Himanshi Kalra

Software Engineer

Helloo! I like building fun interactive sites, my personal blog is game hosted at game.calra.space, you get to read the first one after clearing the first level! I am currently interested in managing my homelab, where this site, the resume you are reading and couple of other services like Immich and Jellyfin are hosted!

Work

Strategic Cloud Engineer

Bangalore, India
  • Architected and developed internal web applications to streamline and automate client-side engagement tracking and updates.

  • Acted as a subject matter expert and mentor for internal engineering teams on Google's proprietary Boq Web frameworks.

  • Engineered an AI-powered meeting summarization tool leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) during a organization wide Google Hackathon.

Software Development Engineer Intern

Remote

HackerRank is the market-leading technical assessment and remote interview solution for hiring developers.

  • Designed and implemented critical health endpoints for the interview and code editor microservices to enhance system reliability.

  • Improved operational visibility by enabling real-time tracking of service uptimes and automated outage detection for enterprise customers.

Software Developer

Blender Foundation (Google Summer of Code 2021)
Remote
  • Architected the initial testing framework for 'Geometry Nodes,' a fundamental new procedural component of Blender.

  • Developed a comprehensive suite of 54+ tests for Geometry Nodes and expanded regression testing for legacy components including Mesh, Points, and Curves.

Software Developer

Blender Foundation (Google Summer of Code 2020)
Remote
  • Enhanced software stability by extending automated Python-based testing frameworks for 3D modeling tools.

  • Collaborated with the global open-source community to gather requirements and define interface specifications for the framework.

  • Applied Agile methodologies to iterate on framework design based on feedback from core Blender developers.

  • Contributed 40+ high-impact test cases covering complex 3D manipulation tools.

Education

Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management

Bachelors in Information Technology

Certificates

Google Professional Cloud Architect

Publications

Anomaly Detection in BGP Using Supervised Machine Learning

Published by IEEE Xplore

Comparative Analysis of Flow Control Protocols

Published by GeeksforGeeks

Skills

Programming Languages

  • Python
  • Javascript
  • Typescript
  • HTML
  • CSS

Tools & Technologies

  • Git
  • CMake
  • SVN
  • Phabricator
  • Docker
  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • LLMs