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About Me

I'm a Software Developer with a B.Tech from IIT Madras, now a Desk Quant Analyst at Squarepoint Capital. Formerly at Amazon, I led the development of an automated Test System & Framework for IoT devices. Proficient in Python, C++, Javascript, and more, with a background in finance courses like Probability, Statistics, and Machine Learning. My analytical skills, problem-solving abilities, and independence make me a valuable asset in the finance sector. Eager to apply my expertise to new challenges and contribute effectively to any team.

  • Name: Rudra Desai
  • Date of birth: December 6, 2000
  • Address: London, United Kingdom
  • Email: rudrad200@gmail.com

Experience

Amazon Sidewalk logo
October, 2023 - present

Squarepoint Capital

Desk Quant Analyst
  • Developed a suite of internal tools utilizing a blend of Q & Python to support quantitative researchers
  • Designed Tableau dashboards to streamline the analysis of trade fees, enhancing data visualization and decision-making processes
  • Engineered Excel workbooks integrating a Q backend to provide traders with comprehensive ticker analytics, facilitating informed trading strategies
Amazon Sidewalk logo
July, 2022 - September, 2023

Amazon Sidewalk

Software Development Engineer
  • Contributed in the development and deployment of Amazon's largest IoT Network of 1.5M+ devices
  • Orchestrated design of a Test System to expedite Quality Assurance, resulting in a 90% reduction in run-time
  • Leveraged event-driven libraries such as Asyncio to concurrently test 100+ IoT devices in one go
  • Cross-compiled and ported Python with its associated Linux dependencies to a microcontroller for efficient testing

Internships

American Express logo
June, 2021 - July, 2021

American Express

Security Analyst Intern
  • Developed a robust API server leveraging Django to deliver critical security reports across internal software
  • Assessed 3000+ vulnerabilities, identified true positives, and debugged affected components in production
  • Automated go-live processes with Python scripts, which expedited internal library updates in the Jenkin's CI/CD pipeline resulting in over 10% time savings
Narrato logo
January, 2022 - March, 2022

Narrato - Content Creation & Workflow Software

Software Development Intern
  • Enhanced an AI-based content creation tool to generate 1000+ SEO friendly blogs & articles daily.
  • Integrated OpenAI's APIs into 15+ use cases, enabling faster adoption of Narrato platform.
  • Troubleshot platform errors in Django & React applications, streamlining process operations by 40%.
  • Deployed a multi-layered NLP model; achieved 95% accuracy in real-time content evaluation & rating.
Clockout logo
December, 2020 - January, 2020

Clockout

Back End Development Intern
  • Developed a Django REST API Server for supporting an android app in production.
  • Implemented high-performance real-time messaging support that can manage up to 10K concurrent user traffic using Web sockets.
  • Optimized internal APIs to streamline the performance and stabilize load time by 10%.
Godot Media logo
May, 2020 - July, 2020

Godot Media

Product Development Intern
  • Utilized Regex and NLP techniques to clean and scrape web articles using Python
  • Constructed a multi-layered LSTM model with an attention mechanism on the generated dataset
  • Implemented a successful deployment of the model using Tensorflow.js to rate articles in real-time for freelancers on Narrato

Education

IIT Madras logo
2018-2022

B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering

IIT Madras

Graduated from IIT Madras with a B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering and CGPA 8.86.

Shivashish Logo
2017-2018

High School

Shivashish Public School

Completed High school with 91.4% from Shivashish school in CBSE medium

Skills

Python

75%

Django

75%

Javascript

75%

Tensorflow

60%

Github

60%

C++

60%

C

50%

Julia

50%

OCaml

50%

Certificates

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October, 2019

Machine Learning

by Stanford University on Coursera

Learned some basic but important topics like Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, Support Vector Machines, Unsupervised Learning, Anomaly Detection, Recommender Systems and Photo OCR.

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December, 2019

Deep Learning Specialization

by deeplearning.ai on Coursera

Learned topics like Optimization Algorithms, Hyperparameter tuning, Batch Normalization and Tensorflow.

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December, 2019

Convolutional Neural Network

by deeplearning.ai on Coursera

Learned topics like Computer Vision basics, Classic Networks, Residual Networks, Inception Network, Data Augmentation, Detection Algorithms, One Shot Learning, Siamese Network, Face verification and Recognition.

Testimonials

Testimonials

Testimonials from some of my previous mentors and heads I have worked with.

Services

Services

Always excited to provide any of the following service. Please feel free to contact me anytime.

Projects

My Projects

Quality, not quantity, is my measure. --Douglas William Jerrold

Earnvestt Techonologies

Full Stack Web Development

CFViewer

Dashboard Design

Sudoku Solver

ML model deployment

Online Courses

Static Website Design

I'm Available for freelancing

Please feel free to contact me for any project, big or small, I am always ready to be a part of your team.

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Contact

Contact Me

Always available to connect.

Address

London, United Kingdom

Contact Number

+447767954605

Email Address

rudrad200@gmail.com

Linkedin

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