Himalayan Connect NYC
Full-stack community platform connecting Himalayan immigrants with local resources.
Topgyal Gurung
Software Engineer · Available for Hire
Full-stack software engineer with a CS background. I build scalable systems, secure APIs, and production-ready applications with JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, and SQL. Passionate about AI/ML and expanding into cloud, agentic engineering, and LLM integrations. Strong attention to detail; quick learner focused on solving complex problems. Available for hire.
About
Education
Hunter College (CS), CodePath Cybersecurity, TTP Residency, Springboard Full-Stack.
Focus Areas
Product engineering, data pipelines, cloud delivery, and AI integration.
Leadership
Volunteer Accountant at Lo-Nyamship Association USA, a nonprofit preserving Lo heritage and strengthening Himalayan identity in New York and beyond.
Community & Service
Lama Wongdue Website
Built a free CMS website for a social worker and meditation teacher from my homeland.
Youth Internship Session
Organized a college internship info session for middle and high school students.
Projects
Full-stack · Frontend · BackendHimalayan Connect NYC
Community platform for Himalayan immigrants. Next.js, Prisma, PostgreSQL.
AI Text Completion
Real-time text completion with OpenAI streaming via Vercel AI SDK.
Social Media Clone
MySpace-inspired app with auth, profiles, and follower system.
Invoice Dashboard
Server components, search, pagination, streaming, and partial prerendering.
Dog Adoption API
RESTful backend with JWT auth, pagination, and Mocha/Chai tests.
Registration Portal
MERN user registration with admin dashboard and REST API.
Event Booking (GraphQL)
Full-stack event booking and management with GraphQL API.
Space Travel
React app with styled components and client-side routing.
Jeopardy Game
Vanilla JS trivia game with dynamic category loading.
Experience
Software Engineer Student — Springboard
Jun 2024 – May 2025
700+ hours of full-stack training. MERN, TypeScript, Next.js,
REST/GraphQL. Built secure APIs and production-grade apps.
Tech Operations Associate — Soul Chants Music
Nov 2021 – Oct 2022
Managed site updates, led project planning, automated asset
tracking, and streamlined vendor workflows.
Cybersecurity Curriculum Consultant — Hunter College
Sep 2020 – Feb 2021
Applied offensive/defensive techniques with Burp Suite, Kali
Linux, and Metasploit to mitigate SQLi, XSS, and CSRF.
Software Developer Intern — Dextro Software Systems
Apr – Aug 2020
Optimized T-SQL queries, built SSIS ETL pipelines, and created
Power BI dashboards for real-time financial insights.
Data Engineer Intern — Real Factors
(acq. by 7Park Data)
Jun – Dec 2019
Resolved geospatial rendering issues, built Superset dashboards,
and optimized BigQuery SQL.
SQL code
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Slide deck
Student Software Engineer — NYC Tech Talent Pipeline
Apr – May 2019
Full-stack bootcamp. Led backend dev with Node.js, Express,
PostgreSQL. Deployed PERN capstone on Heroku.
Capstone repo
ML Research Assistant — Hunter College
May 2018 – Jun 2019
Advanced NLP research. Reproduced Codenn with PyTorch/TensorFlow
on cloud GPUs and tuned hyperparameters.
Certifications
Springboard Software Engineering
700+ hours, MERN, TypeScript, Next.js, GraphQL, PostgreSQL.
CodePath Cybersecurity
14-week hands-on security: SQLi, XSS, CSRF, Kali, Burp Suite.
Python for Everybody — UMich
5-course specialization: data structures, web APIs, databases, visualization.
AWS Academy Cloud Foundations
EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, auto-scaling.
Testimonials
He is truly an exceptional individual with a remarkable work ethic, attention to detail, and an unwavering commitment to achieving outstanding results. Topgyal excelled in fostering collaboration, coordinating project resources, and communicating adjustments.
Marc Lumer
Founder & Creative Director, Marc Lumer Productions
Founder & Creative Director, Marc Lumer Productions
Extremely intelligent and diligent, while maintaining a very affable demeanor. Topgyal handled diverse tasks from data collection to logistics planning. He has high-level technical skills and excellent interpersonal abilities.
Peter Cobb
Chief of Staff, Krishnamurthy Tandon Foundation
Chief of Staff, Krishnamurthy Tandon Foundation
Full reference letters available on request.
Currently Reading
Non-fiction · Tech · LeadershipSteve Jobs
Walter Isaacson. Biography of Apple's co-founder on product obsession, design, and building lasting companies.
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz. Building a startup—managing through chaos, making hard decisions, and leading when there are no easy answers.
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Martin Kleppmann. Systems design, storage, replication, partitioning, and building reliable scalable data systems.
To read: 48 Laws of Power · The Beginning of Infinity (David Deutsch) · The Fabric of Reality · Nonviolent Communication
Read: Atomic Habits · Sapiens · The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck · Think and Grow Rich · Autobiography of a Yogi