I'm Dylan Saldanha

One of the top 10 hires by LTI in 2019, selected through Infinity Coding Challenge conducted all over India with 5000+ applicants. A 10x programmer with 2.5+ years of experience in building solutions for Intelligent Automation using Python, Javascript, NLP, Chatbots, SQL, and prebuilt tools, and passionate about building scalable and resilient solutions which can automate/expedite business processes. Currently, working on a solution for auto creation of knowledge graphs from resumes in order to facilitate the process of filtering them, and finding the right candidate.

General Info

Experience

• Aug 2019 - Present

  Senior Software Engineer

  Larsen & Toubro Infotech

  • Mainly worked on solution building, architecture design, client proposals, PoCs and tool competency building, as a core contributor for the Intelligent Automation CoE.
  • Architected and developed the backend for an end to end Policy Review solution, using Angular, Python, Flask, MySQL, AWS Textract & Azure Form Recognizer, which assisted brokers in reviewing policies and binders, in turn reducing the AHT by 45% - 60%.
  • Designed and lead the development of a Digital KYC Agent , using Dialogflow, Cloud Vision, Python and Flask on GCP, to extract data from Aadhaar and PAN, resulting in 80% TAT reduction in the customer on boarding process.
  • Designed and developed a Digital Inventory Assistant, using Dialogflow, Cloud Vision, Python, Flask and Firestore on GCP, to help with inventory related queries, item availability check, ordering and tracking.
  • Lead a team of 5, in building the Accelerator Marketplace, to buy/sell reusable pieces of code across internal departments, reward contributors with gift cards and allow users to test code on platform; built using Python, Flask, Angular, MongoDB and Azure Web Apps.
  • Designed a custom workload manager, using Python, to adhere to SLAs and maximize Automation Anywhere bot license utilization.

• Jan 2019 - June 2019

  Data Science Intern

  Nuveda Learning

  • Built a domain-based spam document classifier using CNN and Doc2Vec (trained on Google News dataset) with an accuracy of 94%.
  • Built an ALSTM to predict if the user will post his/her learning on a particular day with an accuracy of 92%.
  • Deployed the above models on to AWS Sagemaker and used AWS Lambda to allow API access.

Education

• 2015-2019

  Bachelors in Computer Engineering

  Visvesvaraya Technological University

  CGPA 8.18

• 2013-2015

  Higher Secondary Education

  Chethana Pre-University College, Bangalore

  Percentage 87%

• 2007-2013

  Secondary Education

  St. Joseph's Boys' High School, Bangalore

  Percentage 87%

• 2000-2007

  Primary Education

  Sophia High School, Bangalore

  Percentage 91%

My Projects

Skills

"The mark of higher education isn't the knowledge you accumulate in your head. It's the skills you gain about how to learn." —Adam Grant

• Utilise interpersonal skills to motivate and encourage co-workers, understanding that major goals are achieved through teamwork.

• Charismatic and confident public speaker.

• Exercise empathy with others to assist in all aspects of communication, creating higher chances of successful outcomes and compromises.

• Identify efficient solutions for given tasks and successfully implement them, aiding in effective problem-solving.

• Tech savvy, with the ability to learn and use new methods, policies and technological advancements as they arise.

Specialisation & Certification

• Specialised in the following :

  • Java, Python, Flask, MySQL, NoSQL, Javascript, HTML and CSS

  • Serverless Architecture, Data Structures & Algorithms, and Query Optimization

  • Git, Dialogflow, Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism and Kofax TotalAgility

• Certifications :

  • Building Conversational Experiences with Dialogflow

  • Machine Learning by Georgia Tech

  • Data Science and Machine Learning by Pierian Data

  • CMR Plus-Fearless

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

  • Automation Anywhere Certified Advanced RPA Professional v11.0

  • Xceptor Foundation Certification

  • Kofax TotalAgility 7.8 Cognitive Capture Essentials

  • Core Java Programming

  • Advanced Python Programming by Infosys

Hobbies and Interests

• Hobbies :

  • Participating in programming competitions, usually on HackerEarth (acquired a rank of 63 in Infinity Code Wars 2018 conducted by Indian Institute of Science Bangalore).

  • Been playing the piano since the age of 6, currently a Grade 4 pianist and backup singer in a band.

  • Swimming, to stay fit and healthy.

  • Cooking, to quench that inner foodie’s thirst.

• Interests :

  • Data Science, as it facilitates individuals to make better informed decisions.

  • Machine Learning, due to which machines can self learn without being explicitly programmed.

  • Deep Learning, trying to simulate a human brain would fascinate anyone.

Goals

"People with goals succeed because they know where they're going."—Earl Nightingale

• To publish a book within the next 2 years on how anyone can learn Deep Learning.

• Become a Data Scientist within the next 5 to 6 years and try to tackle real world problems like rare diseases et cetera.

• To bring about a change in the Indian Education System so as to boost the quality of personnel from India.