Akshay Jain
Senior Software Engineer at Roku Inc.
Greater Boston United States
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Top SchoolAkshay Jain is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable, data-driven systems across streaming commerce and programmatic advertising. Currently at Roku, he focuses on integrating commerce into TV ads and checkout experiences, drawing on a strong background in Java, Python, Spark, Hadoop, DynamoDB and Elasticsearch. He has a track record of designing backend services, real-time bidding platforms, and search optimizations that increased business insights and system scalability. Comfortable across full-stack web technologies and big-data visualization (D3.js), he blends hands-on engineering with leadership in distributed, fault-tolerant systems. A Boston University MS graduate based in Greater Boston, he thrives on daily technical challenges and quickly learning new domains. Notably, his prior work included leading an algorithmic improvement that boosted data insight generation by roughly 50%, reflecting a pragmatic focus on measurable impact.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Electronics and communication, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Electronics and communication at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha UniversityVishal Bharti Public schoolMaster of Science (M.S.) Computer Science, Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Science at Boston University
English
Github Skills (1)
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Github contributions (2)
aprestona/Steeped.
Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:2 PRs, 21 pushes, 5 branches in 1 month
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NevesLucas/BE562_FinalProject
Nov 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:7 pushes in 17 days
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