Swapnil Sharma
Lead Backend Engineer at Level AI
Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India
Summary
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Top SchoolSwapnil Sharma is a Lead Backend Engineer with a decade of experience building robust backend systems and test automation, currently based in Mandi, India. He blends production-grade backend leadership at Level AI with a niche research background applying Fourier and spectral-timing techniques to X-ray time-domain data for black hole and neutron star studies. An active open-source contributor, Swapnil has contributed to the Stingray spectral-timing library and strengthened testing infrastructure for the prominent SunPy solar physics project. He is comfortable moving between scientific Python, documentation and core library changes, and has hands-on experience improving testing, docstrings, and light-curve utilities. Colleagues know him for shipping reliable systems while keeping a researcher’s attention to numerical detail—an uncommon mix that helps bridge academic algorithms and production services.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Secondary Education Passed Secondary Education and Teaching, Secondary Education Passed Secondary Education and Teaching at Delhi Public School, BhilaiBachelor of Technology (B.Tech) Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) Computer Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi
English, Hindi
Stackoverflow
9reputation
3kreached
1answer
3questions
Github Skills (17)
pytest10
python10
astronomy10
testing10
astrophysics10
data-analysis10
solar9
documentation9
time-series8
numpy8
android-studio6
php6
sql6
android6
angularjs6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
StingraySoftware/stingray
Jan 2018 - Jul 2019
Anything can happen in the next half hour (including spectral timing made easy)!
Role in this project:
Data Scientist
Data ScientistContributions:1 review, 90 commits, 23 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Swapnil primarily contributed to documentation updates within the `stingray` repository, focusing on improving docstrings and fixing documentation issues. They also made changes to the `lightcurve.py` and `utils.py` files, suggesting work related to the core functionalities of the library. The changes to the `test_lightcurve.py` file, indicate that the user is also involved in testing and validation of light curve functionalities.
x-rayblackholedata-analysistime-series-analysispython
sunpy/sunpy
Jun 2017 - Jan 2018
SunPy - Python for Solar Physics
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:9 commits, 20 PRs, 65 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Swapnil focused on creating and improving the testing infrastructure for the SunPy project. They wrote unit tests for data handling functions and the colormap functionality. They also addressed and resolved code style issues, ensuring the codebase adhered to established standards. The user's commits demonstrated a strong understanding of testing frameworks and best practices within the project's context.
physicspythonsolarsimulationpython-3
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