Vedang Wartikar

Who am I

I am a Masters student with over 2 years of work experience who's Actively Looking for Full-Time Roles. Prior ro my graduate studies, I had the opportunity to work at Persistent on IBM's Power8 platform to deploy open-source software on IBM's PPC64LE architecture. I believe I have decent experience in Data Science, which I garnered during my internship at Sirpi where I helped Wind Engineers deploy windmills by building applications and tools. Prior to that, I interned at a FinTech start-up RhythmFlows where I lead a small backend team of 4 interns for a Bank Reconciliation project.

What I'm good at

Backend Development

Build high-quality backend applications using Python, C++
UNIX/Linux

OS-level development using Shell/Bash scripting
Orchestration

Automate software applications using Docker and Kubernetes
GIT

Code colaboration using Version Control Systems like GIT/SVN
Machine Learning

Develop ML Models and pipelines and deploy them to production
Data Science

Preprocess and analyze data using Python, R and SQL

Resume

Education

University of Texas at Dallas
August 2022 - May 2024
MS in Computer Science with a specialization in Intelligent Systems (Machine Learning)
• GPA: 3.86/4.00
• Mentored over 175+ students as a Teaching Assistant for courses CS6359 (Object-Oriented Deisgn and Analysis) and CS3354 (Software Engineering) at UT Dallas
• 3rd place in 2023 Spring International Contest held by IEEE Reliability Society, Dallas chapter
Savitribai Phule Pune University
July 2016 - May 2020
Bachelors in Computer Engineering
• GPA: 8.76/10.00

Experience

Software Engineering Intern (Systems) @ CommScope
May 2023 - August 2023
• Built a Switch Config solution in Python for CommScope's OneCell architecture which utilized SPEC file parsing and RUCKUS vSmartZone APIs to automatically configure switch port connections
• This tool slashed the configuration time from 3-3.75 hours down to a few minutes for an average onsite deployment and was integrated into the deployment workflow a week after my internship
• Devised a Snapshot Backup solution in Kubernetes pods using TimeShift that creates automated restore points to mitigate potential failures during release updates, ensuring system reliability
Software Engineer @ Persistent
Nov 2020 - Jul 2022
• Worked on a Currency MVP which acts as a management and analytics dashboard for open-source packages available on IBM's ppc64le architecture. Built it using FastAPIs, Uvicorn, Elasticsearch and ReactJS for UI
• Built a tool called BulkSearch that validates the currency of OSS packages on IBM's POWER8 machines using Docker containers and is configured to install/build/test sets of packages which reduced team's workload by over 80%
• Reviewed 40+ PRs and published build scripts for RHEL-based OS and Red Hat UBI containers for OSS packages to run smoothly on IBM's POWER8 platform
Data Science Intern @ Sirpi
Aug 2020 - Nov 2020
• Responsible for the development of Wind Shear Application, built using R, Shiny Framework and AWS Stack, which uses machine learning techniques to predict windspeeds at target heights and is being used by Wind Engineers
• Built an end-to-end Business Chatbot using R frameworks and Plumber APIs with Twilio endpoints along with a Shiny-based interactive admin dashboard UI
Software Engineering Intern @ RhythmFlows
May 2020 - Aug 2020
• Mentored and lead a small team of 4 for an Analytics product developed in-house using R for bank reconciliation
• Worked on an API-Hub which provides uniform and secured handling of API push/pull requests from multiple banking entities
Project Intern @ Persistent
May 2019 - May 2020
• Developed a centralized Virtual Lab Assistant that reduces the manual interventions of a computer lab assistant by automating the workflow
• Built the tool using Python and deployed it using Docker containers and Redhat Ansible