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Soham Malakar

Soham Malakar

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    AI @ Google | Gemini | Generative AI

  • Education

    • KiiT University

      2018 - 2022
      Bachelor of Technology - BTech Computer Science

      Activities and Societies: Seminar at IIT-Bhubaneshwar on Mathematics and Reality, Udghosh (Quizzing competition)

    • Don Bosco School, Park Circus, Kolkata

      2004 - 2018
      High School Diploma General Studies

      Activities and Societies: Basketball, Hackathons, Debating, Gaming, Cyber Space Society (Computing Society)

  • Experience

    • Maelstrom Works

      Mar 2015 - Apr 2016
      Co-Founder

      • One of the first non-profitable organisations that I co-founded with my brother, at the age of 15.• Creating and providing free softwares, tutorials, technological news and a self made open forum for people to discuss and talk about technology also solving tech related problems.

    • Modern Critique

      Dec 2018 - May 2019
      Co-Founder

      Co-Founder, Chief Programming Lead, Contributor at Modern Critique. A refreshing break from the omnipresent boring news cycle. Modern Critique is a repository of articles designed to tickle your brain with refreshing unconventional insights into burning topics.

    • Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

      May 2020 - Jul 2020
      Summer Research Intern

      • Worked on an industrial project for Tata Steel, for detecting welding defects in steel plates using computer vision algorithms• Implemented U-Net architecture and Image Moments on images for detecting the severity of the defect• Achieved an accuracy of 98.3% in detecting defects through images and measuring the severity of each fault

    • Indian Oil Corporation Limited

      Jul 2020 - Sept 2020
      Student Intern

      • Designing and developing a software to add digital signatures to PDF documents• Programmed a GUI to take the PDF, digital certificate and mark the coordinates of the sign. Producing a signed document• Reduced cost to company from out-sourcing for ~900 employees

    • Informatica

      Aug 2021 - Nov 2024

      - Pivotal to developing the MLOps pipelines for managing and deploying ML Models.- Tooling variety of MLOps is significantly & stitching the end to end workflow- Bridging the gap between Data Scientists and Software Engineers - Developed centralized data lake with analytics ready data to power INFA's analytical & AI use cases.- Developing ClaireGPT, a swiss knife of Informatica applications- ClaireGPT takes in user queries through chat interface and using LLM best practices, retrieves the required information to show to user - Working in R&D, CLAIRE (AI) team to make Informatica products robust.- Transitioning EDC products from traditional to ML approaches using NLP

      • Machine Learning Engineer

        Apr 2024 - Nov 2024

      • Associate Machine Learning Engineer

        Jun 2022 - Apr 2024

      • Software Development Engineer

        Aug 2021 - Jun 2022

    • Google

      Dec 2024 - now
      AI Engineer

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Soham Malakar
      Hash Code 2021 Google Feb 2021 • Google’s team-based programming competition to solve a problem modeled off a real Google engineering challenge• More than 125,000 students and professionals from around the world registered for Hash Code 2021• We were #3 in our university, #651 in India and #2620 globally with a score of 8,936,944
    • Awarded to Soham Malakar
      Code Jam 2020 Google Apr 2020 • Google’s longest running global coding competition, Code Jam, calls on programmers around the world to solve challenging, algorithmic puzzles against the clock.• I cleared the qualification and had brought a global ranking of #6539 in Round 1
    • Awarded to Soham Malakar
      The Quarantine Hackfest Microsoft Student Partners Mar 2020 • It was a 10 hour long online open college Hackathon wherein participants from all across the nation had joined. • We made it to the Top #10 teams.
    • Awarded to Soham Malakar
      KIIT International MUN KIIT Deemed to be University Sep 2019 • KIIT International Model United Nations is one of the largest simulations of United Nations across the globe, organized by KIIT University. • Vigorous debates and tremendous research are what constitute the three-day event. • I represented Liberia in DISEC committee.
    • Awarded to Soham Malakar
      Udghosh - National Open Quiz Qutopia Feb 2019 • Udghosh is a National Level Open Quiz competition organized by Quotopia, the quizzing society of KIIT University, Bhubaneswar.• I won a special mention for my active participation
    • Awarded to Soham Malakar
      Google Science Fair Google Dec 2018 • The Google Science Fair is an online STEM competition open to students ages 13 to 18 from around the globe. It encourages them to change the world through scientific inquiry and problem solving• Was awarded the '2018 Entrant New Idea Certificate of Recognition'
    • Awarded to Soham Malakar
      2018 International Essay Contest for Young People The Goi Peace Foundation Jun 2018 • The competition is endorsed by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, Japanese National Commission for UNESCO, Japan Private High School, Federation, Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education, Japanese Broadcasting Corporation, Nikkei Inc. and supported by: FELISSIMO CORPORATION, SEIKO HOLDINGS CORPORATION, PLUS CORPORATION.• With a 162 participating countries and 21,705 entries for the competition, I got recognition for my composition on the theme "The… Show more • The competition is endorsed by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, Japanese National Commission for UNESCO, Japan Private High School, Federation, Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education, Japanese Broadcasting Corporation, Nikkei Inc. and supported by: FELISSIMO CORPORATION, SEIKO HOLDINGS CORPORATION, PLUS CORPORATION.• With a 162 participating countries and 21,705 entries for the competition, I got recognition for my composition on the theme "The change I want to make". Show less
    • Awarded to Soham Malakar
      Breakthrough Junior Challenge Breakthrough Prize Foundation Dec 2017 • The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is an annual global competition for students ages 13 to 18 inviting them to create and submit original videos that bring to life a concept or theory in STEM. • The Challenge is organized by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation partnering with Khan Academy, National Geographic Partners LLC and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Breakthrough Science Lab)• My submission ranked among top 30% of the submissions with outstanding scores based on four criteria:… Show more • The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is an annual global competition for students ages 13 to 18 inviting them to create and submit original videos that bring to life a concept or theory in STEM. • The Challenge is organized by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation partnering with Khan Academy, National Geographic Partners LLC and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Breakthrough Science Lab)• My submission ranked among top 30% of the submissions with outstanding scores based on four criteria: engagement, illumination, difficulty and creativity. Show less
    • Awarded to Soham Malakar
      The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition The Royal Commonwealth Society Apr 2017 • Conducted by: The Royal Commonwealth Society in association with Cambridge University Press, this highly regarded, pan-Commonwealth literacy programme is a unique opportunity for aspiring young writers to share their story and have their say on global issues• Outstanding poems and stories on the topic of Peace were chosen from 12,300 entries to win the 2017 Competition.• Won the Senior Category - Bronze

  • Volunteer Experience

    • UI/UX Designer

      Issued by DSC KIIT on Sept 2020
      DSC KIITAssociated with Soham Malakar

    • Founder and Lead

      Issued by KIIT Hack Club on Jan 2021
      KIIT Hack ClubAssociated with Soham Malakar

    • Graphic Designer

      Issued by DSC WoW on Nov 2020
      DSC WoWAssociated with Soham Malakar

    • Fundraiser

      Issued by Don Bosco on Nov 2016
      Don BoscoAssociated with Soham Malakar

    • Volunteer

      Issued by Saint Joseph's Oldage Home on Nov 2015
      Saint Joseph's Oldage HomeAssociated with Soham Malakar

    • Volunteer

      Issued by Missionaries of Charity on Nov 2014
      Missionaries of CharityAssociated with Soham Malakar

    • Secretary

      Issued by Cyber Space Club, DBPC on Apr 2016
      Cyber Space Club, DBPCAssociated with Soham Malakar