Software Engineer Data

Akash P. Shah

Email: ***********@*****.*** Phone: 630-***-****

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akashshah59

Objective

To pursue my career as a Data Scientist or a Machine Learning Engineer, a role that enables companies to make better decisions and drive strategy that propels business growth. As a citizen of the USA, I’m looking for opportunities primarily in the United States.

Summary

Strong 2 years of experience as a Software Engineer in technologies for banking domain.

Certified AWS Cloud Architect

Hands-on expertise in python, Big data tools, data visualization tools and knowledge of algorithms for data engineering.

Innovation background, consistent top 5% performer, eager to take up challenges that will solve business problems leveraging data science. Education

Masters in Advanced Studies, Data Science, UC San Diego (September 2019 Onwards )

Bachelor of Technology, Computer Engineering (May 2017) - GPA 3.75/4 Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, University of Pune, India Attended Student Exchange Program at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada Certifications & Training

Certified AWS Solution Architect – Associate.

HSBC organized 40-day training in technologies like Java, Web Technologies, Cloud Services, Data Science, MongoDB, Android Development, IT security.

Intermediate R programmer (Data Camp)

Harvard edX: Data Science Probability

Devops for Data Scientists (LinkedIn Learning)

Skills

Akash Shah résumé

Programming: Python, Java, SQL, C, R Databases: Hadoop, BigQuery, DynamoDB, FireStore,MongoDB,

MySQL

Cloud: AWS and GCP Environment: Github, Jira, Eclipse, Android Studio

Tools: Quicksight, Data Studio, Control

M, Jenkins, Git.

Frameworks: Dash, pandas (Data

Science Focused Libraries as well)

OS: Windows, Linux, Android, Scripting: hive, pig, shell script Experience

Software Engineer – Analytics HSBC Bank, Technologies Division

(July’17– Present)

● Working for HSBC Private Banking’s Data Lake Project. The project involved migrating to Hadoop’s Big Data platform from DB2. Worked on the development of a framework to ingest data from various data sources used by Private Banking.

● Write transformations in hive, pig, shell scripts and make it available to Business Users via existing SIL interfaces.

● Working as the Analytics Lead of the Server-less Data Pipeline on GCP and AWS cloud

● Hands-on python, DevOps, Cloud, Banking data, and Data Engineering experience.

Technologies used: AWS, GCP, BigQuery, Firestore, Hadoop, Hive, Pig, Shell, Python, Control M, Github, Jira.

Achievement: Won a hackathon organized by HSBC India, contested by 76 teams. Led the team, to provide a predictive solution to tackle fraud by using Graph Data modeling. The idea was to use real-time pattern matching using the property of associativity.

Internships

SAP Labs, Pune, India (Jan 2017- June 2017)

● Worked on the High Availability Branch of a product called SAP HANA DT and wrote code in Python to automate certain cleaning and archiving tasks. Technologies used: Python, Gerrit, Jenkins, etc.

● Data generation for SAP IQ petabyte scale database. Wrote a random data generator program.

Allied Digital Services Limited, Mumbai, India (Summer Akash Shah Résumé

2016)

● IoT: Programming an Android application linked to OM2M an OSGi based project to automate smart home lights running on KNX protocol. Technologies used: OM2M, Android, Java, Eclipse, REST API.

● Mobile App for Pune citizens. Developed a mobile application for citizens that is for citizen safety and security on public roads. The app helps citizen capture images of crime or violations, that is passed via FTP to Pune police’s datacenter tagged with the SMS GPS coordinates.

Persistent Systems Limited, Pune, India (Summer

2015)

Debug code simulating dance sequence already written in C++ and OpenGL to make the frontend work.

Past Academic Projects

Relevant Projects

● Data Science: Prediction of Patient Blood sugar values using Time Series regression techniques like ARIMA in R.

● Ryerson University, Canada

o Library Management System (Database Systems)

o E-commerce System using Design Patterns (Object Oriented Analysis) o Stop and Wait for Protocol (Computer Networks)

● Vishwakarma Institute of Technology

o 3-D treasure hunt type game in Python using Panda3D Academics and Scholarships

Academic Milestones Institution GPA

B. Tech (2013-2017) University Of Pune, India, (VIT Pune)

8.93

Third Year (Semester 5) 2015-16 Ryerson University, Canada. 9.2 State Education Board - High School

– Grade 12th - 2013

S.M. Choksey College, Pune 90.67%

State Education Board - Grade 10 -

10th 2011

St. Vincent’s High School,

Pune

92.18 %

● Ontario-Maharashtra-Goa Student Exchange scholarship worth 2000$ plus Tuition waiver (2015). Attended Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada as an exchange student

● Maharashtra State Board scholarship in 2012, awarded to top 2% students in the state

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Akash Shah résumé

Personal Achievements

• Ran a half Marathon (November 2018) for the social cause of promoting Cleanliness.

• The only student in Computer Engineering Department Selected for International Exchange Program (2015 – 6 Months),

Sponsored by State of Ontario, Canada, and state of Maharashtra, India

• Appreciation Letter from University (2014) as active Event Management Member of V-EDC (Entrepreneurship Development Center)

• Publisher of Student Entrepreneurship Magazine (2014)

-Planning, Design, Marketing, Edition, Distribution.

• Winner of Entrepreneurship Competition Trophy (2013)

● Youngest undergrad student amongst the graduate participants to win the trophy in Entrepreneurship skills competition held by Texephyr MIT Pune.

● Represented my college in the presentation of innovative technologies, “Graphene”, Nanotechnology

• Himalayas Trekking 3000 Meters (2012) and Scuba Diving (2016)

• Appointed Class Representative (2010 and 2011 and 2013).

• A student role model in the academic years of high school. Related Information

Nationality: United States of America

Extra-Curricular Activities:

• Sports: Active Soccer (football) Player, College Competitions, Community Cricket Tournaments. Played cricket for SAP Labs India and represented HSBC India in Soccer tournaments.

• Social Cause: Associated with Green Campaign called Clean Hearts Pune.

• Active Routine: Fitness, Trekking, Guitar player, Music References: Available on Request.

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