Aravind Utpat Vijendra

Aravind Utpat Vijendra has a diverse work experience in the field of software engineering and data science. Aravind currently holds the position of Staff Software Engineer at WePay since September 2021. Prior to this, they worked as a Senior Software Engineer at the same company from August 2018 to September 2021. Aravind also served as a Software Engineer at WePay from February 2018 to August 2018. During their time at WePay, they gained expertise in implementing data pipelines, working with Google Cloud Dataflow, Apache Kafka, BigQuery, BigTable, and Apache Airflow.

Before joining WePay, Aravind worked as a Software Engineer Intern at WePay from May 2017 to December 2017. Aravind was part of the Risk Engineering team and focused on developing Java-based RESTful services and a Risk API to make better risk decisions. Aravind also contributed to the implementation of micro-services for identifying fraudulent transactions.

Aravind completed their Master of Science in Computer Science with a specialization in Data Science from the University of Southern California in December 2017. During their time at USC, they also worked as a Graduate Student and Course Grader. As a graduate student, they developed a strong foundation in machine learning, information retrieval, natural language processing, and data science/data engineering. As a course grader, they were responsible for grading exams and assignments for the Database Systems course.

Prior to pursuing their master's degree, Aravind worked as a Software Engineer at Adobe from June 2012 to December 2015. Aravind was a member of the core team that worked on reviving the animation tool Flash Professional and transforming it into Adobe Animate CC. Aravind contributed to feature development and enhancing the capabilities of Adobe Animate CC.

Aravind started their professional career as a Systems Engineer at Infosys in August 2010. Aravind was involved in designing and developing the "employee management" system for a Fortune-50 customer. Aravind gained experience in creating design specifications based on customer requirements. Aravind also completed the Infosys Foundation Program Training and worked on a real-world project involving the development of an online "performance appraisal management" system as a Systems Engineer Trainee.

Aravind Utpat Vijendra completed a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Southern California from 2016 to 2017. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Computer Science from Visvesvaraya Technological University between 2006 and 2010. Aravind also holds an Adobe Certified Expert certification, however, the specific month and year of its completion are not provided.