# Vanshaj Jain

> Software Engineer @ Uber | CS @ Cornell

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

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Uber
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Core matching within marketplace

### Electrical Lead @ Cornell Hyperloop
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Ithaca, New York, United States
- Build a communication protocol to collect sensor data from the Hyperloop pod and transmit information to the pilot computer over Wi-Fi, following the publish-subscribe design pattern
- Create software to read continuous sensor data streams in Arduino and forward them to the onboard Raspberry Pi for parsing via the ZCM package in C
- Manage 3 subteams (Computing Systems, UI, Power Systems) (26 people) to synthesize work and make sure the team is on track with the sprints
- Lead team meetings and collaborate with other organization leads to take the team forward to competitions and other conferences

### User Interface Subteam Lead @ Cornell Hyperloop
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Ithaca, New York, United States
In my capacity as the User Interface Subteam Lead at Cornell Hyperloop, I have the privilege of guiding a team of exceptional talents. Our focus lies in harnessing the power of data analytics to inform decision-making processes and elevate the design of the user interface. Together, we engage in the creation of cutting-edge solutions that challenge the conventional limits of technology and engineering, all while contributing to the evolution of transportation infrastructures. My responsibilities encompass managing project schedules, facilitating coordination among different subteams, and ensuring the seamless incorporation of analytical insights into the Hyperloop project. Driven by a fervent interest in applying data analytics to address tangible challenges, I am dedicated to crafting an intuitive interface that significantly enhances the Hyperloop user experience.

### Senior Embedded Software Engineer @ Cornell Hyperloop
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Ithaca, New York, United States

### Embedded Software Engineer @ Cornell Hyperloop
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Ithaca, New York, United States

### Teaching Assistant @ Cornell Computing and Information Science
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Ithaca, New York, United States
CS 4750 - Foundations of Robotics 
CS 1110 - Introduction to Computing Using Python

### Software Engineer Intern @ Uber
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States
- Developed a pairwise ranking machine-learning model for rideshare pickup and dropoff location ranking in Java, reducing trip cancellations by 6.7%
- Enhanced the pickup location selection algorithm by 8.1% by incorporating the walking route as a metric
- Successfully integrated project into a large codebase; managed Spark jobs for updating Hive tables and Redis clusters
- Utilized Mockito and Spring to develop comprehensive unit tests in Java, followed by rigorous end-to-end testing, dogfooding, and incremental rollout for the project
- Wrote and presented a design doc for the pairwise ranking project, and worked in an agile work environment

### ELI Peer Tutor @ Cornell Engineering
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Ithaca, New York, United States
- Provide one-on-one tutoring sessions to Cornell Engineering students for core math courses
- Tutor Calculus II, III, and Linear Algebra

### Software Engineer Intern @ UniPantry
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Ithaca, New York, United States
- Implemented the backend structure (Javascript) for the maps and payment pages of the UniPantry mobile app, providing college students with healthy and affordable recipes and cooking demonstrations 
- Employed Google Maps API for react-native to display nearby grocery stores to the user’s given location and improved accuracy by 14.9%
- Created HTTP request endpoints using the Flask framework in Python to send and retrieve data from the Firebase database 
- Communicated in a team of 21; wrote design docs and weekly progress reports; worked in an agile environment

### Research Intern @ Wipro Limited
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Conducted an in-depth study on Shared Mobility methods, such as carpooling, and its applications in the Indian transportation market
- Built a web scraper to collect data from news articles, compiled statistics for presentations and report

### Research Intern @ NeuroEquilibrium™ Diagnostic Systems Pvt Ltd
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Developed a safety belt for the elderly using neural networks to predict fall and activate a safety bag when required

### Research Project @ Pioneer Academics
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019
Worked on a research paper on "Predicting stock prices using machine learning" with professor Sanjay Krishnan from the University of Chicago. Workshops included working with big data and supervised learning.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
Cornell University

### International Baccalaureate in Computer Science
Jayshree Periwal International School - India


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vanshaj24

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Last updated: 2026-03-29