AI systems
Code Buddy
Code review at engineering scale. I architected a multi-agent platform at Qualcomm that finds issues, proposes fixes, and validates them across 4,000+ repositories.
M.S. Computer Science · NYU Courant
I build code-review agents, developer tools, and AI assistants that run on a phone.
Previously at Qualcomm and AMD.
SELECTED WORK
AI systems
Code review at engineering scale. I architected a multi-agent platform at Qualcomm that finds issues, proposes fixes, and validates them across 4,000+ repositories.
AI systems
A seven-agent driving-assistant prototype combining local perception, voice, and retrieval with cloud reasoning. Jury Award winner at Qualcomm SparQ 2026.
AI systems
An Android assistant designed to work without internet access, with local tools, response caching, and quantized language-model inference.
Trust in the Hiring Funnel · team win. Sweesh lets people and institutions vouch for each other.
Qualcomm SparQ · solo entry among 166 teams
Qualcomm SparQ · presented to the Qualcomm CTO
Standard Chartered · Jenkins to Azure DevOps migration
Mixed-reality research · TU Braunschweig
RECOMMENDATIONS

Director, Engineering · Qualcomm
“Varun is an exceptionally talented engineer with a clear vision for the future of AI, and I wish him nothing but the best in his future endeavors.”

Senior Manager · AMD
“Varun consistently showcased excellent programming skills and a good knack for problem-solving.”
2026–28 / NOW
M.S. Computer Science · 2026–2028 expected
2024–26
Code Buddy, AI agents, retrieval, and developer tooling.
2024
Parallel C++ trace processing and performance engineering.
2023
Payment-software testing and CI/CD in Azure DevOps.
2022–23
DAAD scholarship. Mixed-reality research with HoloLens.
2022
AR galleries, spatial anchors, and museum interactions.
2020–24
Computer science. Apps, games, and student-led labs.
WRITING
2026-07-29 · 6 MIN READ
When you talk to a voice agent, the hard part is not transcription or synthesis. The hard part is what happens when you interrupt it mid-sentence, or pause to think and t…
2026-07-28 · 6 MIN READ
Claude can read a webpage. It can run a script. It can browse a repository. What it cannot do, out of the box, is watch a video. You paste a YouTube link and it has to ei…
BEYOND THE TERMINAL
At BITS Pilani, I led a 40-member AR/VR team, helped establish student labs, and organized a VR Experience Zone at Oasis.
Labs, leadership & life