Ashish Kankal

Staff Engineer@Eightfold | M. Tech CSA IISc

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

About

I'm currently working as Staff Engineer at Eightfold. I have completed my Masters in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. I have 8+ years of experience working on Frontend and Backend technologies. I have hands-on experience in working with modern frameworks like Next.js (React), Redux, React-Query, Tailwind CSS, Javascript, Python Flask REST API development, and deployment using Docker and Kubernetes.

Experience

  • Eightfold AI (Full-time · 2 yrs 11 mos)
    • Staff Engineer
      May 2026 - Present · 2 mos

    • Lead Engineer
      Oct 2024 - May 2026 · 1 yr 8 mos

    • Senior Engineer
      Aug 2023 - Oct 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Senior Software Engineer at Jovian
    Jul 2022 - Aug 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Developed AI powered learning assistant, Quiz Proctoring, Realtime discussions feature, TDD for payment gateway, Tech stack upgradation and migration, Database platform and regional migration Key Responsibilities: Full-stack development, Code Reviews, Deployment, DB Migrations, SEO Optimizations

  • Teaching Assistant (Principles of Distributed Systems) at Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
    Jan 2022 - Apr 2022 · 4 mos

  • Software Development Consultant at Jovian
    Mar 2019 - Sep 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Developed an automated preview generation module using Puppeteer (Node.js), tested and successfully deployed it using Firebase cloud functions which captured around 200,000 Jupyter notebook previews Improved Cell level commenting, Markdown cells & MathJax rendering, Diff view for Jupyter notebooks, User contributions graph Conceptualized, wrote the technical design document (TDD), and led the team for the Hiring Profile module development Key Responsibilities: Full-stack development, Deployment, Code Instrumentation, Code Optimization and reviews, DB Migrations

  • Software Developer at BIZSENSE Solutions Private Limited
    Jun 2017 - Mar 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Worked as a part of a rewrite team of a fully responsive web app using React.js and optimized the initial script load time by 25% Implemented UI/UX Styleguide for React.js, which enabled reusability & helped other developers to reduce style inconsistencies Key Responsibilities: API integration, Code reviews, and debugging, CI/CD using Azure DevOps, Collaborate with the off-shore team