Karan Thakkar

Mumbai, India · [email protected]

I am a DevSecOps Engineer who likes to dabble in cloud-native, mobile and XR development. Always interested in talking about things at the intersection of technology, culture and politics.

Experience

Senior Engineer

Edwards Lifesciences

Cloud Architecture and DevSecOps for internal and external user-facing products. Set standards for SCM (Git), user access (IAM) and pipeline orchestration (CI/CD). Create XR experiences focusing on simulation and training

August 2022 - November 2024

Senior Software Engineer

Zeus Systems

Build and set up automation testing framework for web projects including Jenkins pipelines. Implement automation scripts for test cases and train a team of four to take over the activity.

July 2018 - August 2020

Software Engineer Intern

Win-10 Technologies

Build static company portfolio and product showcase website with a 'get in touch' feature. Create automations to clean and analyze enquiry data to generate leads. Develop an invoicing module in Java

June 2017 - May 2018

Education

University of Texas Arlington

Master of Science
Computer Science

GPA: 3.2

August 2020 - May 2022

University of Mumbai

Bachelor of Science
Computer Science

GPA: 3.4

September 2014 - May 2018

Certifications & Publications

  • AWS - Solutions Architect Associate
  • University of Texas Arlington - Graduate Certificate in Big Data Management and Data Sciences
  • University of Texas Arlington - Graduate Certificate in Deep Learning
  • CodePath - Android Developer
  • NPTEL - Modern Application Development
  • Tracking Quality of Healthcare Services – International Conference on Advances in Science and Technology (2018)

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools
Workflow
  • DevSecOps
  • Platform Engineering
  • Multi-cloud Architecture Design
  • Agile Development & Scrum