Ankur Kothari 

​ itbucket.org/ankothari​ | ​ankothari@gmail.com 
Bellevue, WA | 315.949.9711 | g​ ithub.com/charlieanna​ | b
Education 
MS, Computer Engineering, S​yracuse University​,​ S​yracuse, NY. G
​ PA: 3.64  May 2019 
Courses: Machine Learning, Advanced Deep Learning, Data Mining, Convex Optimization, Probabilistic methods 
BS, Electronics, ​Mukesh Patel School of Technology & Mgt, NMIMS Mumbai, India May 2010 

Work Experience 
GoDaddy​, Senior Software Engineer - Fulfilment services, Kirkland, WA July 2019-present 
(Golang, AWS) 
● Implemented Monitoring system with Prometheus 
● Helped setup multi region cluster on AWS 
● Implemented the backend in Go for TLDs(KR, JP, CO.JP) 

Deep Learning Co-op​,​ Q

​ uanterion Solutions Incorporated, Syracuse, NY May 2018–Nov 2018 
(Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Networkx )  
● Created an adaptive learning recommendation system for users on Stack Overflow that recommended questions to users, 
based on their SO answering history and question viewing history, to help them learn specific topics and help them navigate 
the questions space better.  
● Used modified PageRank algorithm for finding out the importance of the questions based on scores and linked questions. 
Tech Lead,​Idexcel Technologies, Bangalore 2015–2017 
(Ruby on Rails, RSpec, AngularJS and PostgreSQL) 
● Founding engineer, architect, and lead of Factoring Module team, which eventually grew to 10+ engineers. 
● Introduced automated testing practices, reducing manual testing headcount from 4 to 1. 
● Onboarded three US banks to the Factoring Module, increasing revenue by 35%. 
Software Engineer, Lead, C
​ ognitive Clouds, Bangalore 2014–2015 
(AWS, Heroku, Google Cloud Engine, Ejabberd, Ruby on Rails ) 
● Led 3 teams to develop and deploy 4 backend applications on services for startups in the MVP stage. 
● Helped two US-based customers, Yoopine and HelloFlock, launch their first product in the US market and a WhatsApp 
clone with Amharic keyboard for another customer in Ethiopia. 
Senior Software Engineer, ​Almond Wellness Tech, Mumbai  2014 
(Ruby on Rails, AWS, AngularJS) 
● Designed and developed a platform to change fitness behavior using challenges and gamification elements like personal 
challenges, team challenges, leaderboards, and networking. 
● Launched product in 6 months, securing funding of $1M to integrate the product with internal employee system. 

Projects 
Capsule Network on Text Data using Keras 
● Used a combination of Capsule layers with LSTM, GRU layers for predicting rating on Reuters and IMDb datasets.  
● The accuracy achieved was 5% better than using just a Capsule network on the datasets.  
IdleCampus — A Communication Tool for Students 
● Built a cross-platform communication tool for iOS, Android and Web browser similar to a precursor to Slack, for students 
to communicate and share notes within groups and one-on-one.  
● Fixed important bugs on Android Smack library and implemented custom modules in Erlang for the chat server.  
● Released the app on the iOS App Store and Google Play.  

Skills 
Programming and Tools:​Python, Ruby, ​PostgreSQL​, XMPP, Ejabberd, Capistrano, RSpec, AWS, Heroku, Google Cloud  
Data and Machine Learning: ​Scikit-Learn, Deep Learning, Keras, Tensorflow, MapReduce, Spark, MLlib, Hadoop