resume

General Information

Full Name Karthik Ramesh Iyer
Date of Birth 2nd October 1999
Languages English, Hindi, Tamil

Education

  • Exp. 2025
    MS in Computer Science
    Texas A&M University, College Station
  • 2021
    B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Computer Science
    Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

Experience

  • 2021 - 2023
    Software Engineer
    JPMorgan Chase & Co.
  • 2021
    Computer Graphics Engineering Intern
    Viga Entertainment Technology
  • 2020 - 2021
    Team Lead
    MDG IITR (Official IITR Security App)
  • 2020
    Software Engineering Intern
    JPMorgan Chase & Co.
  • 2020
    Student Developer
    Google Summer of Code - Academy Software Foundation
  • 2019 - 2020
    Mentor
    Google Code-In (TensorFlow)
  • 2019
    Student Developer
    Google Summer of Code - TensorFlow
  • 2018 - 2019
    Android Developer
    NaviSmart

Skills

Languages Java, C, C++, Python, Groovy, Swift
Databases Oracle, Apache Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis, Firebase Realtime Database
Frameworks/Libraries OpenGL, matplotlib, VTK, OpenTimelineIO, PySide2, SpringBoot, Android Java Framework
Software/Tools Git, CMake, Oracle SQL Developer, Apache Kafka, Blender, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects

Accomplishments

  • Feb 2023
    • Fast-Track promotion to Software Engineer 2 at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
    • Amongst top 3% globally in the new grad cohort
  • Jul 2022
    • Co-authored a white paper at JPMorgan Chase & Co. (Making Cassandra Queries resilient)
  • May 2022
    • Developer Story featured in the GitHub README project, highlighting the journey from a student to an open-source contributor, to a software engineer
  • Feb 2020
    • First Position in Software Productathon E-Summit'20
  • Oct 2019
    • Top 10 in InOut 6.0
  • Jan 2019
    • 3rd Position at Hack in the North 2019
  • Jan 2017
    • KVPY Fellow 2017 (SX)

Academic Interests

  • Computer Graphics
    • Physically Based Simulation
    • Animation
    • Rendering
  • Software Engineering
    • Backend Development
    • Distributed Systems

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: Reading, Movies/TV-shows, 3D Digital art, Formula 1