Nishchith Shetty is a software engineer based in San Francisco with nine years of experience building backend systems and contributing to open-source tooling. He has worked repeatedly at Atlan on data and authorization-related infrastructure, interned at PayPal building an internal notification system, and participated in Google Summer of Code. An active OSS contributor, he has improved language tooling in the Classical Language Toolkit (adding Odia support and testing Old Norse) and enhanced scancode-toolkit’s backend and summarization logic—work that demonstrates attention to internationalization, maintainability, and tooling for codebase analysis. Comfortable across startups and larger orgs, he pairs a practical, integrative engineering style with curiosity evident from his experimental GitHub presence and personal site.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science at KJ Somaiya College of Engineering, Vidyavihar
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Arizona State University
Contributions:34 commits, 11 PRs, 44 comments in 9 months
Contributions summary:Nishchith primarily contributed to the Classical Language Toolkit (CLTK) by adding support for the Odia language, including its alphabet, and related documentation. The user fixed typos and merged branches, showing maintenance and integration skills. They also updated and tested Old Norse functionality, including tests for POS tagging and syllabification.
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Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Contributions:6 commits, 8 PRs, 51 comments in 2 years
Contributions summary:Nishchith primarily contributed to the backend logic of the `scancode-toolkit` project, specifically focusing on limiting the reporting of URLs and emails, and creating the code of conduct. They also added a method for summarizing packages by facets and fixed test data, demonstrating a contribution to improving the functionality and maintainability of the project. Their changes included modifying the CLI and API code and also adding a new summarization method.
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