Joy Dutta

Technical Yahoo at Yahoo! Inc

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
Past
Education
  • State University of New York at Stony Brook
  • Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Connections
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Industry
Information Technology and Services
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Joy Dutta’s Summary

Extensive software engineering experience in solving various challenges of maintaining the internals a popular website.

My latest work involves developing features for the backend infrastructure of Yahoo! finance, and many of the core internal webservices. In over 3 years I have contributed on several key projects, both frontend and backend.

My core ability is creative problem solving, and making sure a solution is scalable. In general, if I find a challenging problem with high rewards or stakes, I am not afraid to learn a lot of new things to get it done.

Joy Dutta’s Specialties:

software design, algorithms, c/c++, java, javascript, ajax/dhtml, html/css, php


Joy Dutta’s Experience

  • Technical Yahoo

    Yahoo! Inc

    (Public Company; YHOO; Internet industry)

    January 2006Present (3 years 11 months)

    My job is to develop new features and software infrastructures for Yahoo! Finance. I work on both frontend and backend projects and specialize in reusable internal webservices.

    My past key projects include:
    1. Prototyped and developed the streaming quotes framework.
    2. Maintained and upgraded Yahoo! Finance flash charts.
    3. Developed the symbol autosuggest feature for sitewide use.
    4. Developed several key internal webservices.

  • Software Engineer

    Strand Life Sciences

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    June 2002July 2003 (1 year 2 months)

    Designed custom software tools for datamining in the field of bio-informatics, including Sarani and Abgenix.

  • Software Engineer

    Cisco Systems India

    (Public Company; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)

    July 2001May 2002 (11 months)

    Maintained Cisco's proprietary networking OS for the high-end 7500 series routers.

  • Technical Consultant

    Micro System Foundations

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

    May 2001June 2001 (2 months)

    -Designed and implemented a Fingerprint Recognition based access control system, with all the device drivers for the components written in C.


Joy Dutta’s Education

  • State University of New York at Stony Brook

    MS , Computer Science , 20032005

    Activities and Societies:
    Sports and event photographer with Stony Brook Statesman followed by SB Independent.
  • Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

    B.Tech , Computer Science & Engg , 19972001


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Joy Dutta’s Interests:

softwares, algorithms, web technology, web application and webservice development, investing, motorcycling, photography, woodworking

Joy Dutta’s Groups:

  •    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
  •    IIT Alumni
  •    Stony Brook University

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  • new ventures
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