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Research Assistant Resume

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Springfield, IllinoiS

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Proactive, talented communicator well - versed in all aspects of mobile app development and many aspects of research focused towards machine learning. Results-oriented with more than 3 years of experience in the IT industry. Excited to continue my career as a Software Engineer and solidify client relations and growth through improved workflow and enhanced features.

SKILL:

Computer Languages: Advanced Java C C++ Kotlin Scala, MATLAB C# Python R

Web Technologies & Scripting Languages: HTML5 CSS3 Bootstrap PHP JavaScript jQuery Ajax XML

Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Marwadi.

Databases: PostgreSQL Oracle MySQL Spark, MS ACCESS HBase RIAK MongoDB, CouchDB Neo4j Hadoop

WORK HISTORY:

Research Assistant

Confidential, Springfield, Illinois

Responsibilities:

  • Assisted Professor Yanhui Guo in research on and testing of neural networks for an Artificial Intelligence research project that would correctly identify wildlife from images.
  • Used VGG Image Annotator (VIA) to identify and mark subjects from images collected from trail cameras.
  • Wrote code snippets and analyzed data.
  • Gave inputs regarding improvement of accuracy for predictions.
  • Planned, modified and executed research techniques, procedures and tests.
  • Recorded data and maintained source documentation following industry standard documentation practices.
  • Assisted professor Guo by reading material and identifying papers of interest.
  • Prepared technical literature for reports, and presentations.

Intern

Confidential, Seattle, Washington

Responsibilities:

  • Developed tool to automate integration of sensor-based data files (actigraphy and measures of ambient sound, light, and temperature) collected at participants homes as part of comprehensive assessment of sleep problems.
  • Created process flow for segregating and sanitizing data.
  • Created Data structure models and designed algorithms to efficiently sort data
  • Reviewed codes on existing tool and corrected malfunctioning or outdated sections.
  • Improved tool functionality by redesigning and updating the application.
  • Upheld strict security procedures and created data pipelines to maintain data confidentiality.
  • Optimized process flow to manage terabytes of data using limited resources.

Android Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

  • Worked on, managed and improved legacy code by correcting coding errors, upgrading interfaces and improving overall performance for Geospatial real estate sales app, 'PlotAlong'.
  • Spearheaded design phase and was responsible for creating an Agile product roadman, strategy and development plan for new 'PlotAlong' app using Kotlin and MVVM architecture.
  • Lead team of three developers through the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and was responsible for code validation, conflict resolution of Git commits.
  • Helped create bi-weekly sprints for team and delegated tasks for efficient collaborative and lean development.
  • Engineered and managed reactive Android based GIS product for Sabarmati Gas (gas pipeline company) to overlay Geographic data on map as layers using GeoServer to store and retrieve relevant geographic information using RXJava, dagger, and other opensource third-party libraries.
  • Created test cases for testing accuracy and speed of location data for map activity of product.
  • Worked effectively with cross-functional design teams to create software solutions that elevated end user experience and significantly improved overall functionality and performance.
  • Rapidly prototyped new features to confirm continuous integration feasibility into existing systems.

Android Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

  • Designed, developed, tested debugged and released native android application 'HELD': multimedia application that allows users to share images with each other.
  • Used Kanban for Agile development.
  • Created unit tests for code.
  • Built custom camera for application with multiple functionalities and camera layers for image manipulation.
  • Implemented chat and push notifications using GCM.
  • Applied various techniques for bug varificatioin in applications in efficient manner.
  • Devised all documentation for each app, detailing all aspects, functions, capabilities, and features.
  • Managed all aspects of Android software lifecycle from research and planning through application deployment and post-launch support.
  • Tested troubleshooting methods, devised innovative solutions, and documented resolutions for inclusion in knowledge base for support team use.

Full Stack Android Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

  • General Duties: Meeting with clients to gather and define requirements and scope of project, following material design patterns, delivering and releasing apps and websites developed for clients, optimizing code to improve performance, walking clients and staff through troubleshooting steps, updating and reviewing code to debug problems and correct issues, consume web services, application deployment, data storage optimization, engineering new features.
  • Designed, developed, tested, debugged, and released native android application "MEDPIS": Medical search engine for pharmacists providing detailed information on medicines and their generic alternatives.
  • Built app around RESTful APIs and JSON.

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