I develop large-scale services and dabble with Machine Learning on the side. I love designing innovative, responsive UX. I am proficient in Java and C# while maintaining a reasonable understanding of Scala and Python. I'm attracted to the art and science of driving decisions by leveraging the power of data. Although a technology geek at heart, I immensely enjoy watching and playing sports. I'm also an automobile enthusiast.
Born and raised in Mumbai, currently residing in Seattle.
Geek next door. Fitness freak. Big-time foodie. Spaces over tabs.
On completing my bachelor's in 2014, I worked at Microsoft as a Software Engineer for 2 years. Took a break to pursue my master's at NYU and started at Amazon after my graduation. Currently working at Twitter as a Senior ML Engineer.
July 2021 - Present
Working on the next-gen fully-managed ML Serving platform in Cortex, which will enable other teams to serve ML models at a high scale in production while ensuring performance, reliability, and ease of use.
June 2018 - July 2021
As a dev on the Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) team at Alexa, owned a tier-1 web service platform which delivers the fastest, most reliable, and affordable service for audio processing and speech to text conversion. Worked on separating audio streaming path from rest of the architecture and cache audio in regions closer to customers. This brought speech processing to edge of the cloud reducing user perceived latency (UPL) by 25% at 99th percentile in emerging markets.
May 2017 - August 2017
As a part of the Advertising & Search Products team, incorporated real-time data streams into the guaranteed ads pipeline to reduce impression forecasting time from over 7 hours to less than 2 hours. Redesigned the availability matching algorithm in the Supply-Side Platform (SSP) by implementing in-memory indexes considerably improving the average search time. Also, saved on infrastructure costs related to hosting and maintaining index servers.
July 2014 - July 2016
Selected to be a member of MACH (Microsoft Academy of College Hires) - Microsoft's highly selective 2-year talent development program. Contributed to Volume Licensing pipeline in the Enterprise Commerce domain. I worked on business-critical applications, ensured high quality and delivered major releases with zero defects. Also worked in the Work-Life Productivity team which functioned as a startup within Microsoft. Built Microsoft's internal crowd-sourcing platform for new ideas. Also developed a portal for efficient usage of office spaces.
June 2013 - August 2013
Implemented a utility for pre performance testing environment setup of Microsoft's Volume Licensing Reporting portal. Also contributed to building a stable and efficient automation framework and automated regression test cases which drastically reduced manual testing effort for every consequent release cycle.
Spetember 2016 - May 2018
Major: Computer Science
GPA: 3.7/4.0
August 2010 - June 2014
Major: Information Technology
GPA: 3.6/4.0
Coming straight from college, he was able to quickly ramp up in the domain and the technology being used with minimal guidance. The innovative ideas Apurva implemented proved to be very beneficial and helped the team meet business expectations of delivering in a short duration of time and with zero defects. Along with focusing on his assigned project work, he proactively volunteered for stretch assignments. Overall, Apurva has consistently performed his duties with competence and gone the extra mile to ensure a solid product was shipped. He gelled very well with the team and was respected by his team members for his passion and innovative ideas.
Rajesh Chadha
Sr. Software Engineering Lead, Microsoft
Apurva showed tremendous enthusiasm for technology and played a crucial role in some of the automation delivery for my team. He is a self starter and very committed team player. I have never known a situation when either I or team leads had to follow up with him. He would go the extra mile to scale up on new technology and coding skills. Even though he was still a student while doing internship, at workplace he displayed high levels of maturity and great sense of responsibility. I was happy he was in my team.
Ronnie Joseph
Senior Manager, Microsoft
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