Yash Pandit

Experience

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  IBM

  Jan 2018 - Oct 2019

  Associate System Engineer

  • Collaborated with a team of 6 engineers, conceptualized & spearheaded the development of a cutting-edge smart home products recommendation widget utilizing React JS, leading to a remarkable 20% analytical surge in online/call revenue.• Implemented automated end-to-end (E2E) tests utilizing Selenium, encompassing product selection to checkout for smart home products, ensuring seamless functionality & enhancing quality assurance efficiency.• Streamlined the quality assurance (QA) process for the entire flow, leveraging automation techniques, saving 30 minutes to 1 hour of productive time daily for QA engineers, based on in-depth analysis. Show less

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  Pesto Tech

  Nov 2019 - Mar 2020

  Engineering Fellow
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  Snorkel AI

  Apr 2020 - now

  • Developed a custom Anomaly detection interface using Plotly JS, facilitating exploration of time-series data & spearheading data scientists' productivity by 10x.• Designed & implemented a bespoke sequence tagging interface, enabling users to annotate sequence labels & elevating model inference & accuracy by 2x.• Engineered a native PDF interface with advanced functionalities such as search, zoom, & span highlighting, empowering data scientists to extract more inference from PDF data & enhancing model scores by 15-18%.• Led the creation & coordinated with 3 engineers to maintain Coral, a comprehensive component library, encompassing 8 essential primitives like Input, Button, Select, Accordion, saving 40 hours of valuable development time through component reuse.• Headed charters, produced documentation that helped 7+ junior engineers & propagated best practices for react patterns, code quality, & code review processes.• Mentored & onboarded junior engineers, facilitating the acclimatization to the product & tech stack.• Spearheaded significant improvements at Snorkel AI through developing an advanced UI and overhauling the text layer abstraction architecture.• Led to an impressive 12x improvement in the data labeling workflow and a 15% reduction in component business logic, enhancing productivity and system capability.• Conducted the recruitment process, using technical expertise to craft interview questions and evaluate over 10 candidates. This initiative not only contributed to team growth but also ensured the hiring of high-performing individuals.• Leveraged professional network to make 7-8 successful referrals, resulting in 2 additional hires, further emphasizing notable contribution to the team expansion and the company's success.• Achieved remarkable results by attracting a substantial customer base through developing the system, leading to the conversion of contracts valued between USD 50K to 100K each. Show less

  • Staff Software Engineer

    May 2024 - now

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Apr 2022 - Apr 2024

  • Software Engineer

    Apr 2020 - Mar 2022