AKASH KUMAR
Software Engineer
Work Experience
AWS
Software Engineer
San Francisco Bay Area
June 2021 - Present
Siemens
Research Professional
Princeton, NJ
April 2018 - May 2021
  • Performed an architecture review with a focus on scalability for a large-scale healthcare process management software, documenting the architecture and validating 10x data volume scalability.
  • Improved battery management software cycle time by over 90% by proposing and implementing a new C++ communication paradigm between components.
  • Analyzed C++ source code for a large, multi-component Train Control product, rebuilding the architecture documentation and identifying issues and bottlenecks.
  • Developed a custom Python test framework for a Railway Routing system that reduced defects in customer builds.
  • Architected and developed a pure C++ library that provided clean interfaces to control robotic manipulators and grippers.
  • Developed a Spoken Dialog System library (Java/Python) integrating existing NLP technologies with a custom Dialog Manager; prototype demonstrated at Hannover Messe 2018.
Siemens
Graduate Research Intern
Princeton, NJ
May 2017 - August 2017
  • Primary back-end developer for a Natural Language User Interface.
  • Implemented Intent Recognition and Named Entity Recognition in Java and integrated TTS and Speech Recognition systems to create a Spoken Dialog System.
  • Wrote Unit, Integration, and End-to-End tests.
Deloitte
Analyst
Hyderabad, India
July 2013 - June 2016
  • Developed and enhanced applications for the firm's Finance division.
  • Often the sole developer on the project, setting and managing expectations with clients.
  • Led a team of 8 people that handled the onboarding of new hires into the company.
Honeywell
Intern - Home Automation
Bangalore, India
January 2013 - June 2013
  • Independently developed a speech-enabled Android application for Honeywell's Home Automation platform.
  • Improved speech recognition accuracy by over 40% using Fuzzy Matching.
Education
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Master of Science in Computer Science
Buffalo, NY
2016 - December 2017
Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal University
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering
Manipal, India
2009 - 2013