# Vijay Saravana Jaishanker > Woven by Toyota | Georgia Tech Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/vijaysaravanajaishanker Software engineer specializing in large-scale distributed systems for software-defined vehicles (SDVs), autonomous driving infrastructure, and machine learning platforms. I design and build cloud-native backend systems that enable large-scale simulation, validation, and data workflows for safety-critical vehicle software. My work focuses on scalable test orchestration, distributed computing, and ML infrastructure that helps engineering teams evaluate complex vehicle behavior before deployment. I hold a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology and have over six years of experience building production-grade systems using Java, Python, and Go. My interests include SDV platforms, autonomous vehicle validation, distributed ML systems, and reliable cloud infrastructure for safety-critical applications. I have also contributed technical publications and patent work in these areas. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer II @ Woven by Toyota Jan 2023 – Present | Palo Alto, CA Building infrastructure supporting software-defined vehicles (SDVs), autonomous driving development, and large-scale validation of virtual vehicles. Arene AI Team – ML Infrastructure • Designed and built cloud-native infrastructure for distributed training and large-scale data processing for AD/ADAS machine learning models. • Developed a Distributed Processing Engine using Flyte Map Tasks, replacing Apache Spark workflows and reducing operational overhead by ~25% while improving observability. • Platform adopted by 12+ autonomous driving ML teams for high-volume workloads including data annotation, ETL pipelines, and data-driven planning. • Implemented Kubernetes-based (Go) orchestration for distributed PyTorch training, enabling a faster and more cost-efficient alternative to managed training services. Arene Tools – SDV Validation Platform • Led development of Vertex Studio, a cloud-native platform for test case authoring, execution, and results analysis for virtual vehicle validation. • Scaled the system to support thousands of concurrent validation requests and improved performance by ~60% through optimized task orchestration and data handling. • Designed as a cloud-native, multi-cloud solution to support large-scale simulation and testing for Toyota’s software-defined vehicle ecosystem. • Contributing to next-generation validation infrastructure to enable earlier, large-scale testing of vehicle software prior to deployment. • Named inventor on patent filings related to vehicle software validation, test environment design, and safety-focused system workflows. ### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ Georgia Institute of Technology Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States CS 6210 - Advanced Operating Systems ### Software Engineer Intern @ Woven by Toyota Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Palo Alto, CA Software engineer intern in the ML frameworks team (Previously Lyft - Level 5). ### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ Georgia Institute of Technology Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States CS 6400 - Database Systems Concepts & Design ### Senior Software Engineer @ Freshworks Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India • Engineered the Freshworks Whatsapp platform & EKS boot automation including proactive messaging and template reconstruction using Facebook Business Manager APIs in Java. This was scaled for 20000+ customers (companies) worldwide who used the Whatsapp channel. • Singlehandedly delivered the integration of Twilio & Gupshup SMS Channels using Java & handled their production release using AWS across all regions covering 10000+ customers (companies). • Developed the omnichannel dashboard using HTML/CSS, JQuery and Java which was used for onboarding customers. • Won the Sprint Champion award twice in the channels team for I2P of SMS channel and Template reconstruction feature. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Samsung Electronics Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Bengaluru, Karnataka - Automated the internal modem crash management system with Python, MySQL, Flask‑RESTFul and Selenium which expedited the stability issues resolution TAT by 25% benefiting the team. The process was parallelized using master‑slave thread architecture. - Engineered 4G/5G modem BSP development activities as a part of CP systems team for Samsung smartphones with Qualcomm chipsets. - Performed on‑device debugging for modem stability issues with JTag & Trace32 reducing crash rate during S20 launch. ### Software Engineer @ Samsung Electronics Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Bengaluru Area, India - Brainstormed and implemented the research paper “Dynamic pool-based memory management in multicore RTOS”,selected in the Samsung ‘Embedded systems & computational enhancements’ domain for Samsung Best paper 2019. - As an expat in Samsung Electronics Canada and South Korea, I was involved in tackling operator specific modem conformance issues and collaborating with engineering counterparts during first-ever 5G smartphone launches. - Recipient of ’Samsung Citizen Award’ for Q2 2019 for research ideation and development contributions. ### Summer Intern @ Samsung Electronics Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Bengaluru Area, India - Implemented proof of concept for the patent “Lockless resource management in a multicore RTOS” in C which was graded as A1 ‑ 5G packet processing use case. A Performance gain of 30% was achieved by replacing SPIN locks with sub‑queues in a multicore SMP. - Illustrated white paper “Remote graphics rendering with 5G as a link” as a use case for the URLLC 5G NR network. ## Education ### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science Georgia Institute of Technology Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 ### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Computer Science Anna University Chennai Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 ### DAV Group of Schools (TNAES), Chennai Jan 2000 – Jan 2014 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vijay-saravana-j --- Source: https://flows.cv/vijaysaravanajaishanker JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/vijaysaravanajaishanker/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23