Journey

How I got here.

The origin story, the college leadership roles, and what I do outside the terminal - separated from the work itself, which lives on the other pages.

Background

How I got into software engineering

I started with problem solving through competitive programming - 1350+ problems across LeetCode, Codeforces, and CodeChef - and that habit of breaking down hard problems stuck. It pulled me naturally toward backend engineering, where the problems are about concurrency, data consistency, and holding up under load. I care about writing code that is simple to reason about, easy to monitor, and dependable when it matters most.

Community

Leadership Roles

Engineering is a team sport. These roles shaped how I think about ownership, communication, and building things that last beyond any single person.

President | WCE-ACSES logo

President | WCE-ACSES

Led the departmental club, organized national-level events with 1000+ participants, and improved cross-team execution workflows.

Chief Coordinator | Vision'25 logo

Chief Coordinator | Vision'25

Managed operations for a national-level technical symposium and led event execution for 1000+ participants across logistics and stakeholder coordination.

Technical Team | WCE ACM logo

Technical Team | WCE ACM

Built hackathon registration tooling, curated assessments, and coordinated ACM Hackathon operations with real-time participant support.

Advisory Member | WCE MLSC logo

Advisory Member | WCE MLSC

Founding member of WCE MLSC (2024-25). Helped design the board structure and protocols, assisted in conducting events, and contributed to organizing domain-specific workshops.

Beyond Code

Life outside the terminal

I was President of WCE-ACSES and Chief Coordinator of Vision'25, running national-level events with 1000+ participants. That work taught me that good engineering and good coordination share the same root: clarity, ownership, and not panicking when things break. Outside all of this, I play badminton - inter-college winner and two-time inter-zonal selection.

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I'm Om Kulkarni - a software engineer focused on building high-performance distributed systems and robust backend architectures.

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