Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos

• 🔹 Streamlined FOTA (Firmware Over-The-Air) for billions of OS/security upgrades – covering model setup, delta creation, delta merge, upstream sanity, IoT interoperability, and full device testing.
• 🔹 Optimized FOTA delta build pipeline using operation & architecture-level parallelism → 40% faster builds, saving ~5000 server hours/month.
• 🔹 Acted as POC for FOTA Provider across wearables (buds, fitness trackers, rings) ensuring seamless upgrade rollouts.
• 🔹 Proactively contributed to the innovation front through patent filings & research publications in Machine Learning, Generative AI, and Diffusion models.
• 🔹 Oversaw reporting, JIRA, and PLM issue tracking & management, ensuring transparency and efficient resolution.
• 🔹 Actively engaged in technical and research discussions, driving collaboration and knowledge sharing across teams.
• 🔹 Developing AI-powered solutions leveraging internal LLM-based models and the CLINE model to enhance automation and intelligence in FOTA workflows.

Mar 2020 – Feb 2025 · 4 yrs 11 mos

• 🔹 Led development and maintenance of globally used enterprise portals, driving cross-team collaboration and issue resolution.
• 🔹 Built an On-Device User Prompt based Camera Capture AI solution using Visual Question Answering models, achieving 92% accuracy and <200ms frame processing delay.
• 🔹 Designed and delivered portals with React.js, AngularJS, Java, Spring Boot, and multiple databases, implementing centralized SAML authentication for secure access.
• 🔹 Partnered with HQ Korea to define SMR portal requirements and enabled automated build triggers for faster deployment.
• 🔹 Developed custom React-based dynamic forms and interactive dashboards with Excel-like functionality, enhancing user experience and reporting efficiency.
• 🔹 Automated workflows with Jenkins pipelines and intelligent BOTs, delivering live PLM issue tracking and streamlined deployments.
• 🔹 Hired, mentored, and scaled a high-performing engineering team, fostering innovation and ownership across projects.
• 🔹 Advocated AI and research initiatives through presentations to 300+ members, patent filings, and publications in cutting-edge technologies.

Mar 2018 – Feb 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos

• 🔹 Designed and implemented a user behavioral biometrics authentication system for mobile login screens, leveraging swipe dynamics (speed, gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetometer data) and algorithms such as KNN and Isolation Forest to enhance device security.
• 🔹 Built a global tracking system for management to monitor Priority Projects, PLM issues, and Blocking issues, significantly reducing TAT through better visibility and workflow efficiency.
• 🔹 Developed multiple internal portals to support in-house operations, including request management, data tracking & visualization, and executive meeting dashboards for MDs and leadership.
• 🔹 Optimized issue tracking systems by refining database queries and implementing half-yearly snapshots, enabling faster data retrieval and analysis.

Mar 2016 – Feb 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos

• 🔹 Optimized database performance in the PENUP app by implementing a starflow schema, reducing query execution time from 3s to 0.7s through elimination of unnecessary joins.
• 🔹 Developed a comprehensive JUnit test suite, significantly reducing runtime failures and improving code reliability.
• 🔹 Mentored ~30 engineers in Data Structures, enabling many to clear Advanced-level SWC proficiency certifications.
• 🔹 Independently owned and enhanced the Admin and OpenAPI modules of the PENUP app; mentored 3 team members and delivered key features like Coloring and Live Drawing.
• 🔹 Traveled to HQ Korea to implement billing functionality in the Live Drawing app, while building strong professional relationships with Korean counterparts.
• 🔹 Awarded an Indian Patent for filtering irrelevant notifications in IoT ecosystems, showcasing innovation and problem-solving at scale.

Sep 2015 – Feb 2016 · 5 mos

• 🔹 Contributed significantly to the development of the PENUP app, a global digital art community platform.
• 🔹 Successfully cleared the Samsung SWC Data Structures test on the first attempt, showcasing strong algorithmic and problem-solving skills.
• 🔹 Recognized by HQ Korea for delivering a highly responsive web application design, enhancing user experience.
• 🔹 Resolved critical issues with minimal turnaround time (TAT), ensuring smooth application performance.
• 🔹 Built and maintained strong technical and professional relationships within the team, fostering collaboration and trust.