About

Sankarshan Purkayastha is a Software Development Manager at Amazon with over 5 years of relevant experience in the field. He is a self-proclaimed Apple fan and has dabbled in iOS and Mac app development during his initial years. Java is his heartbeat, and he swears by it. He has been actively working on various Java technologies since his school days in Kolkata, and he did a training under IBM on various Java technologies and cloud computing at the end of his first year. In his second year, Sankarshan's interest in hacking led him to do a course under ISOEH (Indian School of Ethical Hacking) under Ethical Hacking to further enhance his knowledge. In his third year, he got an internship at Amazon India and was put in the Supply Chain Optimization Technologies (SCOT) team, where he developed a software to calculate the amount of influx of goods using Machine Learning Techniques and how much they needed to keep in their warehouses along with a robust notification service for the same. All the work basically involved Java. In his final year of college, Sankarshan was part of three research projects under Dr. Mamata Dalui. He is also a team player and open to suggestions and insights from everyone. Sankarshan has worked as a Software Development Engineer and Software Development Engineer II at Amazon in the past. Sankarshan's education history includes National Institute of Technology Durgapur, where he completed his Bachelor's degree in 2016, and Don Bosco School, Park Circus, where he completed his high school education in 2012. He is proficient in Software Engineering, Java, Test, Research Scientist, ML, Spring, and iOS. Sankarshan is seeking an opportunity to do focused research and development work that enhances his skills and provides him with the necessary exposure to improve his analytic and technical skills. He is open to networking and can be contacted on LinkedIn or via email at sankarshan@me.com or sankarshan.purkayastha1@gmail.com.