Software Engineer II at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington
Amazon
Software Development Engineer
August 2015 to September 2017
Greater Seattle Area
Microsoft
Software Engineer II
Greater Seattle Area
Amazon Web Services
Software Development Engineer
August 2015 to September 2017
Greater Seattle Area
Oracle
Research SDE Intern
June 2014 to September 2014
San Francisco Bay Area
Carnegie Mellon University - Internship Program in Technology Supported Education
Research Intern
December 2012 to December 2012
Bangalore
National University of Singapore
Summer Research Intern
June 2012 to August 2012
Singapore
University of California, San Diego
Graduate Student Researcher
October 2014 to June 2015
San Diego Supercomputer Center
UC San Diego
Graduate Teaching Assistant
September 2013 to January 2014
La Jolla
What company does Shashank Kaushik work for?
Shashank Kaushik works for Amazon
What is Shashank Kaushik's role at Amazon?
Shashank Kaushik is Software Development Engineer
What industry does Shashank Kaushik work in?
Shashank Kaushik works in the Computer Software industry.
Who are Shashank Kaushik's colleagues?
Shashank Kaushik's colleagues are Brian V., Matt Smith, Kyle Kral, Josh Milo, Zoltan Varga, Brenda Duarte, Swathy Selvaraj, Liang Zhu, Raymond Estrada, and Oleg Golovin
💼 Past Experience
Shashank Kaushik's Work experiences:Software Engineer II at MicrosoftShashank Kaushik is currently a Software Development Engineer at Amazon from August 2015 to September 2017 (2 years 2 months) in Greater Seattle Area. Working on EC2 Networking at Amazon Web Services.Software Development Engineer at Amazon Web Services from August 2015 to September 2017 (2 years 2 months) in Greater Seattle Area. I build Hybrid Cloud Storage Services for Azure Storage.Software Engineer II at Microsoft in Greater Seattle Area. I work on EC2's Network Monitoring service.- Redesigned the core component of the service to be distributed, highly available and resilient to network partitions and other failures.Design and developed a new control plane data caching and vending service to deliver personalized service health notifications on AWS Personal Health Dashboard.Implemented tools and monitoring to enable 5x faster, continuous deployments that greatly eased operational burden and enabled the team to iterate faster.Research SDE Intern at Oracle from June 2014 to September 2014 (4 months) in San Francisco Bay Area.Mentors: Kresimir Mihic, Alan WoodResearcher in the Database and Optimization Group at Oracle Labs (previously Sun Microsystems Labs)Developed a very fast solver for quadratic convex and non-convex optimization problems for Data Analysis, Scheduling in Distributed Systems, Portfolio Management etc.Research Intern at Carnegie Mellon University - Internship Program in Technology Supported Education from December 2012 to December 2012 (1 month) in Bangalore.Mentors: Prof. Carolyn Rose, Prof. Bhiksha RajDeveloped a response classification tool for Online Collaborative QA sites like Quora, StackOverflow.Mentored by CMU’s ML lab.Summer Research Intern at National University of Singapore from June 2012 to August 2012 (3 months) in Singapore.Mentor : Prof. Rahul Jain, Center for Quantum TechnologiesArea of Research: Advanced Algorithms, Complexity Theory, Convex Optimization.Graduate Student Researcher at University of California, San Diego from October 2014 to June 2015 (9 months) in San Diego Supercomputer Center.Developing a hybrid parallel system for large-scale earthquake simulation.Area: High Performance Computing.Graduate Teaching Assistant at UC San Diego from September 2013 to January 2014 (5 months) in La Jolla.CSE 101 - Algorithm Design and Analysis with Prof. Sanjoy Dasgupta.
🎓 Education
Shashank Kaushik's educational background and work readiness are directly related to his experience with computer science. During his years as an undergraduate student at the University of California, San Diego, he Pursued a Master of Science degree in Computer Science. After completing his degree, Shashank moved on to work as a research associate at the Universities of California, Riverside and San Diego. There, he gained experience with problem-solving in an early stage software development environment.This concludes Shashank's educational Background, which lead him to become an expert in computer science. He is currently a research associate at UC San Diego's Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). His projects focus on advancing the development of new computer systems and software. By working as an engineer, Shashank is able to test and improve his ideas until they become a reality.In his spare time, Shashank also enjoys reading, spending time with his family, and taking citrullus supplements.
💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills
Shashank Kaushik's Professional Skills:Kaushik has many years of experience in software development, both as a software engineer and as a project manager. He has also experience in machine learning and data analysis, both as a research intern at Oracle and as a graduate student researcher at UC San Diego. In addition, Shashik has a significant amount of experience in large-scale earthquake simulation, having developed a hybrid parallel system for large-scale earthquake simulation.Kaushik is also very good at interpersonal relations, having worked with many different teams and project teams over the years. He is also comfortable working in a variety of different environments, both in Seattle and in San Francisco Bay Area. confidant,Quick, articulate, able to handle stress, detail-oriented, strong analytical skills, able to work with many different teams, good team player, able to improvisate
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