Punyaslok Pattnaik
Software Engineer at FurtherAI
Telangana, India
Summary
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Top SchoolPunyaslok Pattnaik is a software engineer with a decade of experience building backend systems, currently working at FurtherAI after co-founding a startup and serving as a founding engineer at IrisAgent. He has deep hands-on experience with databases and backend reliability—evidenced by contributions to the widely used SunPy project where he improved the database module, resolved session conflicts, and enhanced caching and documentation for solar physics data workflows. Comfortable in both startup and research environments, he has a strong academic foundation from IIIT Hyderabad and a history of mentoring and teaching across computer graphics, algorithms, and simulation courses. Notably, his open-source work on handling unified downloader queries and cross-session caching shows an eye for pragmatic solutions that save compute and developer time.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
B.Tech in Computer Science and MS by Research in Computational Natural Sciences (Dual Degree) Computer Science, B.Tech in Computer Science and MS by Research in Computational Natural Sciences (Dual Degree) Computer Science at International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH)
Github Skills (6)
database-management10
python10
database-design10
sqlalchemy9
astropy9
documentation8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
sunpy/sunpy
Mar 2016 - May 2018
SunPy - Python for Solar Physics
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:158 commits, 21 PRs, 2 pushes in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Punyaslok primarily contributed to the development of the SunPy database, including the creation of a function to split the database and the implementation of related test functions. The contributions focused on database functionality, including fixes for session conflicts and the ability to handle default wavelength units. The user also made improvements to the documentation, including adding examples and fixing broken links, showcasing a focus on improving developer understanding of the codebase.
physicspythonsolarsimulationpython-3
Punyaslok/sunpy
Mar 2016 - May 2018
SunPy - Python for Solar Physics
Contributions:1 PR, 150 pushes, 19 branches in 2 years 2 months
physicspythonsolarsimulationsolar-physics
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