - Present

Co-President

Google Developer Groups on Campus, University of Auckland  ·  Auckland, New Zealand

  • Stepped up from Technical Executive to Co-President, now coordinating across every executive team while pushing the club toward a 550+ member target and growing technical tracks, sponsor partnerships, and ties with other clubs.
Mar 2026 - Aug 2026

Technical Executive

Google Developer Groups on Campus, University of Auckland  ·  Auckland, New Zealand

  • Ran technical workshops and hackathons for a 450+ member Google-backed student developer community, designed event content spanning AI, web development, and Google technologies, mentored members, interviewed candidates, and helped build the club's website.
  • Lead-organised ALLUNI 2026, an international programming contest across 23 clubs, 9 cities, and 2 countries, and spoke regularly at workshops and hackathons as a technical speaker, including an NFC workshop for 40+ attendees that landed excellent feedback.
Leadership Mentoring Workshops Hackathons
Aug 2025 - Present

TalkCampus Ambassador

TalkLife  ·  Freelance, Remote  ·  Auckland, New Zealand

  • Grow adoption of a mental health platform among university students through targeted marketing campaigns and peer support as a Certified TalkCampus Buddy, lifting the platform's visibility across campus.
Mental Health Marketing Peer Support
04.

Projects

Things I've built: from Web3 learn-to-earn apps and stargazing tools to AI civic platforms and geospatial ML. Most of them came out of hackathons. Turns out I work better under pressure.

L2Earn project screenshot
Web3 DApp  ·  Dual Sponsor Winner  |  Hackathon

L2Earn

Won the Dual Sponsor Track (Avalanche and NewMoney) at WEB3UOA Hackathon, engineering wallet functionality with wagmi and viem, including master-to-customer transfers that settle dNZD stablecoin rewards on Base Sepolia.

Built out the full frontend, including MetaMask auth, ENS identity, and EAS certificates, for a learn-to-earn platform where humans and AI agents both earn NFT credentials, all shipped in a 48-hour sprint.

Next.js React TypeScript Tailwind CSS wagmi viem ENS EAS
StarGaze project screenshot
Web App  ·  1st Place Winner

StarGaze

Took 1st Place at the DEVS x SESA 2026 Beginners Hackathon, leading frontend development and pulling Open-Meteo, wheretheiss.at, and OpenStreetMap Nominatim into one stargazing planning app within a 48-hour sprint.

Tuned the frontend for cross-device responsiveness and handled the data simulation behind cloud cover, light pollution, and live ISS tracking.

React TypeScript Vite Tailwind CSS Framer Motion Open-Meteo API wheretheiss.at API
Civic Connect project screenshot
AI Platform  ·  Contest Winner  |  Hackathon

Civic Connect

Won the Youth Solves for India Contest, leading full-stack development on an AI-powered civic platform and carrying most of the build across a 2-day sprint.

Delivered it end-to-end: Gemini-powered issue auto-categorisation, real-time Google Maps visualisation, user auth, issue tracking, and admin dashboards.

TypeScript React Vite Gemini API Google Maps API
Route Continuity Gap Detector screenshot
Geospatial ML Tool  |  Hackathon

Route Continuity Gap Detector

Led most of the build on a geospatial QA tool that flags road-network endpoint gaps, combining Shapely geometry checks with an unsupervised IsolationForest ML model, all within a 24-hour Hackathon sprint.

Generated automated error reports and interactive map visuals with Folium and Streamlit, cutting out manual map inspection entirely for instant road network auditing.

Python Streamlit Shapely Scikit-learn Folium
Full-Stack Web App

noso Company Platform

Engineered the frontend of a full-stack web app by implementing secure auth, bookings & payments system, and admin/partner dashboards, delivering a production-ready UI.

React TypeScript Vite FastAPI MongoDB
Capital Media Partners website screenshot
Company Website

Capital Media Partners Website

Developed a responsive company website with a booking modal, automating Excel data sync for 300+ business records and saving 40+ hours of manual data entry across 15+ industries and 60+ categories.

HTML5 Tailwind CSS JavaScript Python
Community Wall Planner design
Design & Print

Community Wall Planners

Managed end-to-end design and production of 2025-2026 Wall Planners for 4 Auckland regions using Adobe InDesign & Photoshop. Engineered interactive features (custom mazes, crosswords) and a layout delivering 365-day brand visibility for advertising partners.

Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop Canva
Flying High Digital Magazine screenshot
Web Development  ·  Jul 2021 - Nov 2021

Flying High Digital Magazine

We built the first ever digital magazine of our school: over 20,000 lines of code, written from scratch as a team over 400+ hours of development.

HTML CSS Web Development
Yatree tourism app screenshot
UI/UX & Front-End  ·  Apr 2021 - Jun 2021

Yatree - Tourism App Concept

Co-created a curated tourism application demo that advanced to the Grand Finale of Toycathon 2021, a national innovation competition by the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India. Contributed to frontend design and content development to deliver a highly interactive user experience.

Front-End Design UI/UX
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05.

Awards & Leadership

Feb 2026

Youth Solves for India Contest Winner

Masai School × IIT Mandi

Won the course-internal competition by developing Civic Connect; recognised as the standout submission by IIT Mandi × Masai School faculty.

Apr 2026

1st Place: DEVS x SESA 2026 Beginners Hackathon

University of Auckland

Took 1st place with StarGaze, a stargazing planner bringing cloud cover, light pollution, and live ISS tracking into one tool, led the frontend build, and shipped it in a 48-hour sprint.

Apr 2026

Dual Sponsor Track Winner: WEB3UOA Hackathon

University of Auckland (Avalanche & NewMoney tracks)

Won both the Avalanche and NewMoney sponsor tracks with L2Earn, a learn-to-earn Web3 platform where humans and AI agents both earn NFT credentials and settle dNZD stablecoin rewards on Base Sepolia.

Apr 2021

Regional Finalist: Wharton Global High School Investment Competition

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Placed Top 10 in Region 2 among 972 global teams as Team "Financial Miners", building a data-driven long-term investment portfolio backed by sector analysis and risk-adjusted projections.

Jun 2022

Harvard Model United Nations Dubai 2022

Legal Committee · HMUN Dubai

Represented Algeria on the Legal Committee across a 4-day international conference, sharpening public speaking, diplomacy, and resolution-drafting skills.

Jun 2021

Grand Finale Qualifier: Toycathon 2021

Ministry of Education, Govt. of India

Reached the national finals of this government-run innovation competition after co-building Yatree, an interactive tourism app demo built to promote local travel.

Oct 2021

HTML Coding Camp: Co-Organiser & Mentor

School Initiative

Co-organised and ran an interactive coding camp covering HTML and CSS basics for 30+ students, earning excellent feedback from faculty.

Certifications

Supervised Machine Learning

DeepLearning.AI  ·  Coursera  ·  2025

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Advanced Learning Algorithms

DeepLearning.AI  ·  Coursera  ·  2025

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Certified Game Developer

WhiteHat Jr  ·  2021

View Certificate  
06.

Skills & Technologies

Languages
Python Java JavaScript TypeScript C C++ C# VB.NET SQL HTML/CSS R Git
Frameworks & Libraries
React Next.js ASP.NET FastAPI Streamlit Tailwind CSS Pandas NumPy Scikit-learn TensorFlow Shapely Folium
AI & Machine Learning
Supervised Learning Unsupervised Learning Neural Networks Ensemble Methods Anomaly Detection
Databases & Cloud
MongoDB PostgreSQL Firebase Supabase Google Cloud
Developer Tools & APIs
Google Maps API Gemini API Anthropic API
Blockchain & Web3
ENS EAS MetaMask NFT Minting On-chain Credentials Stablecoin Integration Base/Sepolia
07.

Get In Touch

Got a project in mind, or just want to talk about something? Reach out. I'm pretty quick to respond.

Email puranjay.gambhir@gmail.com
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