Anant Shukla

Contact Information

Phone: +1 (438) 979-3841
Location: Toronto, ON
Email: me@anantshukla.com
LinkedIn: theanantshukla
GitHub: anantshukla
Website: anantshukla.com

Skills

Languages

Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, C#, Erlang, Bash/Shell, SQL, PHP, Groovy, Erlang, HTML/CSS

Frameworks

Node.js, Express, React, Angular, .NET Core/Framework, Spring Boot, Flask, React Native

Tools and Cloud Platforms

Azure, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, Databricks, Jenkins, Terraform, TFS/Azure DevOps, Git, JIRA, Figma

Databases and Other Tools

SQL Server, Postgres, MySQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, Neo4j, Apache Spark, Dask, Hadoop, REST, gRPC

Technical Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Concordia University | Montréal, QC

Sep 2023 — Dec 2023

  • Assisted with creating lesson plan and instructions for the undergraduate course COMP 348 Principles of Programming Languages.
  • Mentored 80+ students on the use of C, Python, and Clojure programming languages through weekly tutorials and assignments.

Systems Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services | Bangalore, India

Aug 2020 — Present

  • Engineered Industrial IoT products for the life science industry, serving as Developer, Site Reliability Engineer and Team Lead.
  • Designed REST APIs, PySpark jobs, and services for tasks like IoT telemetry data ingestion, anomaly alarm-alerts, OTA for IoT edge devices, and health check/monitoring services across on-premises and cloud environments using Python, NodeJS, GoLang, and .NET.
  • Revamped existing IoT solutions to improve scalability and availability through microservice design using Kafka, Azure IoT PaaS solutions, Kubernetes, and enhanced data management practices like batch processing and cold storage migration.
  • Spearheaded a DevOps transformation by implementing CI/CD pipelines through Jenkins and orchestrating deployments on Kubernetes while automating and streamlining processes like DNS and certificate management within Kubernetes.

Co-founder - CTO | Software Solutions Lead

ZALT Technologies LLP | Chennai, India

Jun 2019 — Aug 2020

  • ZALT aimed to leverage technology to build an innovative digital infrastructure and integrate it with drones to develop an end-to-end ecosystem for optimizing the e-commerce supply chain.
  • Developed a SaaS supply-chain routing solution to automate and optimize delivery manifests and route planning for a fleet of delivery riders in real time. Leveraged IoT, external APIs, and data analytics. The product was acquired by our investor Bylane Logistic.

Team Leader | Software Engineer

SRM UAV | Chennai, India

Jul 2016 — Jun 2020

  • Headed an undergraduate student organization specializing in R&D of Unmanned Aerial Systems.
  • Developed solutions, managed the team resources, and coordinated with the university and sponsors.
  • Designed solutions like the antenna tracker system and ground control system, responsible for transmitting and receiving telemetry and control data between the UAV and ground control station, where this data would be displayed on the path planner interface.

Education

Master of Applied Computer Science

Concordia University

Sep 2022 - Jan 2024

Accomplishments: Dean's List for Academic Excellence, Golden Key Honour Society. GPA: 3.93

Relevant Coursework: Distributed System Design, Advanced Programming Practices, Programming and Problem Solving, Algorithm Design, Computer Networks, Big Data, Applied AI, AI for Networked Multimedia Systems, Comparative Study of Programming Languages.

Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology

SRM UNIVERSITY

Jun 2016 - Jul 2020

Academic Projects

Context-Aware Bitrate Ladder Construction using Deep Reinforcement Learning for Adaptive Video Streaming by OTT Providers

Paper: Link

Solution that considers content and context to create dynamic bitrate ladders. Developed using TensorFlow and trained on a GPU cluster.

Early Identification and Classification of Plant Disease with a Comparative Analysis of Various CNN Models

Paper: Link

Application that detects and classifies plant diseases using CNN. Developed using PyTorch and achieved an accuracy of 98%.

Distributed Systems for a Data Ingestion, Curation, and Visualization Pipeline

Report: Link

Solution demonstrating distributed data processing using Apache Cassandra, Apache Spark deployed on self-hosted Kubernetes on GCP.

Academic Credential Verification Using Blockchain

Paper: Link

Decentralized application developed using the Ethereum blockchain and React that stores immutable, verifiable student transcripts.

Certifications

Azure DevOps Engineer Expert: View Certificate
Azure IoT Developer Specialty: View Certificate
Azure Developer Associate: View Certificate
Azure Fundamentals: View Certificate
Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine: View Certificate
Google Cloud Platform: Core Infrastructure: View Certificate

Achievements

  • Silver Medal: Swarm Optimization of Multiple UAVs for Resource Allocation in HADR Operations. Paper
  • Silver Medal: Design and Architecture of an Amphibious Reconnaissance Vehicle for Aerial and Underwater Operations. The project was funded by DRDO, SRMIST, and won the Most Innovative Solution Award in DRDO Robotics and Unmanned Systems 2018. Paper
  • Best in Technical Design Award: AUVSI Student Unmanned Aerial System 2019 held in Patuxent River Naval Airbase, MD, USA. Report
  • Medical Express Outback Challenge (2018): Shortlisted in the top 20 of 564 teams to compete in MedEx UAV Challenge, Australia 2018.
  • Indian Olympic Association (2021): Level 3 Yachting Certification for Wind Sail Boats.