About

Hello 👋, I am Mayank Khanna.

I’m a Software Engineer working as a SRE at Uplight. I love Node.js and am drawn to any/all JS based frameworkd. My main field of interest is Web-based Development 🌐 and I can make awesome looking webpages 💻 that are really cool very easily!

In the world of Development where frameworks and tools evolve from day-to-day, it really doesn’t matter what framework I use. What really matters is the willingness and grasping power to learn with the flow. And believe me I’m a really fast learner. 🏃 I try to go one step at a time which makes the whole concept of learning a total easy job and deep knowledge of the concepts.

You can find more about my technical side here

Work and Experience

Uplight (Aug 2020 - present)

I’m currently working as a Software Reliability Engineer where I take care of many important tasks like deployment, imfrastructure improvements etc. Our goal is to create a sustainable future by empowering customers to save more energy.

Uplight is the leading provider of end-to-end customer-centric technology solutions dedicated solely to serving the energy ecosystem. More than 80 utilities around the globe use Uplight solutions to power their customer energy experience.

GoVocal.AI (May 2019 - June 2020)

In my time of 1.1 years at GoVocal.AI, I have learnt a lot of new things and best practices that have helped me grow and improve as a Software Engineer. I worked as a Full Stack Engineer and also helped in DevOps and Mobile App Development. I learned the different Software Development Lifecycle Process and how they are implemented/ followed in a team.

Here are a few things that I have done during my time here:

  • Successfully delivered Voice App for a Client in Entertainment and TV Industry into production for Actions on Google (Google Assistant) & Amazon Alexa (Alexa Skill)

  • Successfully upgraded an android app, using React Native. It is a book summaries app where you can read and listen to the summaries of the Great and Best Selling books for free

  • Made Chat-bots for many users and use cases. I also integrated the Chatbot creation in the platform where users can create them and integrate in their app.

  • Worked with Amazon AWS Lambda and Cloud-watch for the deployment and testing of the Voice Apps in Production.

  • Wrote a request logger for Systematically logging the request and debugging the errors using Winston.

  • Also worked on technologies like Typescript, Node.js, React-Native, JavaScript, React, Ask-SDK, and Actions-SDK.

  • Contributed towards the growth and development of the platform, GoVocal.AI, for making Voice Apps without the use of coding.

Education

E&ICT, IIT Guwahati - Advanced PG Certification in Cloud and DevOps - (2021 - Present)

Cloud and DevOps are my new love and I found this awesome program being offered by IIT Guwahati and I did not think about it again to enroll. I am really excited to learn about the world of Cloud Computing and using the Tech Giant services like - AWS, GCP, Azure etc.

Chitkara University - Bachelors of Engineering (CSE) - (2016 - 2020)

I did my Bachlors in Computer Science from Chitkara University. I learned a lot of things here. Infact my love for coding started here and I have never looked back again. A few of my achievements from here are:

  • was part of the College Volleyball Team
  • recieved many awards in Debates and Open Mic competitions
  • helped and organised technical events, like SAP Hackathon etc.
  • awarded prizes in Sports and athletics

Shemrock Senior Secondary School - High School (10+2) - (2014 - 2016)

My high school life was one of the greatest time in my life. Here are a few achievements from there:

  • Selected for National level - Science Exhibition from the Tricity
  • Captain Volleyball Team
  • Captain Oxford Club
  • Hockey Vice Captain - Goal Keeper
  • Vice - President Student Council
  • Organised various open mic and debates
  • Co-ordinator for Annual Theatre and Sports Meet.

Spring Dale Senior Secondary School - Junior High School - (2000 - 2014)

The good old days of my childhood were spent here. Here are a few of my achievements:

  • Best Student in Personality Development Camp
  • Gold in district skit competition and selected for National level
  • Active member of the Student Council
  • Active participant in debates, poetry recitation etc.
  • Member for Club Cricket team