DEV PRAKASH SHARMA

Email: idevprakaash@gmail.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/idevprakaash
Phone: +91 6387605337
GitHub: github.com/codewithdev
Portfolio: https://codewithdev.vercel.app/

EDUCATION AND BACKGROUND

Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology, Sultanpur, India
Master of Computer Application (MCA), CGPA: 8.75

SKILLS AND EXPERTISE

Languages: C++, Python, Java, HTML, CSS, PHP
Libraries/Frameworks: Pandas, NumPy, Flask, Django, Tkinter (Tcl/Tk), Jekyll, Sphinx, Diagram-as-code, Docusaurus, Kafka.
Developer Frameworks/Tools: Git, Jekyll, JIRA, Confluence, Postman, GitHub Actions (CI/CD), and Jenkins
Authoring & Publishing Tools: Confluence, Markdown, GitHub Pages, GitBook, Jekyll, Sphinx, JavaDoc, TypeDoc, Docusaurus, Draw.io, Camtasia, SnagIt.
Databases: SQL, Firebase, and Prisma (serverless database).
Expertise: Swagger, REST APIs, SDK Documentation, Postman API testing and documentation, multi-product documentation and versioning.

WORK EXPERIENCE

The D.E. Shaw Group - Member, Technical Writing, Front Office Tech

Oct 2022 - Present

Primary tech writer for research group and front-office technology teams specializing in the development of algorithmic based trading tools, data streaming technologies, and research based tools. I collaborate with teams to create user and developer friendly documentation, and feature updates blogs which are published across the firm.
Collaborated with mission critical, business-oriented tech and business teams to create content strategy, restructure existing documentation, and update inline with new featuers.
Created proof of concept proposal for advancing the Javascript and Typescript based client library and API documentation using the flavours of Docusaurus and TypeDoc.
Developed documentation process and examples tutorials to help developers and other teams to effectively use docs-as-code approach and publish Markdown pages using versioning and documentation pipeline via Jenkins and GitHub Action checks.
Author and review blogs for tools and framework from various tech, design, and business teams, ensuring the technical accuracies, blog format, and overall layout.
Developed release note templates that allowed developers and stakeholders to easily navigate updates on tools and frameworks, ensuring their applications remained up-to-date with the latest changes.

Chargebee - Senior Technical Writer

Sep 2021 - Oct 2022

Owned and authored information architecture for new product documentation. Prepared enterprise-level user documentation for Chargebee enterprise customers such as Chargebee Receivables, Chargebee Shopify integration, Subscriptions, and Chargebee Entitlement.
Reedited and prepared content strategy across all product and developer documentation to ensure consistency, user experience, and high-quality documentation of Chargebee APIs and SDK documentation.
Primary lead and mentor for Chargebee’s Developer Community (DevBuzz). Being a founding member, contributed to terms of services, policies, RFP, FAQs, and various guidelines for DevBuzz.

Personal AI - Engineering Consultant/Documentation Lead

Apr 2021 - Jan 2022

First lead technical writer responsible for creating the structure of the product and developer documentation.
Implemented documentation framework to publish customer-facing tutorials and documentation.
Proposed Postman-based solution for publishing and testing internal developer APIs and recipes for engineering teams and product testing teams.
Worked closely with CTO, CEO, and Co-founder (design team) to create in-depth developer guides, user guides, use case documentation, and future roadmap for documentation efforts.

GitHub (GitHub Docs) - Technical Writer Intern

May 2021 - Oct 2021

Worked with GitHub Docs Product and Writer team to conceptualize, plan, and create content strategy for various GitHub products (docs.github.com).
Followed the existing documentation pipeline (docs-as-code) approach for creating markdown-based documentation, leveraging reusables for cross-referencing, and maintaining content consistency.
Prepared content strategy for map-topics, tested APIs, and enhanced existing GitHub docs content related to GraphQL-based APIs, REST APIs, and contribution graph.
Contribution Link: GitHub Docs Contributions

Tutorials Point India Pvt Ltd - Technical Author

Jan 2021 - Oct 2022

Created full-fledged tutorials on various frameworks, libraries, programming languages, content, and Q&A based on Java frameworks, Python frameworks, GUI libraries, data science image libraries, Data Structures, and Algorithms in C++ and Python.
Link: TutorialsPoint Contribution

Hackerearth - Software Development Intern

Oct 2020 - Dec 2020

Tested the Webpack for Hacker Earth’s standard user contribution panel module across multiple browsers using Selenium web testing framework.
Developed automation scripts and maintained builds that executed over 231k+ user contribution entries.
Analyzed and debugged duplicated entries in the managed database.

ColoredCow India Pvt Ltd - Associate Software Developer

Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

Responsible for creating dashboard for Ebook management for employees using various PHP alogorithms to process raw data, store data using MongoDB (PECL), and templating using Laravel.
Enhanced the Middleware to allow employees to perform real-time operations in Ebook management.
Applied agile methodology to track and evaluate ongoing project success metrics.

Data Science and Machine Learning Intern – IIT Roorkee

May 2019 - July 2019

Worked on Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, and other Python Data Analysis tools and libraries.
Implemented Python ML-based algorithms to train models and predict images using OpenCV, SciPy, and Pandas.

VOLUNTEERING EXPERIENCE

GitHub Campus Expert - GitHub Education

Nov 2020 - Oct 2022

Led local and global tech communities and represented GitHub and other open-source technologies to students, teachers, and professionals worldwide.
Hosted various sessions and global events like Hacktoberfest, FOSSASIA across colleges and institutions, and held sessions on open-source technologies, GitHub Actions, and Microsoft Azure.
Mentored students worldwide through communities virtually and helped them get hands-on experience with GitHub and its products.
Profile: GitHub Campus Expert Profile

Microsoft Student Partners - Microsoft

Nov 2019 - Dec 2021

Led global tech communities, hosted hackathons, workshops, and webinars based on various open-source and web technologies.
Mentored more than 500+ students across colleges in India and assisted in developing with open-source technologies.

Google Code-in Mentor - Tensorflow

Nov 2020 - Jan 2021

Mentored pre-university age students and helped them get hands-on experience working with open-source technologies.
Proposed and published changes to the Tensorflow documentation.

PROJECTS

Route Planner using OpenStreetMap

Link: Route Planner Open Street Map
Implemented A* search Algorithm to find the path in a customized map using OpenStreetMap API. Algorithm built with C++ and packed using the CMake packager.

Notes Separator

Link: Notes Separator Project
Developed a web application using ML algorithms and Python ML libraries that recognizes handwritten notes and separates them from general pictures in a gallery.
Implemented CNN classifier algorithm to classify the images based on pre-trained data assets.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS

Finalist of “Economic Times Campus Star-3.0” and recognized as one of 6 top brightest engineers out of 120 runner-ups across the country by Economic Times (Times Internet) Magazine, for demonstrating skills leadership, team management, and critical assessment.
Linux Foundation Attendee Scholarship Recipient (France and Europe) to attend the Global Open-Source Linux Conference and Summit in 2019, 2020.
Received the Most Valuable Author Award 2021 from Tutorialspoint for curating tutorials and publishing the highest number of articles in a span of 8 months. The articles and tutorials attracted more than +250k learners on Tutorialpoint worldwide.
Runner Up, World Cube Championship, 2017 IIT Kanpur for solving cube in 27:13:00 seconds.
Awarded Documentation Champion in 2022 by Chargebee Receivables CEO for showcasing documentation skills, spearheading the Chargebee Receivables documentation, and delivering the outstanding documentation within a quarter. The documentation helped product teams launch their product in MVP.