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Technical Founder & Software Engineer

Ishaan
Narang

Building full-stack SaaS products, AI systems, and data pipelines.Focused on shipping production software with real-world impact.

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About

Building at the intersection of technology and entrepreneurship

I'm a Computer Science student at Penn State with a passion for building products that solve real problems. As a technical founder, I've led the development of production SaaS platforms and AI systems from concept to deployment.

My work spans full-stack development, machine learning, and cloud infrastructure. I've built multi-tenant platforms, semantic search systems, and autonomous AI agents—all with a focus on shipping quickly and iterating based on user feedback.

Beyond coding, I lead Penn State's Machine Learning Club, where I organize AI literacy seminars and mentor students exploring artificial intelligence. I believe in sharing knowledge and building community around technology.

Currently based between New York and San Francisco, I'm always looking for new challenges and opportunities to create impact through technology.

3

Hackathon Wins

$5K

Prize at YC

100+

Club Members

4

Weeks to MVP

Experience

Co-founder & CTO

Surge.events

Fall 2025 — Present

State College, PA

  • Architected and built a multi-tenant B2B SaaS platform enabling tourism departments to aggregate, analyze, and publish local event data.
  • Shipped MVP in under 4 weeks using Next.js, Supabase, and n8n; onboarded first paying municipal customer immediately post-launch.
  • Designed scalable event ingestion pipelines with Elasticsearch-backed semantic search and real-time user interaction tracking.
  • Led product strategy, customer onboarding, and API integrations with municipal and third-party data partners.

Technical Lead

Machine Learning Club

Spring 2025 — Present

Penn State

  • Led the development of an AI chatbot that offers comprehensive information about Penn State's resources, enhancing accessibility and support for students.
  • Organized and led AI literacy seminars for first-year students, focusing on practical applications of artificial intelligence.
  • Presented a talk on "Advanced Transformer Architectures and Their Applications," drawing in an audience of over 50 students.
  • Increased club membership to over 100 by outreach and engagement strategies, boosting the club's visibility and influence.
Skills

Technical Toolkit

Programming

PythonJavaScriptCJava

Web & Backend

Next.jsNode.jsREST APIsSupabasePostgreSQL

AI & Data

PyTorchElasticsearchPineconeMongoDBVector SearchSemantic Search

Cloud & DevOps

AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda)DockerLinuxGit

Systems & Tooling

Workflow Automation (n8n)MCP ServersAPI IntegrationsPrompt Engineering
Projects

Winner – Hack the Stackathon @ Y Combinator

Automated Legal & IP Enforcement Agent

3rd Place • $5,000 Prize

Built an automated enforcement system to detect privacy, procedural, and IP rights violations across company legal surfaces. Implemented continuous web crawling and change detection to identify missing disclosures and non-compliant workflows.

  • →Mapped findings to specific statutory and IP rights
  • →Generated regulator-ready complaints and cease-and-desist documents
  • →Awarded $5,000 prize at YC-hosted hackathon
PythonWeb CrawlingLegal TechAutomation

Winner – Best Use of Elastic Agents @ CalHacks 12.0

AgentOverflow

Best Use of Elastic Agents

Built a platform to capture, validate, and reuse AI problem–solution pairs to stop prompt spirals. A Stack Overflow for the AI era that makes AI agents context-aware.

  • →Implemented Node.js backend with Elasticsearch hybrid search
  • →Built custom MCP server for real-time LLM integration
  • →Enabled vector + keyword search for validated fixes
Node.jsElasticsearchMCP ServerVector Search

Winner – Best Fetch.ai Hack @ MHacks 2025

deCluttered.ai

Best Fetch.ai Hack

Engineered Fetch.ai autonomous agents to automate resale workflows—item detection, pricing optimization, and buyer negotiation. End-to-end autonomous resale platform.

  • →Integrated YOLO object detection for item identification
  • →Built multi-agent coordination for complete resale pipeline
  • →Designed scalable PostgreSQL data layer
Fetch.aiYOLONode.jsPostgreSQLMulti-Agent
Education

Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA

Expected May 2027

B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics

College of Engineering

Minor in Entrepreneurship

Relevant Coursework

Mathematics of FinanceData Structures and AlgorithmsOperating SystemsComputer Organization and ArchitectureSoftware Design & DevelopmentDiscrete MathematicsLinear AlgebraProbability & StatisticsDeep Learning Specialization (Coursera)
Contact

Let's build something together

I'm always interested in hearing about new opportunities, collaborations, or just chatting about technology and startups. Feel free to reach out.

Email

ishaan.narang@psu.edu

Phone

+1 (814) 826-8818

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/ishaannarang22/

GitHub

github.com/ishaannarang22

Based in

New York, NYSan Francisco, CA