# Riken Mehta

> Software Engineer at Zoox | Ex Amazon | NYU Courant Graduate

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/riken

Experienced Software engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the retail industry. Skilled in Java, React, Python, Image processing, Machine Learning, Robotics. Strong entrepreneurship professional with an Engineer’s Degree focused in Computer science from NYU Courant.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Zoox
Jan 2024 – Present | United States

### SDE II @ Amazon
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States

### SDE @ Amazon
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Seattle, Washington, United States

### SDE Intern @ Amazon
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Seattle Area, United States

### Co-founder & Lead Architect @ poshaQ
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | CIIE, IIM Ahmedabad
Being one of the co-founders, I had to wear multiple hats. My responsibilities included handling product development cycle, design and development of core technologies, server side deployment, web infrastructure design, team management and team building. In the span of 2 years, we got onboard leading fashion e-commerce brands of India, including  Myntra, Veromoda, Only, Jack & Jones and Shoppers Stop.

### Summer Research Intern @ Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Banglore
• Worked with Prof M.Seetharama Bhat to develop autopilot for 150mm fixed
wing Micro-aerial vehicle.
• Contributed to development and implementation of state estimation using
onboard stereo vision camera.
• Implemented RANSAC based landing location detection algorithm.

### Co Convener @ DRISHTI-A Revolutionary Concept
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | NIT Surat
Led the technical student chapter of NIT Surat, spreading technical knowledge among students by conducting workshops, seminars, district & institute level competitions. Also involved in solving problems of rural poor through technological innovations.


## Education
### Master's Degree in Computer Science
New York University
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020

### Engineer’s Degree in Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians
National Institute of Technology Surat
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016

### Higher Secondary in Science
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Gandhinagar
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rikenmehta03
- Website: https://medium.com/@riken.mehta

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Last updated: 2026-03-22