Amit Kumar
Senior Software Engineer at OpenTeams
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAmit Kumar is a Senior Software Engineer and founder with 12 years of experience building production systems, developer tools, and startups from London. He combines deep backend expertise in C++/Python symbolic math libraries (notably meaningful test and feature contributions to SymPy and SymEngine) with practical frontend and cloud deployment work such as modernizing Django apps for Google App Engine. As founder of Cirun Labs and creator of cirun.io, he blends product-focused engineering with open-source stewardship—having contributed significant QA and test automation improvements to a widely used CAS project. Comfortable across the stack, Amit has a track record in data pipelines, rule-based systems and mentoring GSoC students, reflecting both technical depth and a commitment to developer communities.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Mathematics and Computing Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Mathematics and Computing Engineering at Delhi College of EngineeringHigh School Mathematics & Science, High School Mathematics & Science at Saint Giri School
Hindi, English, Maithili
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Github Skills (38)
symbolic-math10
computer-algebra10
c-language10
website-development10
pytest10
python10
django10
testing10
mathematics10
solver10
google-app-engine10
math10
google-cloud-datastore10
datastore10
computer-algebra-system10
Programming languages (25)
Github contributions (5)
sympy/sympy_gamma
Apr 2020 - Apr 2021
A SymPy version of WolframAlpha.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:15 releases, 1 review, 99 commits in 1 year
Contributions summary:Amit primarily contributed to upgrading the Django version and adapting the application to function with Google App Engine. They updated settings, URLs, and template files to align with the upgraded Django version. Additionally, the user refactored the codebase to use Cloud NDB and the Datastore directly, migrating away from the older NDB library. Furthermore, the user updated the deployment instructions and added Google Analytics.
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sympy/sympy
Dec 2014 - Nov 2020
A computer algebra system written in pure Python
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:22 reviews, 288 commits, 168 PRs in 6 years
Contributions summary:Amit's commits primarily focused on improving the testing infrastructure and functionality of the SymPy library. The user added new test cases for the `sympy/solvers` module, specifically addressing sign errors, fixes, and the inclusion of tests for newly added functionalities, and for functions like `asech`, `round` and `Catalan`. The user improved the documentation and test coverage throughout the project, ensuring that new functionalities are properly tested. The user fixed many test cases and improved the quality of the existing ones.
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