# Kanak G.

> agents @ scale ai | ex quant-dev

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kanak

I have majored in Computer Science and Statistics and minored in Data Science from UC Berkeley. From my studies and experience, I have strong interest and built a good background in algorithmic system design, AI/ML statistical systems, cloud infrastructure while dabbling in interests in game theory and optimization.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Scale AI
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Software Developer - Strats @ Centiva Capital
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | New York City Metropolitan Area

### Software Engineer @ PEAK6
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Chicago, Illinois, United States
The Trading Data team at Peak6 is responsible for creating and maintaining calculated signals, developing quantitative models and efficiently delivering them to traders to have an edge in trading markets.

### Software Engineer Intern @ CyberCube
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
At CyberCube, we build data-driven cyber risk analytics platform to power insight-driven risk decisions.

### Software Engineer Intern @ Palo Alto Networks
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Santa Clara, California
Palo Alto Networks is a global leader in cyber security. The Public Cloud Security team provides products and solutions for ShiftLeft security — maintaining security during development and before pushing to production.

### Software Engineer Intern @ Assured Risk Cover, Inc.
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Pleasanton, CA
Assured Risk Cover is a startup that specializes in using data analytics to predict cost of damages during hurricanes.

### Research Intern @ UCSB Security Lab
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Security Lab
Worked under UCSB Security Lab (ShellPhish) to research the extent and profitability of cybersecurity issue, domain hijacking.

### Software Engineer Intern @ Roambee Corporation
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area
Helped in the creation of the RoamBee application, working on application's memory
allocation to improve efficiency and adding necessary components.

### Founder @ Mini-Hackathons
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Warm Springs Elementary School
Identified a lack of funding for computer classes in community elementary school. To help the
students without these essential classes, I organized and ran a Hackathon geared toward
elementary students, teaching programming skills, making them write programs and tested their
skills. Currently, opened class to all students and am working on expanding it to other schools.

### Programming Club President @ School Club
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Irvington High School
Jumpstarted programming club in our school in order to promote technology awareness. Working to initiate a district wide Hackathon for high school students while preparing and attending Hackathons and Competitions such as HS Hacks, HackGen Y, HS Hacks II, CodeDay, and Stanford ProCo.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics
University of California, Berkeley

### High School Diploma
Irvington High school


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kanakgarg

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Last updated: 2026-03-29