About

Chirag Agarwal is a highly skilled software engineer with over 7 years of experience in delivering quality and robust code at multiple Visual Effects studios in the UK, USA, and India. He is currently working as a Software Engineer at Flexciton, where he is solving complex scheduling and optimization problems with semiconductor manufacturing. Chirag's skills are varied, and he has multiple years of experience with Python, Linux, Ansible, Jenkins, and Git. He is also familiar with React, JavaScript, Django, NodeJS, Docker, Postgres, and Oracle. He is a problem solver and enjoys taking on new challenges. As a team player, Chirag has excellent interpersonal communication skills. He believes in hard work and has a will to accept new challenges. He has worked with many companies in the past, including Industrial Light & Magic and DreamWorks Animation. At Industrial Light & Magic, Chirag worked as a Software Developer II, where he automated the manual software deployment process on multiple virtual machines using Ansible and Jenkins for vendor-facing web app 'LFX,' improving deployment time and ease of use by 90%. He also implemented several event-based Python plugins and tools with thorough unit tests and CI/CD pipeline with Gitlab/Jenkins for data tracking web app 'Shotgun' to increase efficiency and simplify overall management. Chirag also worked as a Pipeline Technical Director at Industrial Light & Magic, where he designed and implemented 'MotionDB Anim,' a Python tool to easily copy and export animation clips between Maya and Dpix software with drag-drop feature. This increased artist productivity greatly and is still used by more than 500 artists across the studio. Chirag holds an MSc Hons Mathematics + BE Hons Computer Science from Birla Institute of Technology and Science. He has a relevant experience of 13.12 years and a tech stack that includes Software Engineer, Jenkins, Python, Ansible, Web, Docker, Javascript, Postgres, Django, CI/CD, and NodeJS.