Experience

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  National centre for radio astrophysics

  Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  Data analysis intern

  • Conducted beam width estimation for the Ooty Radio Telescope (ORT) by slewing across the radio point-source ‘Virgo-A,’ achieving a signal-to-noise ratio of 240 and estimating the beam width at (2.5 ± 0.4) degrees.• Calibrated the ORT using the astronomical calibrator 3C279 to estimate its G/T-Sys value, RMS flux sensitivity, and sensitivity number, contributing to accurate system performance metrics.• Generated a one-dimensional radio profile of the Sun using aperture synthesis with the ORT, resulting in a signal-to-noise ratio of 236 and an estimated angular size of the Sun at 0.38 degrees, with a deviation of 23.89% from the actual size. Show less

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  Indian institute of astrophysics ( iia)

  Dec 2017 - Jan 2018

  Visiting research fellow

  • Conducted experiments and learned the operations of the SWAN (Sky Watch Array Network) at the Gauribidanur Radio Observatory, preparing for its installation at BITS Pilani.• Attended specialized lectures on Pulsars, Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs), and Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR) by Professor Avinash Deshpande from the Raman Research Institute.• Gained hands-on experience in advanced radio astronomy techniques, contributing to the enhancement of research capabilities at BITS Pilani’s Radio Astronomy Club. Show less

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  Paypal

  Jul 2018 - Dec 2018

  Software engineer intern

  CDP (Core Data Operations) Team.• Developed Optimus, an auto-remediation framework using Kafka Queues to trigger workflows, reducing downtime by 35% and saving $200K annually.• Created a web app with Spring framework to monitor and resolve failures in Hadoop, RabbitMQ, and Spark systems, enhancing data processing reliability.• Automated Hadoop failure remediation procedures, boosting efficiency by 30% and minimizing manual intervention.

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  Philips

  Jul 2019 - Jul 2023

  IAP-Analytics (formerly MR-Analytics) team.• Led the development of backend and frontend validation frameworks, enabling test-driven development (TDD) to improve software reliability and accelerate the development lifecycle for 5+ big data analytics applications.• Deployed models for automating customer complaints classification using R and NLP, achieving 82% automation coverage and reducing manual classification time from 2 days to 10 minutes.• Developed the translator microservice using Flask to achieve retrieval times of 2 milliseconds using Redis caching. Show less EOI (Enterprise Operational Informatics) [formerly Radiology Solutions] team• Mastered functional programming language Erlang to lead the resolution of critical bugs in the Data Manager module, reducing system downtime by 40% and enhancing reliability for 30+ healthcare facilities.• Streamlined radiology operations by integrating HL7, DICOM and scheduling data into BI tools for actionable insights.• Implemented the bulk import feature for the service tools application of the PerformanceBridge platform, enhancing data processing efficiency by 21% and reducing manual entry errors by 78%, impacting the workflow of 60+ users Show less

  • Software Engineer II (Data Analysis)

    Apr 2021 - Jul 2023

  • Software Engineer I

    Jul 2019 - Mar 2021
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  Manning college of information and computer sciences, umass amherst

  Sept 2024 - Dec 2024

  Graduate research assistant (bionlp lab)

  • Collaborated with faculty and PhD students to fine-tune LLAMA 3.1-8B using PEFT, and QLoRA techniques for generating US Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) style questions with varying difficulty.

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  University of massachusetts amherst

  Sept 2024 - Dec 2024

  Graduate teaching assistant (cs 670 - computer vision)

  • Assisted in grading project proposals, milestones, and final reports for a PhD-level CV course.

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  Spotify

  Feb 2025 - now

  Graduate student researcher (industry mentorship)

  Collaborating with senior research scientists from Spotify on the research project "Learning Accuracy/Efficiency Tradeoffs in Semantic Parsing." as part of Industry Mentorship Program.This is NOT a full-time role, so please do not request me for referrals.