AASHIMLAL.
3+Years experience
4Projects shipped
4+Enterprise clients

Software Engineer & AI Developer

Melbourne, VIC

Available for freelance
01 — Summary

I build across the full depth of the stack — embedded C on sensors in the field, production AI with NeMo safety guardrails, web dashboards real operations depend on.

My edge is breadth grounded in real context: I've run IT infrastructure for enterprise clients, managed care operations, and shipped software for systems I personally depended on.

DegreeSoftware Engineering
FocusHardware → AI → Web
StatusFreelancing · Open to work
LocationMelbourne, VIC
RecognitionOutstanding Project Award
02 — For HireServices
03 — WorkProjects

Full Stack Engineer

FreelanceIn Progress

Tiiqe

Social Media Management Platform

A freelance SaaS build currently in active development. The platform helps businesses manage and automate their social media presence from a single dashboard.

Impact: Managing the full delivery lifecycle — architecture, documentation, and sprint-based development as a solo freelance engineer.

Next.jsOpenAIStripeMeta APIPostgreSQLPrisma

Full Stack / AI Engineer

Fleet AI Companion

AI Chatbot for Fleet Operations

An AI-powered conversational platform providing fleet operational insights, built during an industry capstone project with Skyledge. It bridges complex data and natural language queries.

Impact: Enabled natural language queries on fleet data with high reliability. Implemented safety guardrails and semantic caching to improve response accuracy and latency.

PythonFastAPIAngularOpenAINeMo Guardrails

Embedded Systems Engineer

SDI-12 Sensor & Data Logger

Environmental Monitoring System

Built a reliable environmental monitoring system utilizing the SDI-12 protocol, emphasizing hardware/software integration, structured logging, and graphical on-device visualization.

Impact: Received a Certificate of Outstanding Student Project for practical engineering and strong reliability in sensor communication.

ArduinoC/C++SDI-12 ProtocolTFT Display
More workView all projects5 total
04 — CapabilitiesSkills
Languages
PythonJavaC/C++TypeScriptSQL
Intelligent Systems & AI
LLM ApplicationsPrompt EngineeringSemantic CachingAI Safety Guardrails (NeMo)TruLens Evaluation
Backend & Data
FastAPIREST APIsData ProcessingValidation & Auth Mapping
Frontend & UI
AngularResponsive UIDashboards & ChartsData VisualisationHTML/CSS/JS
DevOps & Tools
DockerLinuxGit/GitHubCI/CD Pipelines
Collaboration
Agile FundamentalsStakeholder CommunicationCross-functional DeliveryIT Operations
05 — HistoryExperience

Software Developer Intern

Barton Care Private Limited

Jan 2025 – Dec 2025
  • Contributed to the development of an in-house rostering web portal for workforce coordination.
  • Implemented backend logic to improve shift allocation and scheduling efficiency.
  • Assisted in feature development and system requirement analysis with the IT team.
  • Conducted testing to improve UI performance, usability, and system maintainability.

Community Care Manager | Business Analyst

Barton Care Private Limited

Dec 2022 – Mar 2026
  • Managed operations including rostering, workforce coordination, and client service delivery.
  • Performed process analysis to drastically improve scheduling efficiency and digital workflows.
  • Led recruitment, onboarding, timesheets, and strict payroll processing compliance.
  • Provided IT support for internal systems and maintained accurate digital record keeping.

IT Supervisor | Technician

Allied IT

2022 – 2026
  • Supervised technicians and coordinated large-scale IT infrastructure deployments.
  • Worked with enterprise clients (CBA, PwC, Monash, Allianz) to manage installations.
  • Executed server room setups including rack-and-stack, hardware, and physical networking.
06 — RecognitionAwards

Swinburne University

Certificate of Outstanding Student Project

Awarded for the SDI-12 Sensor and Data Logger system.

Swinburne University

Swinburne Emerging Leader Program

Career Development Certificate & Sustainability Certificate.

PixelSwin & SwinMAS

Leadership Mentions

Recognized for proactive leadership and initiative within student organizations.

07 — About & MindsetAbout

Background. Experience. Builder.

I started in IT operations — physical servers, rack cabling, enterprise deployments for CBA and PwC. That background gave me something most software grads don’t have: I understand what runs underneath the code.

At Barton Care I wore two hats simultaneously — building the rostering software as a developer intern while also running community care operations as a manager. Shipping features to systems you personally depend on has a way of focusing your priorities.

The SDI-12 sensor logger that won Outstanding Student Project taught me that the gap between a prototype and something that actually works reliably in the field is where most of the real engineering happens.

Currently freelancing — building web apps, mobile apps, and AI integrations for clients. Also developing tiiqe, a product I'm building alongside client work. Open to new projects.

Enterprise ITCBA & PwC deployments
Dual RoleBuilder and operator at once
Award WinnerOutstanding Student Project
Aashim Lal

Discipline. Consistency. Never quit.

Building great software takes the same muscle as building yourself.

The best thing I ever did for my career was commit to personal transformation. Discipline. Showing up when it's hard. Trusting the process when progress feels invisible. I learned these in the gym — and I carry them into every line of code I write.

I'm the kind of person who decides to change and then actually does. I chase goals relentlessly — in training, in projects, in life. I don't quit when things get hard. That same conviction is behind everything I ship.

Daily TrainingConsistency over intensity — every session counts
Dream ChaserGoals aren't wishes, they're targets with deadlines
FighterI don't walk away from hard problems
Aashim training
08 — Contact

Let's talk.