Akshay Gunda

Software Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States5 yrs 7 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in developing UI automation tests for Apple.
Architected machine learning solutions to combat misinformation.
Proven track record in improving software efficiency.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Software Development Engineer with expertise in Machine Learning and Automation Testing.

Contact

gundaakshaykumar@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Software DevelopmentAutomation TestingMachine LearningData ScienceJava Development

Other Skills

AlgorithmsAmazon Web Services (AWS)AngularArtificial Intelligence (AI)BootstrapCC (Programming Language)C++Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)Core JavaData MiningData StructuresDatabase Management System (DBMS)Deep LearningDjango

About

Working at Apple as a Software Development Engineer in Test. Completed Masters’ in Computer Science from Arizona State University. TECHNICAL SKILLS Programming : Swift, Python, Java, C, C++, XML, PHP, Perl, Clingo Web Technologies : JavaScript, CSS, HTML5, Bootstrap, React, REST, SOAP Frameworks & Libraries : XCTest, Scikit-Learn, Spring MVC, Hibernate, Django, Flask, D3, Angular, JUnit Databases : PostgreSQL, ORACLE, MySQL, PL/SQL Cloud & Technologies : Xcode, AWS, GCP, Splunk, MATLAB, Tableau, SSIS, Git, Android Studio, Apache Spark, Hadoop, Visual Studio

Experience

5 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 11 mos

Current Experience

Apple

Software Development Engineer In Test

Jul 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 11 mos · Cupertino, California, United States · Hybrid

Developing Calendar UI Automation testing using XCTest in iOS, iPadOS and macOS
Collaborating with Calendar Developers and QA, Application Technologies, Test index and XCTestInternal teams developing UI Automation Testing
Understanding and debating expected testing behaviors and methodologies. I’ve worked on developing new Automation tests for home screen widgets, lock screen, safety check for shared calendars, and macOS keyboard shortcuts and contextual menus to iPadOS working with Calendar QA DRIs for the tentpole to understand these new features and to write Automation task Radars for CTP tests.
Developing, maintaining, and running the Calendar automation were influential in
submitting high quality weekly roots, signing off on releases and validating new hardware
on macOS Ventura and iOS 16 and all of the macOS Monterey and iOS 15 software and security
updates.

XCTestiOSmacOSUI Automation TestingSoftware DevelopmentAutomation Testing

Arizona state university

2 roles

Graduate Research Assistantship

Promoted

May 2020 – May 2021 · 1 yr · Tempe, Arizona, United States

Architected and deployed a sophisticated two-step Machine Learning classification pipeline using Python, Django, and scikit-learn to detect systemic misinformation across global digital media platforms. By implementing a hybrid ensemble of Passive Aggressive, Random Forests, and Logistic Regression classifiers, I enabled the high-speed processing of massive unstructured datasets, a critical requirement for countering real-time adversarial information warfare.
To enhance the system’s precision, applied Joint Jensen-Shannon (JJS) divergence to generate a continuous anomaly detection signal, which allowed for the identification of coordinated influence campaigns that traditional models often miss.
Designed and developed a proprietary coordination tool to streamline human-in-the-loop data annotation. This tool was vital for generating the high-integrity training corpus required to maintain the accuracy of the AI models.

PythonDjangoscikit-learnMachine LearningData Science

Graduate Services Assistant

Aug 2019 – Dec 2019 · 4 mos · Tempe, Arizona, United States

• Being a Graduate Assistant of Dr. Yoshihiro Kobayashi, gave the opportunity to interact with undergraduate students in Programming field, share my knowledge on Programming languages while mentoring them in class activities.

Accenture

Associate Software Engineer

Nov 2018 – Jul 2019 · 8 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

Primarily focused on Core Java, Advanced Java, Database, Web Technology concepts, Organizations tools and methodologies.
As part of a global team of Java developers, improved efficiency of customer transaction histories. Created using Spring MVC and hibernate resulted in 85% improvement in retrieval rates.
Experienced in writing code by using Object oriented programming languages to test an API, SDK, or Frameworks to qualify the backend and UI of an application.
Experienced in driving development and deployment of software tools and infrastructure.
Understood user interface software components and demonstrated knowledge of user-facing issues to ensure customer satisfaction and ease of use.
Identified and applied algorithmic techniques to solve a problem in several contexts by using programming languages and evaluated correctness and efficiencies of algorithms.
Experienced in collaborating within a quality team and also with cross-functional stakeholders within engineering organizations to communicate technical findings.

JavaSpring MVCHibernateSoftware DevelopmentJava Development

Infosys

Software Engineer Intern

Jan 2018 – May 2018 · 4 mos · India

Achieved top performer rank with 96% at Infosys bootcamp in Spring MVC, Hibernate and Django framework.
Designed and implemented various features specific to the requirements in Agile model using advanced java, web technologies and MySQL database for Health Insurance Project at Infosys.

Spring MVCHibernateJavaSoftware DevelopmentJava Development