I'm Jayesh Kumar.

I'm a Software Engineer currently pursuing a Master's Computer Engineering at New York University. I am passionate about building tech that improves the life of people at scale!



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About Me

I am a full-stack Software Engineer with 3 years of experience. I am passionate about building fast, scalable, and distributed systems. I have experience with React and Angular on the frontend, and C++ and Java on the backend, I've worked on building applications from scratch involving cloud infrastructures and handled various databases. I am looking for opportunities in Software Development. Feel free to reach out to me on jayesh.kumar@nyu.edu.


Education

New York University

Master of Science in Computer Engineering Graduation: May 2024

Graduate student at Tandon School of Engineering, New York University.
My coursework includes Data Structures and Algorithms, Cloud Computing, Machine Learning, Big Data, Intro to Java, Computer Systems Architecture, Computer Networking.

Manipal Institute of Technology

Bachelors in Technology, Computer Engineering | Karnataka, India Graduation: June 2020

Graduated with Bachelors in Technology with a minor in Business Management. I honed my foundations in Computer Engineering at Manipal Institute of Technology while studying subjects such as Data Structures and Algorithms, Database Management System, Computer Organization and Architecture, Microcontrollers, Communication Network, Problem Solving using Computers (C++), Digital System Design.

Career

Southwest Airlines

Software Engineer Intern | Dallas, TX May 2023 - August 2023

Worked with the Customer and Commercial Technology team on building features for the Southwest.com website. Coded an accessible search enhancement on 4 pages of the Southwest.com website using React and Java currently in Production.

Amadeus Labs

Software Engineer | Bangalore, India August 2020 - June 2022

Worked with the R&D team for Airline Schedules as part of the Amadeus' flagship Altea Inventory Product. Developed solutions for airlines worldwide, building schedule and inventory products using C++ and Java.

Software Engineering Intern | Bangalore, India January 2020 - May 2020

Developed a proof of concept for an operational scheduling product used by hundreds of Ground Handlers and airlines. Migrated the product to use Angular and Python, increasing user experience, customizability, reducing developmental effort and time to market.

Ernst & Young LLP

Software Engineer Intern | Bangalore, India June 2019 - July 2019

Created a Proof of concept by performing 'Market Basket Analysis on Python', also known as Association-Rule mining, on a dataset with 21,000 entries to extract customer purchase trends with confidence>50%, support value>1% and lift value > 1.

Leadership Positions

Wasserman Center for Career Development, NYU

Graduate Assistant, Career Coach September 2023 - Present

Met with 20 students weekly, to provide resume reviwes, interview tips, technical preparation guidance, and networking tips to NYU students university wide. Hosted and delivered various panel sessions related to career development.

Google Developer Student Club, NYU

Alumni Outreach September 2023 - Present

As part of the Google Developer Student Club, New York University Chapter, I am responsible for Alumni Outreach to organize events, workshops & mentorship programs focused on Software Engineering

Research

Metaverse for Education

Student Research Project (NYU) January 2023 - May 2023

Founded the AR team for a student-led research project aimed to develop a hybrid educational environment in the metaverse using Microsoft Hololens. I conceptualized the design, set up the initial steps to integrate the environment with Microsoft Azure's Custom Vision Portal for object detection, and trained and validated images of 3D objects to successfully. It was a wonderful experience from the future!

Inter University Accelerator Centre

Research Intern | New Delhi, India May 2018 - June 2018

Assisted Dr. Joby Antony (former visiting scientist, CERN Geneva) at the Cryogenics Lab. Researched on a network of 200+ sensors for data redundancy, data packet loss and retransmission causing delay. Proposed improvements and received special recognition from the mentor for key inferences drawn leading to drastic improvement in the network.

Skills

Languages: C, C++, Java, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript

Technologies: React, Angular, HTML/CSS, Kafka, git, Docker, Kubernetes, REST, AWS Services, OpenAI, Hadoop, Spark

Cloud Technologies: AWS Lambda, AWS OpenSearch, Rekognition, EKS, ECS (Fargate), SQS, SES, DynamoDB, Amazon EventBridge, API Gateway, S3, Amazon Lex, CodePipeline, CloudFormation (Infrastructure as code), Terraform, IAM, CloudWatch

Databases and OS: Windows, MacOS, Unix/Linux, ElasticSearch, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, MySQL, NoSQL

Honors and Awards

A Few Of My Latest Projects

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AI ChatFlow- Messaging App using AWS

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AI-powered Photo Album Web app on AWS

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Dining Concierge - Chatbot using AWS

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BrightStocks - Stock Prediction using LSTM and Semantic Analysis

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HackNYU - Smiley : Social Wellbeing App

Placement Bot

Placement Bot

App store data analysis

Analyzing App Store Data for building profitable apps

Hacker News

Analyzing Hacker News posts

Certifications

View Online Certifications on LinkedIn

Need a passionate Software Engineer?

I have worked in fast-paced corporate environments, built robust, scalable, and secure products used by hundreds of clients. Get in touch with me if you feel I'm a right fit for your organization.

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Hear What My Colleagues Think!

John McQueen Senior Software Engineer at Southwest Airlines (2023)

"I had the pleasure of mentoring Jayesh through his summer internship. Jayesh is a hardworking, driven developer who is always learning. His growth over the summer was fun to watch!"

Luiz Mattos Software Engineer at Southwest Airlines (2023)

"I had the pleasure of working alongside Jayesh during his internship at Southwest. Jayesh is a hard worker, quick to learn, and always eager to help his teammates. Jayesh has a bright future ahead of him and I have no doubt he'll find great success."

Raja Ram Shaw Senior Business Analyst + SAFe Scrum Master at Amadeus Labs (2022)

"When I joined the team, Jayesh was an Intern, and since those days he had the ability to stand out. When I think of Jayesh the words that come to my mind are "Efficient", "Reliable" and "Innovative". He always looks forward to tackling new challenges with innovative ideas and out-of-the-box thinking. I was amazed not only by his technical but management skills as well, which he used to efficiently engage with all the stakeholders. He is an excellent team player, always available to support his team and I am very confident he will be a great addition to any team."

Sudharsan B. Lead Business Analyst, Product Owner at Amadeus Labs (2022)

"Jayesh joined Amadeus in the year 2020 as Software Engineer. He made an impressive entry through an Internship project that aimed at revamping a tool that is widely being used by Ground Handlers to newer tech stacks such as Angular and Python...Since then he has been a key member in Inventory Schedules Team in Amadeus.. He grasped the concepts quickly and started contributing very well..He is extremely talented and technically very strong. He is well organized. His approach to investigate complex issues and document the learnings have always been well received by the team and the management. More importantly he is always approachable...His ability to comprehend and present complex technical details in simple terms is highly commendable. He is a great asset to any team he joins...Wishing Jayesh all success in all his endeavours."

Abhi Mahajan Senior Technical Business Analyst, Amadeus R&D Americas Offer (2022)

"With great pleasure, i am writing this recommendation for Jayesh. He joined the Schedules team in Amadeus as a Software Developer following a successful internship and fresh out of college. It was astonishing to see someone so young display great levels of commitment and accountability. Jayesh has very profound technical skills and a thinker's mind who looks towards moving task at hand to completion independently with comprehensive communication with all the stakeholders. He loves taking challenges and being part of complex discussions and adapt quickly as per the need. His presence in the room adds a lot of calmness and content. He is a cheerful person who is also a great mentor to his juniors and has good leadership skills as well. I wish him abundance of success and luck for all his future roles and aspirations. Cheers Jayesh!!""

Utkarsh Agarwal (2022) Senior Software Developer, Amadeus Labs

"I worked with Jayesh in the schedules team in Amadeus. He has excellent problem solving and coding skills. He is also a great team player and is able to seamlessly collaborate both within the team and with other teams as well. His contributions to both feature development and maintenance are greatly appreciated by the team. I would whole-heartedly recommend him for any software engineering roles."

Dipen Gupta Quality Assurance Engineer, Amadeus Labs (2022)

"Jayesh is a very hardworking and smart team member whom I got to know over the course of his internship and his first year at Amadeus. I had helped with the functional aspects of his team onboarding, and the pace with which he was able to understand and later pick up tasks was commendable. He will surely be a great asset to any team that he joins!"

Sumegh Singhania (2021) Senior Software Engineer, Amadeus Labs

"I have worked with Jayesh for over a year at Amadeus Software Labs, Bangalore. Jayesh is a very quick learner who is always looking out for new learnings and responsibilities. He is not afraid to take up new challenges and is always able to find a way through these challenges. It has been a great experience to work with him and I recommend him for all future opportunities that come his way."

Balkirat Jeet Singh Senior Development Manager, Amadeus Labs (2020)

"Many Thanks Jayesh for your excellent commitment during the internship. The demo was "fantastic" and we achieved what we targeted. All the best for your vacation. Enjoy and see you back soon!"

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