experience · tanish mendki

professional experience

software engineering intern · docyt ai

jun–dec 2024 · airflow, dbt, sql, metabase

built and maintained airflow dags to automate ingestion, validation, and transformation of financial data across environments
modeled business logic in dbt (tests, sources, exposures), improving reliability and developer onboarding time
designed metabase dashboards for ops & product, wiring permissions and scheduled email pulses
hardened pipelines with data-quality checks (row-count deltas, schema drift alerts) and centralized logging
contributed to a lightweight ci/cd workflow for data models; introduced code review checklists and run-book docs

undergraduate researcher & lab manager · vision & image understanding lab (ucsb)

sep 2023-present · deep learning, experimental design, r/python

developed deep-learning pipelines to study visual search and spatial attention; ran controlled analyses in pytorch
led a weekly python series; mentored ~60 ras on data handling, plotting, and reproducible research practices
designed experiments, prepared stimuli & counterbalancing, and maintained code for preprocessing & qc
standardized lab workflows (git repos, data files, instruction docs, equipment sign ups) to reduce onboarding time
collaborated on posters & talks; distilled complex results into accessible visuals and summaries

leadership

gaucho sports analytics

quick facts

student-run sports analytics club workshops & project sprints collabs with athletic teams on campus open-source tool creation

my role & contributions

co-founded the org; set up github, onboarding docs, and project templates
led sessions on model evaluation, feature engineering, and sports-specific data analyses
organized team projects (e.g., basketball analytics, prediction challenges) and student showcases
mentored members on presenting findings with clear visuals and reproducible code

ucsb dhadkan

quick facts

bollywood-fusion dance national competition organizing multiple cultural events through the year charity fundraising (all profits to a chosen charity) production & stage mgmt on the day of the show

my role & contributions

serving as president; coordinating show operations across venue, team management, outreach, finance and more
driving sponsorships & campus partnerships; supported charity fundraising initiatives
led branding & ticketing efforts as previous outreach executive, collaborating on themed events and marketing assets
managed stage set-up, post-show concert set up and stage management for two years running