Siddharth Kulkarni
I am a Front End Engineer with interests in Full Stack Development, Blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and Computer Graphics. Currently pursuing my Masters in Computer Science from San Jose State University.
Projects
User Interface Designs (HTML-CSS)
Front End/Full Stack Development
Machine Learning
Education
San Jose State University
Masters of Science - Computer Science
GPA: 3.7
SRM University
Bachelors of Technology - Computer Science and Engineering
GPA: 8.8
Research
Energy Efficiency in Blockchain
Researched and analyzed energy efficiency of blockchain miners with Sharan Duggirala under the guidance of Dr.Melody Moh. Experiments were conducted by varying parameters such as CPU cores, GPU cores and hashing function being used.
SRM Search Engine
Responsible for the look and feel, web development, SEO optimization and cross browser performance of the Gov. of India funded “India-centric” search engine. Increased application speed and improved user experience over multiple development iterations.
Platform Stabilization using Reverse Kinematics
Interned at the Robotics Laboratory, Department of Engineering Design at IIT Madras to design and develop "Platform Stabilization for Smart Civil Structures". The prototype was extended for use on camera stabilization on drones.
Experience
Founder/Full Stack Developer
Ideated, designed and developed a full-stack web application - ‘Abodemart’ which is a free classified ads platform for college students in India. The application has been used by over 50,000 students till date.
User Interface Designer (Summer Intern)
Tasked with the redesign of the HumanFox website which resulted in a 20% increase in users buying premium and paid subscriptions. Used Sketch for creating wireframes and web designs in HTML, CSS which were integrated into the web and mobile application.
Web Developer (Summer Intern)
Co-Designed the original “Interact” platform which is a secure assessment platform for fast hiring. Also Designed the then company logo, landing page and other digital assets.
Software Developer (Summer Intern)
Designed and Developed an internal tool to visualize server statuses and security incidents for the Delhi Office using jQuery and the D3.js Javascript Library. This was the first data visualization tool used by the organization for this purpose.
Skills
Interests
Apart from being a software developer, I enjoy most of my time biking, walking on the beach or cooking.
When forced indoors, I follow a number of sci-fi and fantasy genre movies and television shows. I am also an aspiring music producer and spend a large amount of my free time studying and exploring music from artists irrespective of genre.