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Emerging Technologist & Supply Chain Enthusiast

I'm on a journey to explore various roles in tech and supply chain, blending innovation with authenticity.

Work samples

Dive into my portfolio showcasing projects in product management, AI document processing, and innovative software development.

  • BeReal Product Management Externship
    BeReal Product Management Externship
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    BeReal. · Mar 2026 · ✅ Verified by Extern

    BeReal Product Management Externship

    Discover how product teams at social apps like BeReal design for authenticity while driving user growth. In this externship, you’ll explore what keeps users coming back— benchmarking competitors, analyzing engagement features, and designing your own growth-driven app feature. You’ll learn how to balance product innovation with BeReal’s unique mission of real, unfiltered connection. Perfect for those interested in product management, UX strategy, or social media innovation, this experience gives you a hands-on look at how product teams grow platforms without losing their core values.

    Product ManagementDesignUI/UX
  • AI Document Insight Platform
    AI Document Insight Platform

    Developed an end-to-end document processing pipeline utilizing OCR to ingest unstructured data into an LLM-driven knowledge base; engineered system evaluation benchmarks to rigorously test retrieval quality, pipeline robustness, and accuracy metrics.

    PythonRAGPrompt EngineeringGradioOCR

About me

I'm on a journey to explore various roles in tech and supply chain, blending innovation with authenticity.

I’m Nirali Patel, a passionate learner currently exploring the intersections of technology and supply chain management. My academic background in Biomedical Engineering and Management Science with a focus on AI drives my curiosity to test diverse career paths.

Externships

Wayfair n8n AI Agent Engineering Externship

In progress

Experience

Supply Chain Document Processing Extern

Pfizer · March 2026 6 Present

Industrial Engineering Intern

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory · Sep. 2025 6 Present

Product Management Extern

BeReal · Jan 2026 6 March 2026

Product and Growth Analytics Intern

QuickCruit.ai · June 2025 6 Sept 2025

Education

Columbia University

Master of Science in Management Science and Engineering (Focus in AI) · Class of 2026

California Polytechnic State University

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering, Minor in Entrepreneurship · Class of 2025

Skills

PythonSQLJavaScriptMATLABRAGPrompt EngineeringOCRReactNode.jsMongoDBGit/GitHubGradioFigmaExcelCanvaNotionRICE PrioritizationProduct AnalyticsFunnel & Cohort AnalysisLean Six Sigma

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BeReal Product Management Externship

Discover how product teams at social apps like BeReal design for authenticity while driving user growth. In this externship, you’ll explore what keeps users coming back— benchmarking competitors, analyzing engagement features, and designing your own growth-driven app feature. You’ll learn how to balance product innovation with BeReal’s unique mission of real, unfiltered connection. Perfect for those interested in product management, UX strategy, or social media innovation, this experience gives you a hands-on look at how product teams grow platforms without losing their core values.

Product ManagementDesignUI/UX

Overview

BeReal Product Management Externship

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AI Document Insight Platform

Developed an end-to-end document processing pipeline utilizing OCR to ingest unstructured data into an LLM-driven knowledge base; engineered system evaluation benchmarks to rigorously test retrieval quality, pipeline robustness, and accuracy metrics.

PythonRAGPrompt EngineeringGradioOCR
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Cloud Jump Browser Game

Engineered an event-driven JavaScript platformer implementing physics-driven jump dynamics and custom front-end interface rendering.

JavaScriptHTML/CSSGit
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Wayfair n8n AI Agent Engineering Externship

Learn one of the most in-demand skills shaping the future of work: building AI agents. In this externship, you’ll step into the role of an AI Agent Developer and use n8n to design agents that think, plan, and act on real data — automating insights, decisions, and workflows. No coding experience required. By the end, you’ll create a live dashboard powered by your own AI agents, gaining hands-on experience that applies to any role or industry — from marketing and consulting to product management and data science.

AI Workflow DesignAI Agent DevelopmentPresentation SkillsWeb Scraping & Data Extraction

Overview

The externship guided building AI agents with n8n to automate data workflows and surface insights. The work involved installing and exploring the n8n platform, connecting nodes, and validating agent execution within the environment. Deliverables included a running n8n instance and demonstrations of agent workflows.

Wayfair n8n AI Agent Engineering Externship

What I've accomplished

I explored the n8n environment, installed a local instance, and verified core features so I could design and test AI agent workflows.

Project breakdown

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