📄 Resume

2023

Research and Development Engineer Intern @Open Web Search , Graz Austria

Mar. 2023 - Jul. 2023

  • Engineered conversion between CIFF and Apache Lucene indexes, opening the EU’s OpenSearchIndex to clients for development.
  • Developed a Javelin Search API in Java to provide customized index manipulation with the OpenWebIndex, allowing it to be monetized.
  • Published a research paper at the 5th International Open Search Symposium, CERN, about a prototype React.js web application (Tourism in Graz) to demonstrate the API.

Study Abroad @Graz University of Technology , Graz Austria

Feb. 2023 - Jun. 2023

  • Courses: NLP, Recommender Systems, Social Media Technologies, Data Science & AI

2022

Software Engineering Intern @Parrot Finance , San Francisco CA

Jun. 2022 - Jan. 2023

  • Formulated metrics calculation scripts in Python with Firebase data, and created summary reports on Google Analytics, used in pitchdecks for fundraising and secured entry to TechCrunch Disrupt 2022.
  • Implemented data caching of stock data using AWS‑Elasticache, improving screen render time from 10s to 2s.
  • Built a user feedback system in Node.js and React Native with a slack integration to enable real‑time issue alerts, tripling WAUs.
  • Implemented Node.js routes and integrated third‑party APIs, improving the quality of stock data and transaction throughput by 5%.
  • Created AWS‑CloudWatch dashboards monitoring environment health and app data using log queries, used for resource distribution and metrics generation.
  • Developed an end‑to‑end stock categorization feature in Node.js and React Native, with data from AWS‑Lambda functions, doubling user engagement through stock exploration.

Software Engineering Intern @MealMe , San Francisco CA

Jan. 2022 - May 2022

  • Integrated data from 300,000+ stores in the USA and Canada using Python crawlers, increasing orderable products metric by 1 million in food, groceries, and laundry.
  • Engineered Django endpoints to enable communication between internal services, improving Series A metric of data accuracy by 15%. Created compound MongoDB database indexes, accelerating search queries by 10%.
  • Partnered with API clients and added Flask endpoints for them to retrieve data as per their needs. Onboarded new clients to the API leading to 20% monthly revenue increase.
  • Enforced strict data engineering standards through Python scripts monitored on Tableau to improve data consistency for the MealMe‑Apple Maps integration, resulting in approval to integrate with Apple.

2021

Product Manager|Software Developer Intern @MTLight , Montreal QC

Sep. 2021 - Nov. 2021

  • Independently owned management and development of a svelte webapp with SvelteKit which aims to convert 2D murals in cities into AR renders to facilitate maintenance and preservation by municipal authorities.
  • Responsible for development, feature definition, product roadmap and other high‑level product decisions in conjunction with the CEO.
  • Set technical guidelines for the product, made high level technical decisions and drove execution.

DevOps Engineering Intern @Lixar , Ottawa ON

Jun. 2021 - Aug. 2021

  • Implemented company‑wide CI/CD pipeline templates for React.js webapps and React Native apps with Github Actions and supporting Python scripts, accelerating product launch by 5%.
  • Engineered AWS‑CodeDeploy pipelines with Java SpringBoot and springdoc for a client product and led client demo meetings, reducing client expenditure by 5%.
  • Orchestrated demo meetings with clients for production volume and load distribution proof‑of‑concepts using Kubernetes.

Opinions Editor @Imprint , Waterloo ON

Jan. 2021 - Dec. 2021

  • Co-ordinate with volunteers and news writers to come up with topics for the opinion section, and collate opinions articles coming in from volunteers
  • Wrote weekly/bi-weekly opinion articles for the newspaper individually.
  • Participated in section editing, and general editing of draft articles to generate publishable drafts.

2020

Software Engineering Intern @Palomino , Toronto ON

Sep. 2020 - Dec. 2020

  • Conducted information pipelining with JQuery, Ajax and Vue.js along with database migration using MySQL.
  • Developed an organizational application for a client company which allows management of tickets relevant to internal projects using PHP, MySQL, Laravel, Bootstrap and Javascript.
  • Installed the Zendesk Support API and automated refreshing of tickets by implementing recurring calls to the API through cron jobs.

News Writer @Imprint , Waterloo ON

Sep. 2020 - Dec. 2020

  • Wrote weekly opinion articles for the University of Waterloo’s student-run newspaper.

Fullstack Development Intern @IFDS , Toronto ON

Jan. 2020 - Apr. 2020

  • Automated Selenium testing suite with data pipelining, accelerating feature completion in SCRUM sprints by 3%.
  • Refactored back‑end codebase in Java, enhancing employee on‑boarding workflows for the trading platform used by IFDS.
  • Built an expense‑management app in Python and React.js with endpoints for budgeting tasks, improving quality‑of‑life in HR workflows.
  • Engineered a new AWS Multipart Upload feature with Python, increasing data throughput and file upload speeds by 30%.

2019

Biquadris @CS246 , Waterloo ON

Nov. 2019

  • Implemented the game - ‘Biquadris’, a dual player version of tetris, in C++ using design patterns and OOP principles.

(click ‘Biquadris’ above for a link to the github repository)

Fullstack Development Intern @Cannect , Toronto ON

Jun. 2019 - Aug. 2019

  • Migrated React.js webapp designs from custom styles and Bootstrap 3 to Bootstrap 4 in even passes with mobile‑first UI development.
  • Ensured feature parity between app versions using VueJS, JQuery and Ruby on Rails on the backend API.
  • Assisted migration to Kubernetes from Docker with thorough research on microservices.

ShortStock @StarterHacks , Waterloo ON

Jan. 2019

  • Co-engineered a fullstack project that provides personalized financial stock-based news to facilitate investment decision making.
  • Articles are first parsed to identify buzzwords that allow the article to be classified in one out of five categories.
  • Relevancy of news articles is pre-determined by a MLP-classifier by using the previously determined category of the article, checking against how often the user has rated similar articles to be useful.

2018

High School Graduation @NPSk , Bangalore KA

May 2018

  • Grade 12 aggregate (Central Board of Secondary Education) : 96.8%
  • Grade 12 Computer Science final : 100%
  • School Rank: 4

Scrabble @NPSk , Bangalore KA

Jan. 2018

  • Re-created the classic board game using OOP principles in C++.

2017

Particle Physics Workshop @CERN , Geneva CH

Oct. 2017

  • Attended a ten day hands-on workshop at the Large Hadron Collider, with a particular focus on the CMS experiment on the LHC.
  • Chosen among 20 people from India to attend the workshop, along with several other events including conferences at the United Nations Office headquaters (Palace of Nations).

2016

Co-founder & CTO @GameRev Entertainment , Bangalore KA

Apr. 2016

  • Co-founded a video game rental service among a network of over 5,000 gamers in Bangalore. Developed an online library website to display the entire collection of games at our disposal and their current availability status.
  • Pivoted to an entertainment label, hosting competitive gaming tournaments in Bangalore, with over 500 in attendance from across the country, while retaining the rental service as a passive service.
  • Began an array of online engagement and community empowerment programs including live gaming streams, esport commentary and other informational services in the gaming industry.