Laksh Sarda

I study Computer Science at Rice University and build software for jobs that take too long, like grading exams by hand or updating 400 laptops one at a time.

I interned at AxesTrack, co-founded CheckMate and now build software at RiceApps.

Looking for SWE and ML internships, Summer 2027

Experience

  1. RiceApps

    Software Developer

    I build software for nonprofits and students, free for the people who use it.

    Sep 2026 – present
  2. AxesTrack

    Software Engineer Intern

    I rewrote the monitoring app on 400 company laptops in C++ and built the system that updates it, cutting a rollout from weeks to 5 minutes.

    May – Jul 2026
  3. CheckMate

    Co-Founder and Lead Backend Engineer

    A startup I co-founded that grades handwritten exams. My backend grades 500+ submissions in under a minute.

    Dec 2025 – Jul 2026Georgia Tech Create-X
  4. Rice University

    Teaching Assistant, COMP 181

    I teach a weekly discrete math section to 20 freshmen, run office hours and grade coursework.

    Aug 2026 – present

Projects

Education

Rice University, B.S. Computer Science with a minor in Data Science, GPA 3.96 / 4.00.

President's Honor Roll and Trustee Distinguished Merit Scholarship. Coursework includes graduate Machine Learning and Data Structures and Algorithms.

Hobbies

Fig. 11

Table tennis

Hold the table to play the red bat. Swipe to aim.

I played table tennis at the national level in India, and now I play on the Rice Table Tennis Team.

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Chess

Every summer, when the family got together, I played chess with my father and my cousins. The board plays the Sicilian Najdorf, my favourite opening.