Harikesh Shinde

Software Engineer

India6 yrs 3 mos experience

AI ML PractitionerAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Expert in optimizing HPC applications for maximum performance.
Proven track record in benchmarking AI/ML workloads.
Skilled in architecting custom HPC solutions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a High-Performance Computing specialist with expertise in AI and HPC infrastructure.

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Skills

Core Skills

Artificial Intelligence (ai)High Performance Computing (hpc)

Other Skills

AIOpsHPCSLURMInfiniBandAI/ML benchmarkingPerformance optimizationGPU architecture evaluationBenchmarkingPython (Programming Language)Business DevelopmentData CentersNetworkingPerformance BenchmarkingKubernetesCloud Computing IaaS

About

Highly skilled HPC Application Engineer with a proven track record in optimizing and porting scientific applications to harness maximum performance on HPC systems. As an experienced professional in the field of High-Performance Computing (HPC), I have dedicated career for optimizing and managing HPC applications and infrastructure. Mostly work revolves around aligning HPC applications with specific workloads, ensuring efficient resource utilization in heterogeneous computing environments, and contributing to the growth of HPC facilities across India. Skilled in troubleshooting complex issues and providing innovative solutions to drive operational excellence. Deep knowledge of parallel programming, optimization techniques, and HPC architectures along with proficiency in C/C++ and Python to deliver effective and scalable solutions.

Experience

6 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

11 mos

Current Experience

Amd

Senior Software Systems Designer

Jun 2025 – Present · 11 mos · Hyderabad · On-site

Artificial Intelligence (AI)AIOps

8bit.ai

Senior HPC Engineer

Feb 2025 – May 2025 · 3 mos · Hyderabad · On-site

Designed, deployed, and managed HPC clusters, ensuring high availability and optimal
performance.
Configured SLURM, resource managers, and high-speed interconnects (InfiniBand,
NVLink, RDMA).
Benchmarked AI/ML workloads using PyTorch, TensorFlow, and JAX across NVIDIA
architectures (H200, H100, A100, V100, L40).
Architected custom HPC solutions for client workloads, optimizing cost, scalability, and
performance.
Integrated high-performance storage (Lustre, GPFS, NFS, Ceph) with AI pipelines.
Deployed monitoring systems (Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios) for proactive health and
performance checks.
Presented technical findings and performance results to key stakeholders and clients.

AIOpsHigh Performance Computing (HPC)

Cdacindia

2 roles

Senior Project Engineer

Promoted

Jan 2023 – Feb 2025 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Pune Area, India

Optimized and ported scientific applications to run efficiently on high-performance computing systems, including clusters, grids, and clouds
Architected and evaluated various hardware architectures for performance optimization, including: Intel Microarchitectures, GPGPUs, Graphcore IPUs, Cerebras HPC Accelerators, MiPhi Memory Solutions, IBM Watson Machine, etc
Spearheaded entire benchmarking front for system evaluation with various GPU architecture sticking to HPC and AI domain specific applications under MLPerf consortium
Collaborated with researchers to understand application requirements and develop optimization strategies
Worked with HPC operations team to ensure seamless integration of optimized applications with HPC infrastructure
Participated in code reviews and ensured adherence to coding standards and best practices
Mentored junior engineers and provided technical guidance and support.

High Performance Computing (HPC)Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Project Engineer

Sep 2019 – Dec 2022 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Pune Area, India

Experience to have work exposure for projects under NSM (National Supercomputing Mission) with HPC-AI Technologies
Major contribution to research domain PoC works and benchmarking of applications on cluster environment
Assisted in setting up and configuring of new HPC cluster, including software setup and system integration
Used tools to automate application deployment and testing using tools like SPACK, ReFrame, etc
Conducted performance benchmarking and tuning, for improvement in computational efficiency for key research projects
Provided technical support and training to 1000+ end-users, enhancing their ability to effectively utilize HPC resources for their computational needs.

Python (Programming Language)Business Development

E-arth solutions pvt. ltd - pune

Intern

Dec 2017 – Feb 2018 · 2 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Researched and identified new technologies and approaches, helping to proactively solve unique problems
Analyzed, designed, developed, and tested software, including embedded devices for organization's products and systems.