Reduced on-call toil and developer downtime with an automated flaky test detection and mitigation system; enhanced build results, status monitoring, and engineer messaging interfaces as a member of the Test Infrastructure team
Profile
Sushain Cherivirala
Software Engineer
Name:Sushain K. Cherivirala
Location:San Mateo, CA, US
Date of Birth:April 1997
Website:www.skc.name†
I'm Sushain Cherivirala, a Software Engineer at Stripe, as well as a recent alumnus of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science and Stanford University's School of Engineering. My interests range from philosophy and law to economics and business but software development has always captured my attention. In my free time, I love to read, contribute to FOSS initiatives, practice numismatics and participate in MOOCs.
†The inspiration for this domain name comes from Jonathan Washington.
Employment
Developed microservices and web applications to enable historical security pricing introspection, temporal database browsing and trader pricing adjustment tools
Improved our case management solution’s feature set, quality assurance infrastructure and browser performance while providing development support to worldwide deployments of the product
Partnering with the Student Body CTO to develop mobile and web applications for the student body, serving the technical needs of campus organizations and students, liaising with the Student Government Executive committee and administering student body elections
Developing a secure and robust autograder, collaborating with other teaching assistants to teach lab sections, creating and reviewing assignments including homework and labs, conducting office hours, administering exams and answering students' questions on Piazza
Developed models and visualizations of our long range infrastructure requirements among other peripheral tools, a collaboration with teams throughout the Infra Foundation to eliminate thousands of man-hours of operational work
Presented projects to international clients, developing web applications with PHP & SQL Server, introduced version control systems (Git) and search engine optimization, administered Wordpress e-commerce site and the corresponding Linux development server
Collaborating with developers worldwide on the FOSS MT platform, designing apps including our translation service, annually used by 100,000+ users in 150+ countries and annually mentoring students in Google Code-In and Google Summer of Code
Teaching middle school students with varying experience my competition math curriculum and an AP Computer Science curriculum
Developing a server-side solution for thumbnail generation, Google Chrome extensions for contextual search and a client-driven Android app to notarize documents
Education
GPA: 4.1 | Units: 45.0
Assorted Coursework
- Principles of Data-Intensive Systems (CS 245)
- Advanced Operating Systems (CS 240)
- Computer Networking (CS 144)
- Interactive Computer Graphics (CS 248)
- Program Analysis and Optimization (CS 243)
- Programming Languages (CS 242)
- Cryptocurrencies & Blockchain Technologies (CS 251)
Aug 2015 - Dec 2018
Carnegie Mellon University
B.S. Computer Science (Minor in Business Administration)
GPA: 3.9 (Honors) | Units: 418.0
Organizations
- Undergraduate Student Senate (Vice Chair, Academic Affairs Chair, SCS Senator & Web Admin)
- MoneyThink CMU (Student Mentor & Webmaster)
- Tartan Student Fund (Investment Analyst)
Assorted Coursework
- Practical Data Science (15-688)
- Natural Language Processing (15-411)
- Algorithm Design & Analysis (15-451)
- Distributed Systems (15-440)
- Constructive Logic (15-317)
- Speech Processing (11-492)
- Law of Computer Technology (08-632)
- Pricing Strategy (70-482)
2011 - 2015
John Foster Dulles High School
Math & Science Academy (Academy Informational Pamphlet, more)
GPA: 4.0 | Credits: 37.5
SAT: 2390 | SAT II Physics: 800 | SAT II Math 2: 800
Organizations
- Mu Alpha Theta, National Math Honor Society (President)
- Math and Science Academy Executive Student Council (Co-President)
- Spanish National Honor Society (Inducted Member)
- National Honor Society (Inducted Member)
- University Interscholastic League Academic Competitions (Team Member)
Selected works: a random Quantum Computing Presentation, my Mathematics Fundamentals sheet, and a really long American History timeline
Research
Sep 2015 - Jan 2018
Institute for Software Research
Research Assistant
Co-authoring publications in SJW 2017, ACL 2016, TA-COS 2016 SOUPS 2016, and SOUPS 2017; working within the Mobile Commerce Lab to develop a context-aware browser plugin, website and REST API for users to interact with privacy policies; and building a distributed mobile app compliance analysis and policy retrieval system
Aug 2015 - June 2015
Apertium
Research Initiative
Researched and authored a paper discussing the effectiveness of computational bilingual dictionary discovery techniques on language transducers of varying maturity, an inexpensive solution to increase translation coverage by leveraging graphs
Jun 2014 - August 2014
Rice University
Research Internship
Conducted interdisciplinary research combining computer vision technology and mobile health alongside graduate students at Rice University
Co-authored a research submission to the American Society of Pediatric Radiology, ``Capsular, Conceptual and Continuing Education in Pediatric Cardiovascular Imaging,'' with primary involvement in the initiative's presentation and data collection
Accomplishments
Grand prize winner in Google’s international programming competition working with open source organization Apertium on software projects
Grand prize winner in Google’s international programming competition working with open source organization Apertium on software projects
Placed third from over 4,500 students in IBM’s international initiative encouraging university students to familiarize themselves with z/OS, IBM’s enterprise computing solution
2012 - present
National AP Scholar
Successfully completed 16 College Board Advanced Placement tests with an average score of 4.75/5 and 12 perfect scores
2010 - 2012
Kumon Math Program Graduate
Completed the Kumon Math Program through Level O (advanced differentiation/integration and applications of differential calculus) and Level X (elective topics)
Awarded the Bevan Scholarship through the Duke University Talent Identification Program for receiving a perfect 800 on SAT Math when enrolled in 7th grade
Volunteering
2015 - 2017
Moneythink CMU
Teaching high school students financial literacy through Moneythink at Carnegie Mellon University, a chapter of Moneythink.
2011 - 2015
Dulles Honor Societies
President of National Math Honor Society (MAO) and inducted member of both National Spanish Honor Society (SHH) and National Honor Society (NHS), honor societies which emphasize volunteering in the community with activities such as tutoring students and helping economically disadvantaged children
2013 - 2014
Drabek Elementary: Computer Science Club
Teaching and developing the curriculum of a Computer Science Club at my former elementary school, Drabek, to expose a class of over twenty 4th and 5th graders to Web Development fundamentals including JS, CSS, and HTML and programming basics using MIT’s Scratch programming environment
2012 - 2015
Quail Valley Middle: Math Club
Volunteering after school at my former middle school Quail Valley's Varsity Math Club teaching 50+ students higher level competition mathematics
2012 - 2015
Fort Bend County Library System
Volunteering at my local library during summer to give back to the institutions which fostered my continuing interest in literature by helping conduct student programs, create crafts and shelve books
2014 - 2015
T.E. Harman Senior Center
Volunteering at the local senior center helping senior citizens increase their computer literacy through individualized instruction
2013 - 2015
Math & Science Academy Tutoring Program
Tutoring Dulles students in Calculus AB/BC, Statistics and AP Physics C as part of the Academy's STEM tutoring program
Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science
Dec. 2015 / May 2016 / Dec. 2016 / May 2017 / Dec. 2018
Dean's List (×5)
Recognized for outstanding achievement as an undergraduate student by the School of Computer Science
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
February 2015
National Merit Finalist
Recognized for being in the top 1% of U.S. high school seniors in terms of NMSQT/PSAT score
United States Presidential Scholars Program
January 2015
Presidential Scholar Candidate
Selected by the U.S. Department of Education as one of twenty male students from Texas on the basis of broad academic achievement
Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes
June 2014
Proud Moments for Computer Programmer: IBM, Google, and Dulles student Sushain Cherivirala
Sushain Cherivirala writes code, completes sophisticated computer tasks, fixes bugs, builds hardware and walks away with huge wins from contests sponsored by industry heavyweights such as IBM and Google. All in a day’s work. More like months really. Many, many months of highly technical work.
Google Open Source Blog
May 2014
My Google Code-in experience
Working with Apertium during GCI has afforded me a new perspective on software development, made me a strong proponent of open source software, helped me gain valuable experience that will undoubtedly help me in the future and convinced me to remain a lifetime contributor to open source.
IBM Systems Magazine
March 2014
Rewarding Partnerships and Careers Evolve From IBM’s Master the Mainframe Contest
Gen Z students are proving they have the drive and analytical skills to rise to the top of the competition. Sushain Cherivirala, a junior at Dulles High School in Sugar Land, Texas, is the youngest top-five finisher in part three, achieving that recognition in 2012.
Fort Bend Independent
April 2013
Local student aces in IBM mainframe contest
Sushain Cherivirala is the youngest winner ever in IBM’s Master the mainframe contest 2012. [...] Sushain, third place winner, was invited to visit IBM’s plant in Poughkeepsie, NY and was recognized amongst the executives of the plant.
Quail Valley Middle: Health Club
March 2011
President
Dear Mister Cherivirala: Congratulations and thank you for the tremendous effort by your club, raising $16,304.36 for breast cancer research.
I've completed over thirty massively open online courses, MOOCs, on topics from Philosophy to Cryptography that are offered by universities and other educational institutions. Each MOOC ranges from five to fourteen weeks in duration and requires four to twelve hours per week of work.
Computational Investing, P1
2014, Distinction, Coursera: Georgia Institute of Technology
Usable Security
2014, Completion, Coursera: University of Maryland
Introduction to Finance
2014, Accomplishment, Coursera: University of Michigan
Human-Computer Interaction
2014, Accomplishment, Coursera: University of California--San Diego
Microeconomic Principles
2014, Accomplishment, Coursera: University of Illinois
Programming Apps for Android
2014, Accomplishment, Coursera: University of Maryland
Computing for Data Analysis
2014, Distinction, Coursera: Johns Hopkins
Introduction to Philosophy
2013, Accomplishment, Coursera: Stanford University
Introduction to Logic
2013, Accomplishment, Coursera: University of Washington
Introduction to Computer Science
2011, Highest Distinction, Udacity
Introduction to Physics
2011, Highest Distinction, Udacity
Web Development
2012, Highest Distinction, Udacity
Software Debugging
2012, Highest Distinction, Udacity
Securing Digital Democracy
2013, Accomplishment, Coursera: University of Michigan
Functional Programming in Scala
2013, Distinction, Coursera: Swiss Federal Institute of Tech.
The Hardware/Software Interface
2013, Distinction, Coursera: University of Michigan
Internet History, Technology, & Security
2013, Distinction, Coursera: University of Michigan
Algorithms: Design and Analysis, P1
2013, Distinction, Coursera: Stanford University
Computer Networks
2013, Accomplishment, Coursera: University of Washington
Cryptography I
2013, Distinction, Coursera: Stanford University
Surveillance Law
2015, Accomplishment, Coursera: Stanford University
Introduction to Linux (LFS101x.2)
2015, Completion, edX: LinuxFoundationX
An Introduction to American Law
2015, Accomplishment, Coursera: University of Pennsylvania
Web Application Architectures
2015, Complete, Coursera: University of New Mexico
Text Retrieval and Search Engines
2015, Completion, Coursera: University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign
Hardware Security
2015, Distinction, Coursera: University of Maryland
Introduction to TypeScript (DEV201x)
2015, Completion, edX: MicrosoftX
IP Law and Policy P1 (IPLAW1x)
2016, Completion, edX: UPenn
Introduction to Project Management
2016, Completion, edX: AdelaideX
The Internet of Things
2016, Completion, edX: ColumbiaX
Intro to Data Storage & Management
2016, Complete, edX: IEEEx
Big Data Analysis with Scala & Spark
2017, Complete, Coursera: EPFL
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The sandbox contains some current projects, other projects can be found on my GitHub. My public gists are home to a variety of snippets. Utilities offered on this site include a final exam calculator and a URL shortener. I also own a cat, Helios.
Built with custom selected parts and continue to upgrade my personal desktop computer (Intel i5 3570K O.C. @ 4.5 GHz, 120GB SSD + 2TB HDD, 16 GB RAM, SLI NVIDIA GTX460 in CM HAF X with Corsair H100i and Corsair K70)
Built and administer a Linux server with custom selected parts (Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.4 GHz, 120GB SSD, 8 GB ECC RAM on Supermicro X10SLH-F-O uATX Server board in NZXT Source 210)
Worked with Chess Master Justin Gardner in building his custom computer specialized for high computing applications, with plans to continue this hobby with other interested individuals in the future
Funding source search system developed through the Undergraduate Student Senate Funding Committee. Affords Carnegie Mellon University students an open, easy-to-navigate way to discover financial opportunities available to them, from both within and outside of the university.
Lightweight and usable room reservation system developed for the Undergraduate Student Senate. Provides Carnegie Mellon University students with quick access to reserving the glass rooms within the Tartan Collaborative Commons while providing administrative controls and complex reservation restrictions to mitigate systematic abuse.
Tournament management system deployed across the state serving 2.5k+ users and saving 3k+ man hours. Allows administering TMSCA tournaments at the Elementary, Middle and High School levels with support for automatic tabulation, user accounts, online registration, contest result visualization, a gallery and much more using the Google App Engine PaaS.
Fully internationalizable web app for document/text translation and morphological functions serving 100k+ users in 100+ countries. Provides a fully localised interface for text/document translation, analyzation, and generation powered by Apertium. Designed to use only static resources for quick and easy deployment with any web server, it is relatively lightweight and user-friendly.
Collecting U.S. coinage in over 25 archival quality Littleton coin folders with contents ranging from silver pre-WWII Washington quarters to Presidential dollar coins (catalog - coins marked as "exchange" are needed in folders, personal catalog maintained via spreadsheet)
Circuits & Electronics
Working on electronic circuits with the Arduino microprocessor such as an LED binary clock programmed in a C/C++ variant