Aparna Iyer
4479020897 | [email protected] | https://in.linkedin.com/in/iyeraparna | https://aparnaiyer03.github.io/ | Champaign, IL 61820
EDUCATION
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Aug 2022 - Dec 2023
Master’s degree in Computer Science - GPA: 3.94/4.0 Illinois, USA
Coursework- Database systems, Real-time systems, Software Engineering, Applied Machine Learning
SIES Graduate School of Technology, Mumbai University Aug 2016 - Nov 2020
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering - GPA: 9.22/10 Mumbai, India
Coursework- Data structures, Distributed systems, Web Development, Big Data
SKILLS
Languages: Python (proficient), JavaScript, C, Golang.
Web Technologies: HTML, CSS, JSON, Node.js, React JS.
Databases: SQL, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, Neo4j.
Others: Postman, Selenium, Karate, JMeter, JUnit, MS Excel, Git, AWS, PyCharm, NumPy, Jira, Jenkins, Docker, and Terraform.
Certifications: MATLAB Onramp, Coursera- Google Go, Product Design, Financial Markets.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Zillow Group May 2023 - Aug 2023
Software Development Engineer Intern Seattle, USA
• Implemented an audit log feature using FastAPI to capture activities across 200 services leading to augmented compliance.
• Constructed CI/CD pipelines on GitLab to automate the deployment process resulting in a 30% decrease in deployment time.
• Collaborated with the delivery engineering team to resolve bugs and improve system reliability through effective debugging.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Jan 2023 - May 2023
Graduate Research Programmer Champaign, USA
• Worked under the supervision of Prof. Tarek Abdelzaher to analyze the memory usage pattern of a social media analytics
algorithm, utilizing the Profiler module in Python. Thus, reducing memory usage by 70%.
ConnectWise July 2020 - May 2022
Software Engineer- II Pune, India
• Presented risk reports to product owners for enhancing system security. Thus, saving costs up to 20%.
• Monitored application performance to spot irregular activities and ensured the patch gets automatically updated at endpoints.
Thus, saving more than 10,000 USD for the organization.
• Accomplished penetration testing using Burp Suite to identify critical vulnerabilities (over 20).
• Created and tested 10+ REST APIs operating with Golang.
• Acted as a scrum master to communicate with stakeholders and streamline the process for a team of 20 via Agile practices.
• Wrote automation scripts for API and UI in Karate to increase automation coverage to 99%.
• Managed and led the QA team by defining test plans resulting in a 30% reduction in cost for the testing process.
• Executed resiliency testing on components such as SQS and Cassandra to make security products robust.
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Garbage Profiling System (Python, Tensorflow, Pygal) May 2020 - June 2020
• Designed a system to detect plastic waste using the Mask R-CNN algorithm with 80% accuracy on the test set to determine if
a community is segregating the generated waste.
Teledermatology application (Tensorflow, Python, Keras) July 2019 - March 2020
• Collaborated with a dermatologist and implemented the CNN Algorithm coupled with transfer learning to diagnose three
benign skin issues namely Rosacea, acne, and pigmentation with an accuracy of 90% on the test set.
Catering website (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) Jan 2019 - March 2019
• Engineered the user interface and developed the website leveraging HTML, CSS, and Javascript for a catering company,
increasing its customer base by 40%.
LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES
• Mentor at Women in Computer Science (WCS), the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
• Organized a seminar for 10 new joiners at ConnectWise and explained the security product - ‘Fortify for Risk’.
• Volunteered as a trainer by facilitating a workshop on Data structures and algorithms for 200 junior students.
• Wrote technical articles under the Computer Society of India on object-oriented programming.
PUBLICATIONS
• A Skin Disease Detection System using CNN Deep Learning Algorithm (2021), Springer, Singapore.
