Technical Yahoo at Yahoo! Inc
San Francisco Bay Area
Technical Yahoo at Yahoo! Inc
San Francisco Bay Area
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.
software design, algorithms, c/c++, java, javascript, ajax/dhtml, html/css, php
(Public Company; YHOO; Internet industry)
January 2006 — Present (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.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2002 — July 2003 (1 year 2 months)
Designed custom software tools for datamining in the field of bio-informatics, including Sarani and Abgenix.
(Public Company; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)
July 2001 — May 2002 (11 months)
Maintained Cisco's proprietary networking OS for the high-end 7500 series routers.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Hardware industry)
May 2001 — June 2001 (2 months)
-Designed and implemented a Fingerprint Recognition based access control system, with all the device drivers for the components written in C.
MS , Computer Science , 2003 — 2005
B.Tech , Computer Science & Engg , 1997 — 2001
softwares, algorithms, web technology, web application and webservice development, motorcycling, photography, woodworking