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Satwik Sai Prakash Sahoo
AI/ML Engineer
DevOps Engineer
Forward Deployed Engineer
Data Engineer
Experience
Google Summer of Code
Software Developer Intern at NumFOCUS | Work Product Link
May 2026 – Sep 2026
- Redesigned the Python model-building API with typed configurations and fail-fast validation, introducing typed builders and model-specific configurations across PyTorch inference trainers while reducing exposed configuration fields by 69%.
- Collaborated with mentors through agile development, code reviews, and feature integration, troubleshooting 12+ tracked issues across memory usage, sampling reliability, input handling, automation, and ML infrastructure to deliver 23 merged contributions.
- Expanded Python test automation, regression validation to 200+ checks, correcting flaky and ineffective tests across model configuration, training, and backward compatibility, while debugging device mismatches, data inconsistency, & inference memory bloat.
IBM
Contributor at Qiskit Advocate Mentorship Program
October 2025 – January 2026
- Built QuDET, a Python framework that consolidates ML pipeline infrastructure into reusable, configurable modules, reducing per-pipeline setup overhead by 89% and standardizing deployment across teams.
- Developed a pluggable data governance layer with AES-128 encryption, role-based access control, automated audit logging, and statistical drift detection, reducing governance-related infrastructure code by 87%.
Amazon ML Summer School
Mentee | Certificate Link
Aug 2025 – Sep 2025
- Analysed algorithms and optimization techniques for large-scale recommendation and prediction systems through technical discussions with Amazon scientists, strengthening algorithmic problem-solving and technical communication skills.
Stack
PyTorch
Transformers
PEFT
Bitsandbytes
Diffusers
Hugging Face Ecosystem
NLTK
Scapy
OpenCV
BeautifulSoup
Selenium
Pandas
Poetry
LangChain
FastAPI
Flask
Django
React.js
Next.js
Express
Node.js
Vue.js
Bootstrap
Tailwind
HTML
CSS
SQL
Microsoft Azure
Azure Machine Learning
AWS (SageMaker, Bedrock, Step Functions, S3, EC2, Lambda)
Docker
Kubernetes
Cloudflare
E2E Cloud
Databricks
Azure Data Factory
Spark
Hadoop
Kafka
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
Firebase
Redis
MySQL
Supabase
Pinecone
FAISS
Qdrant
ChromaDB
JavaScript
TypeScript
Python
C/C++
Go (Golang)
TensorFlow
Gradio
OpenAI SDK
Helm
Git
GitHub Actions
pytest
Terraform
Ansible
Prometheus
Grafana
Jest
Postman
Distributed Systems
Cloud-Native
Microservices
RESTful APIs
CI/CD
Automated Testing
Performance Optimization
Monitoring
Observability
Telemetry
Production Support
Networking
Security Best Practices
Infrastructure as Code
Design Patterns
Azure DevOps
Linux
Vertex AI
DynamoDB
Elasticsearch
SQLite
Projects
A collection of some of the projects I've worked on.
Open Source Contributions
Some of my impactful contributions
podman-container-tools/podman
#29290CI/CDRestored farm testing in GitHub Actions
Re-enabled rootless farm tests after the CI migration, adding workflow filters, API socket setup, and portable home-directory handling.
podman-container-tools/podman
#29289API toolingFixed OpenAPI model collisions
Replaced deprecated Swagger aliases and disambiguated Go model names, resolving nine OpenAPI generation warnings.
podman-container-tools/podman
#29297testingStabilized cgroup integration tests
Fixed intermittent cgroups=split test failures with explicit systemd delegation so child cgroups receive the required controllers.
flatcar/baselayout
#44LinuxFixed Flatcar network-file compatibility
Restored four missing /etc network database paths for static binaries and Kubernetes hostPath consumers, preserving custom files.
sbi-dev/sbi
#1749bugFix memory bloat in multi-round inference
Resolved OOM issues during long simulations
sbi-dev/sbi
#1705featureAdd max_sampling_time support to rejection samplers
Prevented infinite loops during rare event sampling
aeon-toolkit/aeon
#3115featureAdd exogenous variable support to ARIMA
Enabled multidimensional forecasting models natively
sbi-dev/sbi
#1707bugFix device mismatch in NPSE marginal mean/std
Fixed critical crash on multi-GPU setups
sbi-dev/sbi
#1791featureSupport shape broadcasting in density estimators
Allowed flexible batched tensor processing natively
sbi-dev/sbi
#1877refactorAdd DensityEstimatorBuilder with build() dispatch
Standardized API and decoupled initialization logic
aeon-toolkit/aeon
#3116bugFix zero-distance instability in Hidalgo
Resolved division-by-zero numerical instability
Publications
Hybrid Quantum-MambaVision: A Quantum-enhanced State Space Model for Calibrated Mixed-type Wafer Defect Detection
Venue: Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (PAKDD 2026), Hong Kong
Education
Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering
Odisha University of Technology and Research, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
8.00 CGPA
2023 - 20278.00 CGPA
Senior Secondary (Class XII)
DAV Public School, Pokhariput, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
91.2%
2021 - 202291.2%
Secondary (Class X)
DAV Public School, Pokhariput, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
92.6%
2019 - 202092.6%
Blogs
Accomplishments
- Selected for Amazon ML Summer School among top 3,000 of 134,000+ applicants through a rigorous coding assessment.
- Contributed 85+ merged pull requests to major open-source repositories on GitHub including Podman, Flatcar etc. | Contributions Link
- Secured 2nd Place at TantraFiesta national-level hackathon organized by IIIT Nagpur in 2025. | Certificate Link
- Achieved the LeetCode Knight title with a current rating of 1876, placing in the top 4.99% globally. | Profile Link
- Received the OUTR Merit Scholarship for maintaining a position among the top 10% CGPA holders of my college.
- Attained the Codeforces Specialist rank with a maximum rating of 1430. | Profile Link
Culture eats strategy
for breakfast;
true innovation happens
at the intersection
of diverse minds
working together
towards a shared
and unified vision.