About

Kumar Shikhar Deep is a highly skilled Software Engineer with over 6 years of experience in developing Enterprise Standalone applications, Web applications, mobile applications, and cloud (SaaS products). He is proficient in programming languages such as Javascript, Typescript, C++, Java, Python, and Shell Scripting, and has expertise in frameworks/libraries like ReactJS, Redux, Thunk, Sagas, NodeJS, and GraphQL. He is also well-versed in databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL and tools like GIT, Docker, VS Code, SVN, and Terraform. Shikhar has a Master of Technology degree in Computer Science from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IIT Patna). He has experience working in a leadership role, managing a team of 4 developers. He is experienced in algorithm optimization, technological innovations, and writing structured code. Shikhar has also published two research papers, one on "A Deep Neural Framework for Contextual Affect Detection" at ICONIP 2019 and the other on "Related Tasks can Share! A Multi-task Framework for Affective Language" at CICLing 2019. Shikhar has worked on several industrial projects such as StrandNGS, Physician's Portal (Client Project), Covid Mutation Miner, Cloud NGS, and Illumina. He has also worked as a Research and Teaching Assistant at the Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, where he completed his thesis on "A Computational Approach to Detect Emotions and Sentiments in Affective Language" using Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning, and Machine Learning. Currently, Shikhar is working as an Associate Software Engineer - III at Strand Life Sciences, where he is responsible for researching, designing, and implementing scalable features in Strand NGS software for information identification, extraction, analysis, and retrieval. He is also engaged in writing production-ready code, performance scaling, usability, and reliability. Shikhar's tech stack includes Software Engineering, Javascript, Typescript, Redux, Terraform, Deep Learning, NLP, ReactJS, Java, Docker, ML, MySQL, Mobile, Web, and Python. He is a dedicated professional who is passionate about making people's lives easier through his work.