Harsh Gupta (@harsh2204)
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Software | Hardware | QA Engineer
Canada
Who doesn't love coming up with new ideas and materializing them into reality?
About
I like to come up with ideas for a better QOL mostly for myself (one can't avoid looking selfish and be honest at the same time 🤷) and execute them to too much perfection (yes I know over optimization is the root of all evil, I'll get over it)
Skills
Python ⋅ Expert
Javascript ⋅ Advanced
React ⋅ Intermediate
Linux ⋅ Advanced
Web Development ⋅ Advanced
C ⋅ Intermediate
Java ⋅ Intermediate
C++ ⋅ Intermediate
QA ⋅ Advanced
MCUs ⋅ Advanced
Projects
socketjoy
(2020) A webapp that turns your smartphone into a game controller
CSSHTMLJavaScript
Over the course of two weeks, I was able to come up with a working prototype for turning my iphone into a virtual controller. The app is web-based, so it is compatible with all modern devices that have a web browser.
Reverse-Regex-Crossword
(2019) A 3D implemetation of regex crossword with a rule-based regex generator
Three.jsCefPython3PythonJavascript
This implementation uses a vanilla python in the back-end with cef-python and three.js for the front-end.
vstNN
(2020) Modeling and distilling vst-fx plugins to run them on smaller hardware
VST3-FXPython
An ambitious neural network project that models various vst-fx plugins with the hope of distilling the tone down to a simpler form to run on smaller hardware like Raspberry Pi
MonopolyJava
(2017) A feature-rich implementation of monopoly game written in Java
Java
This was a high-school project, that was completed over the course of two months in 2017
Micropython-ESP-8266
(2019) A collection of hand-crafted tutorials for beginners starting out on the micropython platform
MicropythonPythonHTML
This repo is a collection of my scripts for various scripts and tutorials that I've written in Micropython for the NodeMCU board with the ESP-8266 chip
Experience
Core Infrastructure Software Engineering Intern
Tesla tesla.com
Oct 2021 to Present
- Reduced overall human involvement in processing access requests for internal engineering tools by automating the process using modular approach in python along with Jenkins.
- Helped improve reporting mechanisms for tool monitoring jobs using bash and python, to improve the fault detection/retention in worst-case scenarios
Backend Software Engineer and QA Systems Manager
IBM ibm.com
May 2019 to Aug 2020 ⋅ Markham, ON
* Revived and revamped the QA infrastructure, both software and hardware, for the DB2 install team. * Authored the automation scripts to speed up deployment of new hardware in various environments using Python, POSIX bash, and Playbook by Ansible. * Wrote a validation failure classifier and tracker from the ground up, to automate and speed up the failure investigation process using fastText and other in-house text classification techniques, all backed by a Django back-end. * Started a side-project on synthesizing audio books by splicing the input text in the right way so the TTS engine creates a flowing audio book. Actively looking for solutions to the problem of pronunciation of names for a better audio book experience * Designed and proposed a transformer-based documentation generator to resolve simple customer issues quicker.
- Software Automation
- Failure Classification and Tracking
- Better Audiobook Synthesis
Python Developer
Minke Inc
Jun 2018 to Aug 2018 ⋅ Mississauga, ON
* Built a suite of Python scripts to increase automation in the system and save 60 man hours for every input dataset, using Pandas and the in-built Regex library in python. * Handled off-site debugging and database management with efficient data storage methods on a SQL server.
Education