Hey there! I'm

Avitej Iyer.

Part time student, full time developer.

I'm a passionate full-stack developer, with experience in both frontend and backend systems. I'm always eager to learn new technologies and work on new projects.

see my resume

What I do

full stack development

  • Building responsive websites using Node.js
  • Maintaining and improving existing codebases and bug fixing
  • Creating reusable components and libraries for future use

Backend systems, Cloud and ML

  • Developing sustainable and scalable applications using AWS
  • Using Python and Tensorflow for analyzing real-world datasets and creating ML models
  • Creating low-level systems using C/C++ and GoLang

My Experience

@Research (w/ Dr. Zhang)

August 2024 - Present

  • Architected a dockerized AI-driven pipeline for novel gene function discovery, using LangChain for agentic workflows and vLLM for efficient LLM inference
  • Developed an iterative LLM self-correction mechanism to improve mechanistic hypothesis generation from large-scale gene and GO datasets
  • Integrated INDRA knowledge graph retrieval with LLM reasoning to provide mechanistic context for under-characterized genes
  • Fine-tuned LLMs (TRL, Unsloth) on domain-specific biological data to enhance hypothesis generation and interpretation

my projects