About Me

Hello! It’s me, Piyush. :)

I am a Machine Learning Engineer at PyImageSearch and also work as a freelance Full Stack Web Developer, assisting clients with large-scale, cross-platform software projects. Previously, I worked as an AI/ML Studio Publisher at Lightning AI, where I published open-source studio templates for AI/ML projects. I’ve also been an independent contractor with Weights and Biases, writing and publishing reports on deep learning topics. I actively contribute to open-source projects, with a current focus on HuggingFace and keras.

Experience

  • Machine Learning Engineer at PyImageSearch (Sep 2024 - Present)

  • AI/ML, Studio Publisher at Lightning AI (March 2024 - Sep 2024)

    • Building open source templates for AI projects - Lightning AI Studios Publishers initiative. You can find all my published studios here: Lightning Studios

  • AI/ML, Independent Contractor at Weights and Biases (Sep 2023 - Feb 2024)

    • Do projects on AI related topics and write reports. You can find all my published reports here: Posts

  • Full Stack Web Developer, Freelance Client Support (June 2022 - Present)

    • Assist professionals at MNCs on large scale cross platform software projects.
    • Worked on various apps such as ecommerce, developer portals, NFC portal, restaurant management which includes technology like react.js, redux.js, node.js, mongoDB, mongoose.js, firebase, next.js, various design frameworks, postgresql, react-native.
    • Helped them with building webapps, analytics, multipage forms, writing unit and functional tests, creating user stories, worked on several spike stories.
    • Built webapps using Backstage and MS Power Apps.
    • Helped with deployment using Docker, Kubernetes, and Jenkins over different environments (local, DEV, UAT, PROD)

  • Open Source Contributor

Leadership / Volunteer

  • Google Developer Student Clubs, NSEC, Kolkata (July 2021 - July 2022)

    • Led a team of 10+ core members, delegating tasks and ensuring smooth club operations. Nurtured a dynamic community of tech enthusiasts, fostering a collaborative environment for students interested in Google technologies and software development.
    • Acted as a liaison between the club and Google, representing the interests and needs of the student community, and contributing to the club’s recognition within the global DSC program.
    • Planned and executed numerous tech-focused events, hands-on workshops, with participation from 700+ students, leading to increased engagement and knowledge sharing within the club.
    • Successfully organized the ”Winter of Code 2021” event, an open-source event like GSoC (apart from Google agenda), attracting participation from 10+ prominent organizations and 400+ enthusiastic student applicants. Worked closely with a dedicated team to curate a selection of 25+ projects, overseeing their integration into the event and matching them with motivated student contributors.

  • Google Developer Groups Cloud Community, Kolkata (June 2022 - Aug 2022)

    • Served as a dedicated volunteer and member of the web team for Cloud Community Days 2022, a multi-faceted tech event that brought together professionals, enthusiasts, and organizations spanning various technology domains.
    • Built an event website which assisted in grabbing a huge audience making an event the largest in eastern India.

Technical Skills

  • Domain: Full stack web development, Deep Learning/Machine Learning

  • Languages: Python, C, C++, JavaScript, Typescript, HTML/CSS/SCSS, Markdown, Sql, LaTex

  • Developer Tools: VS Code, git, GitHub, Gitlab, Jira, MS Teams, vim, neovim, nano

  • Technologies/Frameworks: TensorFlow, Keras, scikit-learn, OpenCV, TensorFlowJs, MediaPipe, Weights and Biases, Google Colaboratory, Jupyter Notebook, React.js, Redux.js, Node.js, Express.js, Next.js, mongoDB, mongoose.js, Firebase, Google Cloud Platform, TailwindCss, jQuery, Bootstrap, Reactstrap, Material-UI, Fluent-UI, jest, react-testing-library, MS Power Apps, Backstage, Hugo, CI/CD, GitHub actions, GitHub pages, Vercel, Cloudflare, GoDaddy, Arduino, Linux/Arch, i3wm, picom, alacritty, ssh, bash, zsh

Recommendations

Soumik Rakshit

ML Engineer at Weights & Biases, Google Developer Expert in ML

July 26, 2024 * Source - LinkedIn

Piyush is an immensely talented engineer with a strong work ethic. I had the pleasure of collaborating with him on several personal side projects, and every time he delivered the work, he demonstrated a strong knowledge of deep learning and computer science. Piyush is one of those rare individuals who brings good software engineering practices and experience in machine learning, making him a valuable asset for any technical team.

Sayak Paul

ML Engineer at Hugging Face, Google Developer Expert in ML

March 10, 2021 * Source - LinkedIn

I mentored Piyush during Winter of Code (WoC) 2020 which is an effort led by DSC NSEC to prepare students to strengthen their base in open-source contributions. Piyush was a part of the DeepFusionAI team where the project was to build a social distance detector that can run efficiently in near real-time on tiny devices such as mobile phones and Raspberry Pis. Throughout the tenure of WoC 2020, I found Piyush to be extremely hardworking and disciplined. He has a genuine hunger to improve his solutions and he pursues this endeavor quite fearlessly. Within a very short span of time, Piyush was able to create a clean PoC social distance detector abiding by all the constraints. He graciously incorporated all the feedback other mentors and I had suggested and he even further improved them. Apart from his work, I also found Piyush to be a team player and overall a decent person to work with. I wish Piyush all the success in life and I am sure any team would be lucky to have a member like Piyush.

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