About Me
An ex-Senior Software Engineer, currently studying for a Master’s degree in Computer Science @ Georgia Tech. I have 3 years worth of experience in Software Engineering, leading a development team, liaising with business teams and assisting in product management.
I’m a fast learner, quickly adapting to any new technologies and architectures you can give me. Experienced in various fields like:
- Software Engineering
- Azure-based Solutions
- Object Oriented Programming
- Machine Learning
- Data Management and Analysis
- Framework Design
- DevOps
Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
MS Computer Science [Specialization: Machine Learning]
August 2023 - December 2024
Transforming Tomorrow - Georgia Tech
Currently 1 semester down with a GPA of 4.00, graduating in December 2024. Achieved perfect grades in Machine Learning, Mobile Computing and IoT, Advanced Computer Networks and Advanced Topics in Software Analysis and Testing.
Vellore Institute of Technology
B.Tech. Computer Science and Engineering
July 2016 - May 2020
Where Innovation meets Education - VIT
4 year Bachelors program, majoring in Computer Science and Engineering with a GPA of 8.83 out of 10.
Excelled in particular in programming courses, in object-oriented programming, software engineering paradigms, computer networking, web development and so on.
Experience
Optum (UnitedHealth Group)
Senior Software Engineer - Data Management and Analysis division
July 2020 - August 2023
https://www.optum.com/
Joined as an Associate Software Engineer straight out of undergraduate studies, and earned a promotion within 1.5 years for the quality of my work on a Data Quality Framework project and a US regulatory requirement in a healthcare transparency project.
Served as lead developer for a US regulatory project for transparency in healthcare costs, also assisting in various other side projects like audits for new data management software, healthcare data augmentation and analysis, and so on.
National Informatics Centre
Application Security Intern
May 2019 - June 2019
https://www.meity.gov.in/content/nic
Served an industrial internship in the Application Security division of NIC under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India.
Worked on website security in using secure protocol ciphersuites, with my work serving as a module that fed into a larger automated alert system.
Projects
Transparency in Coverage
Lead Developer for a US regulatory project, accumulating, transforming, and sending aggregated healthcare data.
- Highly modular config-driven ‘Price Transparency Engine’ built in Scala/Spark, running in Azure
- Technical advisor/Point of Contact for the product manager and business teams.
- Architect for the Engine Design and Data Model optimization: reduced running time from approx 7 hours to 1 hour 10 minutes.
- Initial design completed 4 months ahead of schedule under my lead, implementing industry-best engineering practices.
ECG Signal Classification
Classifying Cardiovascular Health from ECG Signals with Classical and Modern Machine Learning Techniques
- Implemented, evaluated and analyzed various Machine Learning models to compare performance for ECG Signal classification.
- 6 learning models implemented: FCNN, LSTM, SVM, Transformers, KMeans, GMM
- Used a variety of libraries including pytorch and tensorflow, with detailed analysis of test results and training performance.
Audio-Based Consumption iDentification
Monitoring electricity consumption using IoT-enabled audio solutions
- Deployed an integrated sensor that can detect audio for running appliances and potentially monitor electricity consumption.
- We use audio spectrogram data to correlate the relationship between the audio data we captured and the appliances in use.
- We created an ML model that can track real-life electronics usage monitoring through audio.
- Test deployment was able to successfully identify and classify 2 different appliances apart from background noise.
Vulnerability Analysis for Secure Connections
Config-driven Python3 program for classifying Cipher Suite configurations
- Config-driven Python3 program for pulling Cipher Suite configurations in establishing SSL/TLS connections.
- Identifies weaknesses and vulnerabilities based on given parameters & gives customized and formatted output.
- Cross-compatible with an automated flagging system through the machine-readable XML output.
Data Quality Framework
Proprietary framework to identify schema and data mismatch in Integrated Data Warehouse.
- Designed a proprietary framework to identify schema and data mismatch in the hybrid-model Integrated Data Warehouse.
- Designed the modular, config-driven backend in Python3 from scratch to collate gathered data across 4 hosts.
- Grafana-based Dashboard for real-time monitoring for business teams.
Product Management System
RESTful API based Product Inventory Management System
- Qualified for an exclusive 8-week workshop project on REST API Design & Fundamentals
- Taught by professional developers in PayPal Inc.
- Developed in ExpressJS, Swagger 2.0, using REST-API and NodeJS backend.
Publications
Custom Blockchain based CPS for Solid Waste Management
Cyber Physical System for monitoring, managing and validating work done by workers in solid waste management.
- Published: Procedia Computer Science 165:41-49
- DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2020.01.068
- Presented: International Conference on Recent Trends in Advanced Computing 2019, ICRTAC 2019
- Included a working model on Arduino Uno with WiFi, Infrared modules, and an automated local-system server running custom blockchain.
Achievements
- 10x Professional Bravos, leadership and performance in development projects.
- Innovation in Technical Answers to Real-world Problems, awarded by the college panel.
- College Quiz Club: President(2019-20), General Secretary(2017-19).
- Hackathons: OpenGov Data Hackathon, Mozilla Hello Web Hackathon.
Skills and Hobbies
My hobbies include various sports, esports, hiking, reading, cooking and quizzing.
My professional life has been very inclusive, and I enjoy exploring tech in my personal life, allowing me to learn all these skills:
- Certification
- Azure Data Fundamentals [DP-900] Microsoft Certified: June 2022
- Programming
- Python [Tensorflow, PyTorch], Java, C/C++, Scala Spark, PySpark, SQL, LATEX, GraphQL, REST API, OpenAPI
- Applications
- Git, Databricks, Grafana, PowerBI, Tableau, AbInitio, Jupyter, JetBrains IDEA, PyCharm, VS Code, MATLAB/SciLab
- Database Servers
- MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Netezza, IBM AS/400
- Soft Skills
- Leadership, problem-solving, analytical, creative, time management, communication skills, team player, detail-oriented, quick-thinking, highly adaptable to new technologies, quick-learner