About

Akhilesh Gautam is a Software Engineer III at Walmart with over 3.5 years of experience in voice design development. He has a keen interest in end-to-end development of Alexa Skills, Google Assistant Actions, and chatbots to solve real-world problems. Akhilesh is an enthusiastic software developer with excellent problem-solving skills and a keen learner who can work earnestly, meet deadlines, and collaborate with others. Akhilesh has worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Wipro, where he was an integral part of Wipro's patented offering "Smart test ride." He was part of the engagement with KTM Austria's Innovation unit, where it partnered with Wipro to co-innovate and launch this in Germany, Austria, and India. Akhilesh's key responsibilities included Alexa Voice Skill architecture design, end-to-end development of the Alexa Skill, working on the best smart devices available for the test ride for voice interaction, developing "conversation nets" for natural, personality-driven conversations based on situations, setting up the voice skill testing on a mass scale, automation testing of the Alexa Skill, and conducting workshops in Wipro to promote voice-based solutions for the project. He has also worked as a Software Engineer at Wipro's Connected vehicles platform, where they develop innovative products that elevate the ownership experience of vehicles through 20+ features with Alexa Skill, Google Action, AWS Lex Chatbot, mobile, web application, and smart Dongle. Akhilesh's role involved providing the best Voice User Experience to the user, Voice Skill architecture design, and adding patterns to the voice skill and chatbot application, end-to-end development of the Alexa Skill, Google Action, and AWS Lex Chatbot, certification and publication of the Alexa Voice Skill, UI, backend development, and creating REST APIs. Akhilesh is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, where he earned his Bachelor of Technology - B.Tech degree. He also attended The Chintels School for his Senior Secondary School and High School education, where he studied Science. Akhilesh's tech stack includes Software Engineer, test, AWS, Javascript, NodeJS, Java, Backend, Mobile, UI, and Web. With 5.03 years of relevant experience, Akhilesh is a skilled software engineer with a passion for voice design development and a reputation for excellent problem-solving skills.