# Varnit Jain > Tinkering Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/varnit ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer II @ Waymo Jan 2023 – Present ### Software Engineer @ Waymo Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 ### Graduate Research Assistant @ Georgia Institute of Technology Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 • Developed a HIPAA compliant Android Application using the MVVM model (Java, SQLite) for PTSD patients to manage therapy, collect data (AES encrypted), and visualize progress during prolonged exposure therapy. • Supported server development (NodeJs) by managing physiological data using the Fitbit API and creating a service that automates sending and receiving texts using the Twilio API. ### Software Engineering Intern @ Esri Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 • Extending the functionality of Scatter Plots and Pie Charts for ArcGIS Charts (TypeScript) - a custom chart library for spatial analysis. • Illustrated how ArcGIS Charts could be used for ArcGIS Spatial Analysis by creating chart templates in React, Vue, Ember, and Angular. • Researched and demonstrated how service workers could optimize network calls and reduce chart loading time. ### User Experience Engineer @ NCR Corporation Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 • Worked on improving the accessibility of XK32 Kiosks for wheelchair users. • Conducted task analysis, interviews, and surveys to assess user needs and identify pain points. • Prototyped a new accessibility mode leveraging the existing hardware, which received an overall satisfaction level of 86.6%. ### Software Engineer @ Precog @ IIITD Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 • Built a one-stop solution for meme enthusiasts to design, share, and connect with people based on mutual interest. • Developed the application in Andriod (Java), configured a serverless NoSQL database, and implemented the ranking algorithms in TypeScript. - Launched the application on the Android Play Store (Mime - 4.6/5.0 rating, 1000+ organic users). ### Virtual Reality Developer @ Weave Lab@IIITD Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 • Created a new toolkit that allowed VR developers to create controllers of any shape and size with features like rotation, translation, stretch, tracking, etc. • Designed and developed 10+ VR experiences using C# in Unity that portrayed versatility, flexibility, and robustness. • Configured a serial Bluetooth connection between the controllers and Unity, enabling real-time data transfer for a lag-free experience. • Recreated artifacts and their associated VR experiences from previous peer-reviewed research to substantiate our research findings. • This work is published in the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2019. ### Robotics Engineer @ Weave Lab@IIITD Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 • Built a robot that enacts any given narrative by combining real-time speech-recognition (Google API) and music-emotion detection (OneHotEncoder trained on classical music MIDI values) with animatronics. • This work was presented at the UIST Student Innovation Contest - 2018 and was covered in many Indian national media outlets like The Indian Express, The Economic Times, The Hindu. ### Embedded Software Engineering Co-Op @ DuPont Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 - Transformed a refrigerator into a vending machine by adding three 2MP cameras and using real-time object detection (Tiny-YOLO, C++, Raspberry Pi) to detect and bill the items picked by hand automatically. - Prototyped the supporting user-facing application (Java) and set up a serverless NoSQL database. ### Robotic Process Automation @ EY Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Gurgaon, India • Supported quantitative data analysis using SQL and Regression (Python) to find patterns in revenue streams and guided financial restructuring as part of an academic institute's revenue assurance project. • Deployed a chatbot (HTML, CSS, JS, Flask) using Sentiment Analysis (Tensorflow) to measure job satisfaction level. • Integrated various chatbots with existing RPA pipelines to demonstrate flexibility and scalability in business institutions. ### Front-End Engineer @ Zocialus Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 • Conducted formative user research to create a more traversable information architecture; redesigned (Sketch) the website to incorporate the new navigation system. • Developed the customer-facing end of the website (HTML/CSS/JavaScript), resulting in a ~300% increase in traffic ## Education ### Master's degree in Human Computer Interaction Georgia Institute of Technology Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 ### Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 ### High School Diploma Delhi Public School Rohini Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/varnitjain - Website: https://varnitjain.in --- Source: https://flows.cv/varnit JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/varnit/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23