Sid Verma

I am highly skilled at building web platforms, dev tools and automation tools. I also have an interest in community building, business development, and education.

Web: sidverma.io
Github: @mavidser
Email: [email protected]
Location: Goa, India [UTC+05:30]

Skills

Web - Backend

Go, Python, Node.JS, Java, PHP

A lot of my work has been writing the backend code for various kinds of services.

Web - Frontend

React, Vue.js, Canvas, Meteor.js, jQuery

I'm quite good at developing UIs using the current 'trend' in the web landscape.

Ops and Admin

Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Linux, Networks

I have been doing DevOps and sysadmin work for small to medium-sized organizations.

Other

C++, Kotlin, Swift, Rust, SQL, Neo4J, Elastic, Embedded

Mobile development, System tools, Data storage strategies, Art projects

Non-Technical

Community management, Conference organization, Recruitment, Budgets and estimates, Project management

Work Experience

Self-employed - Multiple projects through different clients Present

Software developer, Academic tutor Rust, C++, Go, Python, JS, SQL, React, Java

Wrote audio processing libraries for analyzing music, to aid sophisticated visualization.
Built a powerful stock screener serving 3 million+ monthly active users.
Built and maintained infrastructure for online classrooms, designed grading workflows.
Developed and taught software development courses.
Did rapid prototyping for proof-of-concept apps, for UX and market testing.
Developed new features in multiple platforms, improving codebase reliability and complexity.

Shortform - A book summary service offering in-depth book guides Nov 2021 - Jun 2022

Senior Software Engineer Python, JS, Flask, VueJS, Ansible, SQL

Wrote APIs and developed the UI for the core product.
Developed the AB testing framework for the backend and the UI, to help with product strategies.
Worked on automating and improving the cloud infrastructure.

Opencraft - A consultancy providing OpenEdX development services Jun 2020 - Aug 2021
Oct 2023 - Mar 2024

Senior Open Source Developer Kubernetes, Python, JS, Django, React, Ansible, SQL, Elastic

Managed clients, projects and recruitment in the organization.
Worked on building the open-source blockstore, a content storing system with built-in version control, multi-tenancy and hierarchical linking. This replaced a mongodb-based inflexible and static legacy storage mechanism.
Worked on building an open-souce orchestration platform to easily manage Edx installation across clients.
Collaborated with upstream to plan and add features to the platform, as per client requirements.
Worked on developing and maintaining the internal and client cloud infrastructure.
Worked on improving company processes around async sprints, recruitment and communication.

Tower Research Capital - A New York based high-frequency trading firm Sep 2017 - Mar 2019

Software Engineer Go, JS, Python, VueJS, Django, Kafka, SQL, Elastic, Neo4J

Developed a unified monitoring and alerting system, which was pluggable into all trading and operational tools.
Developed tools to visualize the complex company wide systems infrastructure in a single place. These views could be used by sysadmins to get a logical overview, or by data-center techs to get a physical overview, etc.
Built a IFTTT like extensible automation framework, to help automate various internal organizational processes.
Improved services and APIs' performance by optimizing code, databases and deployment.
Wrote APIs and developed UIs for various internal products across the organization.

CultureAlley - Developers of Hello English, an English-learning platform Jun 2015 - Sep 2017

Software Engineer Pocketsphinx, JS, Python, C, Java, SQL, Electron, Android

Built a multi-platform speech recognition + grading system for servers, web-browsers, and mobile apps.
Prototyped and developed effecient news-feed solutions, and chatbot-based teaching platforms.
Developed APIs, UIs, desktop apps, android modules, browser extensions and IVR interfaces.
Introduced and set up automation pipelines for testing, deployment, and rollbacks across all apps.

Education

Jaypee University of Engineering and Technology - B.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering 2012 – 2016