Praveen Kumar

Senior Software Engineer

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India3 yrs 10 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Led critical system software projects at Samsung.
  • Recognized with the People’s Award at Ideathon'24.
  • Mentored over 500 engineers in software competency.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-focused Software Engineer in Embedded Systems and Web Development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Kernel DevelopmentMemory ManagementInnovation DevelopmentMentoringSystems DesignLinux KernelUser Experience (ux)

Other Skills

Kernel ProgrammingTechnology LeadershipEngineeringC (Programming Language)System DevelopmentDebuggingCreative IdeationHigh-Level DesignLow-Level DesignIdeationPatent SearchingEmerging TechnologiesData StructuresC++Algorithms

About

I am a passionate software engineer with 3 years of experience, currently contributing to Samsung's Tizen Development team. My expertise lies in system software development, kernel debugging, and memory management, C, C++, with a strong foundation in Data Structures, Algorithms, and Operating System concepts. I thrive on solving complex problems and driving impactful results. Looking forward, I aim to contribute to challenging projects, push the boundaries of technology, and collaborate with like-minded professionals to create value.

Experience

3 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 9 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 1 mo
Current Experience

Qualcomm

Senior Software Engineer

Apr 2025Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

Samsung electronics

4 roles

Lead Software Engineer

Promoted

Mar 2024Apr 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Promoted to Lead Engineer @Samsung, R&D Delhi.
  • Recognized with the People’s Award at Ideathon'24.
  • Spearheaded system software development for critical modules including memory management daemons, deadlock detectors, Tizen Memory Tracer, Address Sanitizer, Kernel Debugging, Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer, syswatchd, vlogger, different system designs and QEMU-emulator (ARM64).
  • Optimized memory management by integrating Slab with StackDepot, reducing memory usage by approximately 100 MB. Developed and introduced kmalloc slabs, resolved runtime CMA allocation bugs, enhanced OOM-reaper to reclaim D-state process memory, and implemented the Zstd compression algorithm within the kernel using open-source references.
  • Designed and implemented an IRQ Latency Analyzer to identify and resolve latency issues, including a /proc/ interface for real-time threshold adjustments.
  • Debugged and contributed to the resolution of critical issues for Android on Tizen (AOT) implementation.
Kernel ProgrammingTechnology LeadershipEngineeringC (Programming Language)Linux KernelKernel Development+7

IEC Member(Invention Evaluation Committee)

Jan 2024Apr 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Focused on four key areas: Patents, Proof of Concepts (PoCs), Hackathons, and Ideathons.
  • Guided a team of 20+ members, driving all ideation-related initiatives while coordinating with R&D stakeholders to facilitate organization-wide collaboration and feedback from headquarters in Korea. Responsibilities also included mentoring and training new team members to foster an innovation-oriented mindset by exploring demanding technologies, refining use cases, conducting prior art searches, and defining problem statements.
  • Explored areas covers - Software solutions for Samsung TV, VD Devices like Projector, Robots, DA devices like RVC, FamilyHUB (Refrigerator), Microwave, Mobile Devices, Tablets, Gen AI, MetaVerse.
IdeationInnovation DevelopmentPatent SearchingMentoringEmerging TechnologiesCreative Ideation

SWC Trainer & Mentor

Promoted

Feb 2023Apr 2025 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Supported and guided individuals in their preparation for Samsung's Software Competency Assessment (SWC Advanced and SWC Professional). This included facilitating discussions and teaching coding challenges, system design, and optimization techniques. A key part of the mentorship process involved identifying challenges, conducting gap analyses, and providing a well-defined vision and strategic roadmap through regular interactions. Achieved a strong success rate, with eight participants passing the assessment within six months.
  • Officially recognized as SWC trainer at org level and conduct mentoring sessions to 40+ candidates of monthly batches at org level. Awarded outstanding silver award for mentoring sessions. Have mentored more than 500 engineering as a part of trainings.
MentoringData StructuresC++AlgorithmsSystems DesignOptimization+2

Software Engineer

Jul 2022Feb 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Worked with the Kernel team on Linux kernel Operating system analyzing kernel working (development, testing ,
  • debugging and solutions for kernel OOPS & OOM (out of memory), lockups or performance issues).
TizenLinux KernelC++C (Programming Language)MentoringMemory Management+7

Stmicroelectronics

Software Engineer Intern

Jan 2022Jul 2022 · 6 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · Hybrid

  • Worked with the Application , Administration and Services team, automated cer to p12 ssl certificate conversion using shell script and jenkins
Shell ScriptingBashJenkins

Chegg inc.

Subject Matter Expert - Computer

Sep 2021Jan 2022 · 4 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Digipartners

Web Development Intern

Jun 2021Jul 2021 · 1 mo · Chandigarh, India · Remote

  • Created base layout using Bootstrap, CSS and adding JS to enhance functionality and UX on web pages dynamically.
  • All-in-one Appointment Scheduling Software comprising pricing, features and login pages designed and worked on GitHub to deploy the authentication changes.
  • Decreased latency in their user service by 30% by including synchronizing the data between application and db.
HTMLCascading Style Sheets (CSS)JavaScriptUser Experience (UX)UI

Education

J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA

Bachelor's degree — Computer Science

Aug 2018Jul 2022

Sharda International School - India

12th Standard

May 2016May 2017

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