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General Information
Full Name | Suraj Mirpuri |
Languages | English, Spanish |
Education
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2021
MS in CS AI/ML Specialty
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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2015
BS in Chemistry
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Engineering Experience
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2023 - Present
Staff Machine Learning Engineer
CompanyCam
- Piloted initial usage of LLM tooling for clients, drove huge ARR growth and scaled usage to GA
- Drafted architecture plans for sustainable scalable ML tooling, drove buy in and implementation
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2023 - 2023
Senior Fullstack Developer
Alphaeon Credit
- Rapidly built admin tooling to allow self service of ~75% of customer service requests
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2022 - 2023
Senior Fullstack Engineer
Ghost Group Management LLC
- Increased email send rate and limit by 50% after full application scaling analysis
- Marketing teams unblocked to attain volume leading to 8% higher CTR adding 5MM to ARR
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2021 - 2022
Tech Lead
NinjaHoldings
- Led a globally distributed team to reduce time for regulatory changes from 2 weeks to 2 days
- Managed 5 FTEs + 5 interns cross functionally, to create a new underwriting system for the above
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2020 - 2021
Software Engineer
NinjaHoldings
- Top contributor organization wide; 100k LOC removed while reducing cost per lead by > 35%
- Wrote and redesigned a marketing leads platform with Python and Flask, maintained and extended React frontend
Educational Experience
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2016 - 2020
Teacher
Mater Lakes Academy
- Taught Java, Python, JS, and a variety of other tools and techniques to ~150 students per year, middle school and high school
- Coached high school robotics program which reached state level in the first year, made lasting impact and relationships with my mentees
Handiwork
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2015 - 2016
Certified Commercial Pool Operator
Palms Pools LLC
- Tested, cleaned, and maintained a route of 55 pools per week including 2 commerical systems
- Used Djikstra's algorithm to optimize fleet driving routes leading to huge gas savings and time back to every employee
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2013 - 2014
Research Machinist
California Institute of Technology, Hoffman Group
- Operated drill presses, lathes, mills, laser cutters, and a variety of tools to build safer lithium batteries
- Used Solid State NMR facilities to analyze battery crystal structures in situ in their cells
Hifalutin Academic Hijinks
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2014 - 2015
Research Assistant
California Institute of Technology, Weitekamp Group
- Wrote spin transport simulations in C++ to test new NMR pulse sequences
- Resulting code was 45% faster per spin, making feasible several prior impossible test cases
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2011 - 2013
Research Assistant
California Institute of Technology, Roberts Group
- Created RSpin, a program to determine the 3D structure of molecules from NMR dipolar couplings in solution
- Wrote the above computations and a slick PyQT native UI for user friendliness, all open source
- In my second year with the group I developed an equation to estimate conformer populations from dihedral couplings
Honors and Awards
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2013
- 38th Annual ASCIT Teaching Award
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2017
- Mater Lakes Rookie of the Year Award
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2020
- CreditNinja 5 star employee review, only employee to receive this org wide
Proficiencies
- Proficient Languages: C / C++, Java, Python, Ruby
- Semi-Proficient Languages: Typescript, Javascript, Fortran
- Frameworks I know: Rails, Flask, Django, React
- Other: Linux, Bash, AWS, Git, Docker, Kubernetes
- Skills: System design, leadership and management, observability practices, emotional intelligence