University of Surrey
Master of Science from Data Science
02.2024 - 04.2025
Hi, I’m
Rishi J
Software Engineer
London
Summary
Results-driven engineer with 4+ years delivering complex backend and infrastructure solutions, recognized for guiding projects from conception to deployment. Renowned for collaborative teamwork, design thinking, and agile problem-solving, seeking an entry/mid-level role after completing a Master’s to drive impactful contributions
Timeline
Senior Product Engineer II
Sage Group
08.2022 - 12.2023
Product Engineer
Lockstep (Acquired by Sage)
09.2021 - 08.2022
Software Engineer - I
Cerner Corporation
10.2019 - 9 2021
Applied Machine Learning in Python by University of Michigan
09-2019
Introduction to Data Science in Python By University of Michigan
09-2019
Structuring Machine Learning Projects By Deep Learning AI
06-2018
Completion Award for Oracle MOOC: PL/SQL Fundamentals By Oracle
02-2018
Divide and Conquer, Sorting and Searching, and Randomized Algorithms By Stanford Online
07-2017
Anna University
Bachelor of Engineering from Computer Science Engineering
06.2015 - 05.2019
Overview
4
years of professional experience
5
years of post-secondary education
2
Languages
5
Certificates
Work History
Sage Group
Senior Product Engineer II
08.2022 - 12.2023
Job overview
- Led critical projects aligned with strategic roadmaps, driving product stability and client satisfaction.
- Architected scalable Ruby on Rails backend for ERP integration, enabling secure multi-currency support.
- Mentored a cross-functional team, establishing best practices and rigorous code reviews.
- Reduced Sage Inbox sync time from 30 minutes to 2 minutes, significantly enhancing user experience.
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines, cutting deployment times by 50% and improving release consistency.
- Developed two-way webhook sync and ElasticSearch-based global search, unifying Sage ERP systems and emails.
Lockstep (Acquired by Sage)
Product Engineer
09.2021 - 08.2022
Job overview
- Tested final builds and deployed production changes, ensuring high-quality deliverables.
- Coordinated with engineering, QA, and design teams to plan, build, and debug key features.
- Optimised legacy code, reducing cycle times through process automation and refactoring.
- Built Lockstep Inbox from the ground up, overseeing architectural decisions and RSpec coverage.
- Spearheaded invoice automation via Photon Commerce API, cutting manual entry times by >50%.
Cerner Corporation
Software Engineer - I
10.2019 - 9 2021
Job overview
- Awarded Night of the Town (Q1 & Q3 2021) for exceptional consumer engagement solutions.
- Developed full-stack healthcare software, boosting reliability and performance across critical systems.
- Designed microservices and pagelet applications with best-practice architecture patterns.
- Built public APIs using Grape, ensuring seamless integration across multiple healthcare platforms.
- Improved API response from 6–7s to under 2s, significantly enhancing user satisfaction.
- Migrated legacy monoliths to microservices, reducing deployment overhead and increasing agility.
- Created the HI-Tooling Console, enabling consultants and clients to deploy sites in under five minutes.
Education
University of SurreyUnited Kingdom
Master of Science from Data Science
02.2024 - 04.2025
University Overview
- Anticipated First-Class Distinction (73.5% average).
- Built a cloud-based Monte Carlo simulation app for real-time stock data (IaaS scaling).
- Achieved 93% precision on an NLP transformer model for abbreviations detection.
- Engineered >80% accurate fraud detection on NEURIPS 2022 dataset.
- Researched novel spiking neural network with homeostatic mechanisms; conference paper in progress.
- Developed and Deployed a Vision Transformer Model (SWiNViT) and optimized the last layers weights using different evolutionary and schoastic algorithms such as GA, DE, Hybrid CMA+ES to achieve close to 90% validation accuracy on less than 100 epochs.
Anna UniversityIndia
Bachelor of Engineering from Computer Science Engineering
06.2015 - 05.2019
University Overview
- Graduated with 8.77 GPA
- Graduated with First Class and Distinction
- Student Achiever of the Year for being the Region Intel Student Ambassador.
- Won Prizes in IEEE competitions conducted by the IEEE society in the campus
- Skills: C++, Java, Python, Data Structures, OOPS, System Design
Additional Information
- Q1 Award: Recognized for setting up a scalable React on Rails template and leading the Healthe Life Allergies Application for U.S. Defense Veterans, optimizing performance and APIs.
- Q3 Award: Awarded for developing the Admin Tooling Console, establishing Rails Engine and NPM React Package setups, delivering live demos, and resolving critical API issues as the primary liaison between U.S. and BLR teams with daily collaborations and effective communication.
Skills
Object Oriented Programming
Team collaboration
Agile methodologies
Cross-functional collaboration
Performance optimization
Product development
Problem-solving
Critical thinking
Adaptability and flexibility
Certification
Divide and Conquer, Sorting and Searching, and Randomized Algorithms By Stanford Online
Technical Skillset
- Programming Languages: Ruby, Python , Java, JavaScript , Elixir
- Frameworks: Ruby on Rails, Flask/Django, Spring Boot, React/Redux, Ember.js, Node.js, Kafka, Hadoop, FastAPI, GrapeAPI
- Database: SQL, PostresQL, Redis, DynamoDB, CockroachDB
- DevOps/CI/CD: Docker, Terraform, Jenkins, Spinnaker, Grafana, New Relic
- Tools: Appsmith, Pendo, Sidekiq, ElasticSearch, LangChain
- Cloud Platforms: AWS (Lambda, EC2, S3, CloudWatch, EMR, RDS), GCP (BigQuery, GKE, IAM)
- AI/ML: TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras, Transformers (NLP)
- Other Technical Skills: Data Structures and Algorithms, Code Reviews, SDLC, Agile, Micro Services, Database Design, Open API, Prompt Engineering