About

Samartha Kar is a Software Engineer 2 at Dell, with a passion for solving challenging real-world problems using bespoke tools. He has a wealth of experience in the field, having worked at Sigmoid and ZS Associates in the past. At Dell, Samartha is responsible for delivering the company's streaming data platform services @EDGE, closely knitting the K8s with SDP and delivering a seamless streaming platform on-prem. He has a proven track record of success in this role, and his expertise in AWS, microservices, Python, ML, backend, Docker, data science, Kubernetes, Elastic Search, CI/CD, Java, Azure, GCP, Big Data, Flask, and web development make him an invaluable asset to the team. Prior to joining Dell, Samartha worked at Sigmoid, where he was responsible for decomposing an analytics platform from its current monolithic structure into more manageable microservices. He implemented a robust architecture to simplify the process of onboarding new applications in the current platform, designed and developed highly responsive APIs capable of configuring and running ML models using Python libraries and GCP, and set up Azure CI/CD pipelines for multiple applications across various verticals following standard principles for microservices architecture. He also made use of K8 and Helm to simplify deployment and management of a large suite of internal microservices and exposed micro-frontends. Before Sigmoid, Samartha worked at ZS Associates as a backend developer, where he was responsible for designing and building an excellent platform to configure and run ML models generating reports suggesting efficiency of conducting clinical trials under selected parameters. He owned RBAC module and built from ground access control features for the above platform. He also contributed to the development of microservices using Python Flask and deploying the containerized web application in Docker. Samartha holds a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Computer Science from the National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh, as well as a Higher Secondary degree in PCM with Computer Science from Kendriya Vidyalaya and a Higher Secondary degree in Science from Saint Joseph's School, NTPC Kahalgaon, Bihar. Overall, Samartha is a highly skilled software engineer with a wealth of experience in designing and developing complex systems. His expertise in a wide range of technologies makes him a valuable asset to any team, and his passion for solving challenging real-world problems ensures that he is always striving to find innovative solutions.