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My Professional Journey

GRUBHUB
Software Engineer (Dec 2021 – Present)
- Successfully identified and rectified data inconsistencies across a dataset of over 5,000 restaurants by introducing a comprehensive dashboard for real-time monitoring and alerting, enhancing the validation of search indexes
- Leveraged Google Ads and Elasticsearch to optimize GrubHub’s search engine ad campaigns, significantly enhancing ad ranking and forecasting, and provided data insights that improved SEO/SEM efficiency by 30%
- Led a strategic partnership with Taco Bell, piloting a test to dynamically display mealtime-specific images, which resulted in a 15% increase in Click-Through Rate (CTR) and Conversion Rate (CVR)
- Collaborated with product and marketing teams to launch a Search Business KPI dashboard, streamlining user behavior analytics, conversion metrics, system performance, trending content analysis, and optimization insights, which enhanced decision-making and saved over 10 hours weekly in reporting
- Improved service’s stability by conducting root cause analysis and debugging, reducing downtime by 20%, and spearheaded code cleanups and comprehensive testing, while creating essential project documentation, enhancing user satisfaction and platform reliability
CITI GROUP
Software Engineer Intern (Jun 2020 – Aug 2020)
- Orchestrated a Python-based microservice that automates PySpark ETL code generation for Hive on Hadoop, enhancing data operation workflows and yielding an 80% surge in user productivity
- Ensured scalability and consistent deployment across environments by creating Docker images of the Python microservice


SISL Infotech UK Ltd.
Software Developer Intern (Jun 2020 – Aug 2020)
- Developed a serverless scheduling system using AWS Lambda and AWS API Gateway, integrating Zoom’s API for automated and timed appointment management, ensuring scalable and efficient event-driven processing which enhanced efficiency by 40%
Neel Creations
Software Engineer (Aug 2018 – Jun 2019)
- Created e-commerce websites for small businesses, boosting sales by 30% and transaction completion by 25% through effective hosting secure payment gateway integration, and targeted SEO for enhanced search engine visibility


Tata Consultancy Services
Software Developer Intern (Jun 2017 – Aug 2017)
- Developed an Android mobile application that connects volunteer blood donors with seekers, featuring real-time blood bank inventory checks and donor-seeker matching functionality, using Android Studio, integrated database management, and messaging systems
National Informatics Centre
Software Developer Intern (Jun 2017 – Jul 2017)
- Developed native app (Android) that allowed herd registration officer to remotely access the database and update the information of the cattle inspected, thus, increasing efficiency by 50% • Increased inspection speed of herd officer to 15 inspections/day from 7 inspections/day

Education:

New York University
Sep 2019 – May 2021
Masters in Computer Science

GGSIP University
Aug 2014 – Jun 2018
Bachelors in Electronics & Communications Engineering