About

Aakash R is a highly skilled Software Engineer with over 7 years of experience in the technology industry. He is currently working at blackstraw.ai as a Software Engineer, where he uses his expertise in Python to develop and maintain cutting-edge applications. Aakash is passionate about Python and believes that it is the ultimate programming language. Aakash has a strong background in Machine Learning and has worked as a Machine Learning Engineer at gnani.ai. As the fourth employee of the startup, he was the founding engineer who single-handedly built and scaled the application to 1 million user requests. He controlled Android, Backend, Cloud deployment, and scaling. Later, he transitioned himself into a Speech Recognition Engineer, building various indic speech to text models. Prior to his work at gnani.ai, Aakash was an Associate Software Engineer at Fidelity, where he was proud to be part of the global equity trading team of a 5 trillion dollar asset under management mutual fund company. He automated the entire quality aspect of the equity trading team backend services, which had a significant impact on production release timelines. Aakash holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering from b. m. s. college of engineering, where he graduated in 2015. He has a diverse tech stack that includes AI, Software Engineering, Python, ML, Backend, and Android. Overall, Aakash is a skilled and experienced Software Engineer with a passion for Python and a strong background in Machine Learning. His ability to build and scale applications, automate processes, and develop speech recognition models make him a valuable asset to any team.