Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Timeline

Jayant Tiwari

San Francisco,CA

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Software Engineer - Data/ML Engineer

Alexa Internet; Amazon
San Francisco, CA
09.2019 - 11.2023
  • Developed data processing pipelines, machine learning models, and NLP applications, resulting in streamlined workflows and improved decision-making.
  • Led the AWS architecture design for the majority of projects and served as the go-to expert on the team for finalizing AWS designs.
  • Deployed NER models and topic models to enhance data analysis, improving content categorization and search relevance.
  • Implemented indexing pipelines to safely update records based on custom Elasticsearch scripts, enhancing the efficiency and reliability of data management.
  • Led fine-tuning initiatives by developing infrastructure, creating datasets, running fine-tuning jobs, and deploying trained models for internal assessments.
  • Implemented word2vec models for semantic understanding, enhancing data analysis and content recommendation accuracy.
  • Engineered an optimized Annoy index, accelerating word2vec model inference by 10X for improved scalability.
  • Collaborated effectively with client teams to interface with APIs, ensuring seamless data integration and cross-functional collaboration.

Cloud Software Engineer

Nvidia
Santa Clara, CA
09.2018 - 12.2018
  • Provided team-level thought leadership in analytics solutions to to improve engineering processes.
  • Performed analysis of large datasets using PySpark, and convert new findings into actionable engineering tasks.
  • Applied feature selection algorithm on application logs to determine common application error affecting customers.
  • Tested, validated and reformulated blockchain detection DNN to foster accurate prediction and improve cloud security.
  • Led cross-functional teams in systems integration projects aimed at optimizing user retention for cloud-gaming.

Software Engineer

Box
Redwood City, CA
01.2018 - 05.2018
  • Developed Zapier application, allowing customers to integrate workflow with 1000+ third-party applications.
  • Leveraged REST services and other third-party APIs to shorten development times and expand product capabilities.
  • Tested and maintained core product software to provide optimization and reliable functionality for end users.
  • Collaborated with UI and UX personnel to develop friendly and usable websites and web-based software.
  • Contributed back-end development experience and collaborated on multiple APIs crucial to functionality.

Rapid Prototype Developer

Canon Innovation Lab
Kitchener, ON
01.2017 - 04.2017
  • Developed ML tool to recommend points-of-interests based off of customer's photography collection using Keras and Django.
  • Migrated existing video rendering backend solution to serverless technology using AWS Lambda to improve operational excellence.
  • Identified, researched and evaluated innovative machine learning technologies and utilizing them in new Canon prototypes.
  • Developed RESTful micro-services using NodeJS, Express and client implementation in react-native for launching new prototypes.
  • Developed scripts to automate deployment and maintenance of public cloud resources to improve operational excellence.

Software Applications Developer

SAP
Toronto, ON
05.2016 - 09.2016
  • Designed the backend architecture; implemented with Node.js and SAP relational database.
  • Wrote the database schema, stored procedures and triggers to aggregate census data.
  • Developed control and monitoring logic for pumps using real-time sensor values and in-memory database.

Education

MIDS - Masters in Data Science

UC Berkeley
04.2024

B.A.Sc - Computer Engineering

University of Waterloo
04.2019

Skills

Languages: Python, Java, NodeJS, SQL

Big Data: Spark, Hadoop, Kafka

Machine Learning: Pytorch, Jupyter, Numpy, Pandas

Dev Ops: Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Puppet

Certification

  • AWS Solutions Architect Associate

Timeline

Software Engineer - Data/ML Engineer - Alexa Internet; Amazon
09.2019 - 11.2023
Cloud Software Engineer - Nvidia
09.2018 - 12.2018
Software Engineer - Box
01.2018 - 05.2018
Rapid Prototype Developer - Canon Innovation Lab
01.2017 - 04.2017
Software Applications Developer - SAP
05.2016 - 09.2016
UC Berkeley - MIDS, Masters in Data Science
University of Waterloo - B.A.Sc, Computer Engineering
Jayant Tiwari