# Akhil Chandra > Software Engineer @ Rilla Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/akhilchandra ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Rilla Jan 2023 – Present | New York, New York, United States ### Software Engineer @ Seek AI Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States ### Software Engineering Intern @ Tempus Ex Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States -Refactored front-end to use React-Router component over history API for better reusability and ARIA compliance -Edited logs to effectively monitor issues on Datadog ### Wharton Computing Student Support Staff Member @ University of Pennsylvania Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ### Information Security Engineer Intern @ Apple Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Sunnyvale, California, United States -Utilized Apache NiFi to perform ETL operations on batch data and upload transformed data to Amazon S3 -Optimized batch data delivery to internal teams by using Apache Spark to benchmark query performance on file formats such as Avro, JSON, Parquet and their compressed versions ### Research Assistant for Dr. Ron Anafi @ University of Pennsylvania Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 ### Teaching Assistant for MCIT 593: Introduction to Computer Systems @ University of Pennsylvania Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Greater Philadelphia Area ### Teaching Assistant for MCIT 591: Introduction to Software Development @ University of Pennsylvania Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 I hold online recitations, office hours, grade homework assignments, and answer student questions on Piazza. I help MCIT students understand the fundamentals of object-oriented programming in Java. ### ESAP RTA @ University of Pennsylvania Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 I served as a residential teaching assistant at the Engineering Summer Academy at Penn. I managed high school students, held teaching office hours, and helped students explore Penn and the field of computer science. ### Engineering Intern @ Tempus Ex Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States -Built Python library to control Sony PTZ SRG Series cameras remotely through API commands -Set up server infrastructure for data ingest with SSH capability, Datadog, AWS, and basic networking using Linux bash § Contributed to building machine learning pipeline, models, and creation of backend test set for referee-signal detection ### Sales Associate @ OfficeMax Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area Answered customer queries, provided directions, cashiered, and restocked the store ### Mathematics and English Tutor @ Kumon North America, Inc. Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area Tutored kids in topics ranging from Algebra to Calculus II in math and writing letters to reading comprehension in English ## Education ### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Computer Science University of Pennsylvania Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 ### PSEO Student in Computer Science University of Minnesota Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 ### High School Diploma Mounds View Senior High School Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/akhil-chandra-2022 --- Source: https://flows.cv/akhilchandra JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/akhilchandra/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23