Kishan Savant
Senior Software Engineer (Software Development) at VCollab
Thane, Maharashtra, India
Summary
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Top SchoolKishan Savant is a Senior Software Engineer with a multidisciplinary background spanning C++ systems, robotics, autonomous systems and embedded prototyping across five years in software and seven years overall. He currently builds product software at VCollab and brings practical hardware-to-cloud experience from IoT and prototype engineering—ranging from BLE medical devices to atmospheric water generators. An active open-source contributor, Kishan has cleaned up key ML infrastructure in PyTorch Lightning and improved documentation for the FiftyOne vision toolkit, signaling a focus on maintainable, production-ready tooling. His training in autonomous systems (Udacity C++ and Self-Driving Car nanodegrees) complements a master’s in mechanical engineering, enabling him to bridge control, perception and software for real-world robotics problems. Colleagues describe him as a lifelong learner who prefers shipping robust engineering over flashy experiments.
5 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Mechanical Engineering, Master's degree Mechanical Engineering at University of HoustonC++ Nanodegree School of Autonomous systems, C++ Nanodegree School of Autonomous systems at UdacityBachelor's degree Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's degree Mechanical Engineering at University of Mumbai
English, Hindi, Marathi, Konkani
Github Skills (23)
monitoring10
markdown10
pytorch10
learn-ruby-on-rails10
python10
data-science10
user-manual10
guideline10
machine-learning10
pytorch-lightning10
basics10
application-monitoring10
user-guide10
deeplearning-ai10
process-monitoring10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
Lightning-AI/pytorch-lightning
Sep 2022 - Oct 2022
Pretrain, finetune ANY AI model of ANY size on multiple GPUs, TPUs with zero code changes.
Role in this project:
ML Engineer
ML EngineerContributions:8 commits, 8 PRs, 1 comment in 9 days
Contributions summary:Kishan primarily contributed to removing deprecated functionalities within the PyTorch Lightning library. The commits focused on removing deprecated trainer attributes and mixins related to data loading, optimizers, and checkpoint paths. The user also removed deprecated methods like `device_stats_monitor_prefix_keys`, indicating a focus on library cleanup and maintenance.
pythonheadachespytorch-modelsdata-sciencehandling
voxel51/fiftyone
Sep 2022 - Oct 2022
Refine high-quality datasets and visual AI models
Role in this project:Technical Writer & Documentation Specialist
Technical Writer & Documentation SpecialistContributions:3 commits, 15 PRs, 1 comment in 1 month
Contributions summary:Kishan primarily focused on updating and maintaining the documentation for the FiftyOne project. The contributions include fixing broken links, correcting typos, updating dataset sources, and refining tutorial content. The changes span multiple documentation files, demonstrating a focus on improving the clarity and accuracy of the user guides and integration documentation within the project.
pytorchpythonvisiondata-sciencedeep-learning
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