Hi, my name is

Akshay Kumar

I build things for the web.

I'm a Bengaluru, India - based software engineer who specializes in designing and building web appliactions using React.js and Django.
Currently, I'm an undergraduate at Sir M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology majoring in Computer Science.

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About Me

About Hi, I'm Akshay Kumar. I'm a full-stack developer experienced in Django and React.js. Currently, an undergraduate majoring in computer science at Sir MVIT. I am currently looking for a web developer and SDE role. I am fluent in Python, React.js, Django web framework, C++, Python Data science Stack, and good at JavaScript and SQL. As a developer, I look forward to bringing my programming skills, big-picture mindset, and problem-solving skills to work. I'm excited to gain hands-on work experience to complement my coursework and kick-start my software engineering career.

PythonReact.jsDjangoData Analysis

skills

HTML+CSS

JavaScript

Figma UX

Python

Java

C++

Django

React.js

PosgreSQL

Linux

expierence

Back-end Web Development Intern

The Hobnob

1 November 2020 - 31 December 2020

Wrote modern and performant code using the Django web framework for internal projects and tools. Optimized systems response time by 10-20% and reliability.

Communicated and collaborated with multi-disciplinary teams of engineers and designers on a daily basis.

Integrated Twitter API and Facebook Graph API in web apps and set up cron jobs.

featured projects

01.

Photo Gallery with Face Recognition

It is a web-based photo gallery. A user can upload his/her pictures by creating an account.

The key feature of the application is that it detects and recognizes the faces of different people in a picture, and for each face it identifies, a new album or folder is created.

PythonJavaScriptDjangopostgreSQLAzure cognitive services
02.

Data Analysis and Visualization

Using Python data science libraries, did exploratory data analysis and hypothesis testing on data-sets related to healthcare, public transport, web traffic etc.

Used data analysis techniques like a/b testing, bootstrapping, visualization, etc.

numpypandasmatplotlibseabornscikit-learnjupyter
03.

Group Chat and File sharing Website

It is an online messaging service using Flask, similar in spirit to Slack.

Users can create channels (i.e. chat rooms) to communicate in, as well as see and join existing channels. In a chatroom they can message and upload files.

PythonFlaskWeb-socketsHeroku DB
04.

Book Review Website

A book Review website where users can search for books, leave reviews for individual books, and see the reviews made by other people.

Website uses a third-party API by Goodreads, another book review website, to pull in ratings from a broader audience.

PythonFlaskGoodreads APIHeroku DB

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I'm currently looking for any new opportunities. My inbox is always open. Whether you have a question or just want to say hi, I'll try my best to get back to you!

Designed & Built by Akshay Kumar