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Satwik Sai Prakash Sahoo

AI/ML Engineer
DevOps Engineer
Forward Deployed Engineer
Data Engineer

Experience

Google Summer of Code Logo

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 Logo

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%.
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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
#29290

CI/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
#29289

API toolingFixed OpenAPI model collisions

Replaced deprecated Swagger aliases and disambiguated Go model names, resolving nine OpenAPI generation warnings.

podman-container-tools/podman
#29297

testingStabilized cgroup integration tests

Fixed intermittent cgroups=split test failures with explicit systemd delegation so child cgroups receive the required controllers.

flatcar/baselayout
#44

LinuxFixed Flatcar network-file compatibility

Restored four missing /etc network database paths for static binaries and Kubernetes hostPath consumers, preserving custom files.

sbi-dev/sbi
#1749

bugFix memory bloat in multi-round inference

Resolved OOM issues during long simulations

sbi-dev/sbi
#1705

featureAdd max_sampling_time support to rejection samplers

Prevented infinite loops during rare event sampling

aeon-toolkit/aeon
#3115

featureAdd exogenous variable support to ARIMA

Enabled multidimensional forecasting models natively

sbi-dev/sbi
#1707

bugFix device mismatch in NPSE marginal mean/std

Fixed critical crash on multi-GPU setups

sbi-dev/sbi
#1791

featureSupport shape broadcasting in density estimators

Allowed flexible batched tensor processing natively

sbi-dev/sbi
#1877

refactorAdd DensityEstimatorBuilder with build() dispatch

Standardized API and decoupled initialization logic

aeon-toolkit/aeon
#3116

bugFix zero-distance instability in Hidalgo

Resolved division-by-zero numerical instability

Publications

Hybrid Quantum-MambaVision Architecture

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 - 2027

Senior Secondary (Class XII)

DAV Public School, Pokhariput, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

91.2%

2021 - 2022

Secondary (Class X)

DAV Public School, Pokhariput, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

92.6%

2019 - 2020

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
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