About Me

Highly motivated and experienced software engineer with a passion for building and maintaining reliable, scalable systems. Skilled in both software development and site reliability engineering, with a proven track record of success in full-time internship roles.

I am looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity to leverage my skills and experience in an internship or full-time role as a software engineer or site reliability engineer.

Interests

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    Software Engineering

    Architecting elegant solutions for real-world problems.

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    Site Reliability

    Guardian of uptime, ensuring your digital experience never skips a beat.

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    Backend Development

    Building the invisible machinery that powers your experience.

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    Cyber Security

    Building secure and resilient systems for a safer online world.

Resume

Experience

  1. Wikimedia Foundation

    Site Reliability Engineering Intern (Feb 2023 - Jun 2023)

    • Developed Probenet, a network testing library, and integrated it into Mediawiki to collect network latency reports from users.
    • Analyzed network latency reports to identify and rectify inconsistencies in DNS mappings, ensuring more accurate routing.
    • Improved Mean First Paint Time by up to 18% (174 ms) for 7 countries, impacting 150 million people, saving 11.54 days of person-time per day.

  2. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)

    Project Trainee (Dec 2022 - Feb 2023)

    • Developed an app to manage simulation jobs, automate post-processing and analyze scientific data for the Chemical Department at BARC.
    • The Django-based app has background parallel processing capabilities, status reporting mechanism and is very user-friendly.

  3. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras

    Teaching Assistant (May 2022 - Sep 2022)

    • Teaching Assistant for BSCS1001 (Computational Thinking Course)
    • Student Mentor for BSCS1002 (Python Programming Course)

  4. Project MeshNet

    Software Engineering Intern (Sep 2021 - Aug 2022)

    • This project involved creating an 'intranet' for schools in remote villages of Ladakh which are not connected to the internet.
    • Deployed server and access points in 3 remote villages of Ladakh bringing smile on the faces of 1000s of students and teachers.
    • Worked with NGOs: CHAI International, HELP Fund, HEALTH Inc, rZamba

Education

  1. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi

    Visiting Student, Computer Science (Jul 2023 - Dec 2023)

    • Grade: 7.73/10

  2. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar

    BTech, Information Technology (Jul 2020 - Jun 2024)

    • Grade: 8.40/10

  3. SRM Welkin Higher Secondary School, Sopore

    Upto Intermediate (2004 - 2018)

    • Grade (Class 12): 9.4/10 (456/500)
    • Grade (Class 10): 10/10 (483/500)

Technical Skills

  1. Core

    • Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA)
    • Design and Analysis of Algorithms (DAA)
    • Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
    • Computer Networks (CN)
    • Computer Organization and Architecture (COA)
    • High Performance Computing (HPC)
    • Operating Systems (OS)
    • Database Management Systems (DBMS)
    • Internet of Things (IOT)

  2. Programming

    • C, C++, Python, Javascript, Java, OCaml, Prolog, LaTeX

  3. Frameworks, etc

    • Django, Flask, FastAPI, ExpressJS, Flutter, SQL, VPS Hosting

  4. Cloud/SRE

    • Linux, Bash, Git, Docker, Nginx, Kubernetes, CI/CD, eBPF

  5. Package Management

    • Debian, Brew, Choco, PIP, NPM

Positions of Responsibility

  1. NIT Srinagar

    Campus Recruitment Coordinator

  2. Semicolon Club

    Technical Team Lead (Competitive)

  3. SoapBox

    Technical Team Mentor

  4. Syndicate Club

    Team Lead Web Design

  5. 21 Consequences

    Tech and Design Head

Achievements, Languages, etc

  1. Achievements

    • Delivered an online talk on Cryptography in Practice at IITM
    • Rank 1 in four-month long competitive programming contest conducted by IIT Madras on CodeChef
    • Hacked college ERP system and bypassed firewall
    • Found leak in Chromium browser, flaw in W3C's NEL Spec
    • Solved 350+ questions on Leetcode

  2. Open Source

    • Contributed to Homebrew, SecureDrop, OpenZIM, Kiwix
    • Probenet, an open-source network testing library
    • Competitive Programming Lite, a Sublime Text plugin
    • Added local language translation to the Kiwix app

  3. Languages

    • English, Hindi, Kashmiri, Urdu

  4. Interests

    • Travelling, Cycling, Trekking, Cricket, History, Politics, Journalism, Open Source, Data Science, Cryptography, Internet of Things

Projects