Jay Vivarekar
Scientific Officer at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Top SchoolJay Vivarekar is an electronics engineer with 8 years of experience applying embedded software, computer networks, and AI/ML to scientific and engineering problems as a Scientific Officer at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. He pairs formal training (MTech in Electronics Engineering with a nuclear specialization) with hands-on firmware and backend development, contributing to type-safety and maintainability in large open-source codebases. As a volunteer back-end developer for the widely used Oppia learning platform, he focused on refactoring and type annotations to improve code quality and CI checks. Based in Mumbai, he combines disciplined research-level problem solving with practical engineering delivery across both proprietary and open-source projects. An understated strength is his ability to move between low-level embedded concerns and high-level software architecture, enabling robust end-to-end solutions.
8 years of coding experience
Master of Technology - MTech, Electronics Engineering with Specialization in Nuclear Engineering, Master of Technology - MTech, Electronics Engineering with Specialization in Nuclear Engineering at Homi Bhabha National InstituteBachelor of Technology, Electronics and Telecommunication, Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Telecommunication at Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI)
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Github Skills (8)
typehinting10
type-checking10
python10
architecture8
architectures8
angularjs5
appengine5
google-app-engine5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
oppia/oppia
Nov 2021 - Nov 2022
A free, online learning platform to make quality education accessible for all.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 releases, 344 reviews, 40 commits in 1 year
Contributions summary:Jay primarily focused on back-end development tasks, specifically type annotating and refactoring the codebase. They made changes to the core domain files, improving type safety and code maintainability, as seen in the `value_generators_domain.py` and associated test files. In addition, the user also contributed to the run_mypy_checks script.
appenginereactpythonlearning-platformquality-education
JayVivarekar/oppia-web-developer-docs
Aug 2023 - Oct 2023
Repo for Web developer documentation on Oppia. For contribution instructions, see: https://github.com/oppia/oppia/wiki/Wiki#contributing-to-the-wiki
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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