About

Samay Varshney is a skilled Member Technical at D.E. Shaw Group with a strong background in C++, algorithms, and full-stack web development. He is a competitive programmer with a 5-star rating on CodeChef and is active on online platforms such as Codeforces and LeetCode. He is currently exploring different fields such as system design, software development, cyber-physical systems, and machine learning. Samay has a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. He has worked as a Teaching Assistant at Coding Ninjas, where he helped students by clearing their doubts in competitive programming, data structures, and algorithms. He also debugged students' codes in C++ and Java and took online doubt-solving sessions. Samay has also worked as a Software Engineer Intern at Microsoft, where he designed and developed a highly available DsSyncV2 Azure Service. He built a highly available secondary event hub and storage account in DsSyncV2 region and achieved RPO (Recovery Point Objective) of ~0 and reduced RTO (Recovery Time Objective) by automating the failover steps. He eliminated the need for the consumer to fall back into one week old data in the secondary event hub by minimizing the time it needs to go back into the history of events during failover. Samay's technical skills include Java, web development, software engineering, machine learning, and Azure. He has relevant experience of 1.02 years and has a strong passion for technology and problem-solving. Samay is a highly motivated individual who constantly seeks to learn and grow in his career.