Kenil Vora


A UC San Diego Graduate in Mathematics & Computer Science


Experience


Snowflake
2024 - Present
Software Engineer

Snowservices


Meta/Facebook
2020 - 2024
Production Engineer

Messaging Infra & Core Data


Microsoft
July 2019 - Sept 2019
Software Engineer Intern

Microsoft 365 - One Drive


PayPal
June 2018 - Sept 2018
Software Engineer Intern

Core Payments


UC San Diego
Jan 2018 - Dec 2019
Teaching Assistant

Data Structures & Algorithms


Triton Software Engineering
Jan 2018 - Jan 2019
Software Engineer / Project Manager

College Club


San Diego Supercomputer Center
Jan 2018 - June 2018
Research Assistant

Cyberinfrastructure Research



Projects


Hash For Cash
April 2017 - Present
Awarded Best Use of Linode API at LA Hacks

A web application that mitigates DDoS attacks & mines Bitcoins by harnessing wasted computational power using the SHA-256 Cryptographic Hash Algorithm.

Python
Django
JavaScript
JQuery
HTML
CSS

Food vs Lifestyle
March 2018
Data Science/NLP Research Project

Researched correlations between student dietary habits, academic performance and overall quality of life.

Python
Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK)
SciPy
NumPy
Pandas
Scikit-learn

Whispering Pi
December 2017
Voice Controlled IoT Smart Lamp

Modelled a cost effective hardware system to control Amazon Alexa compatible smart devices using voice commands.

Integrated Alexa on Raspberry Pi and added Custom Alexa skills to achieve voice recognition functionality.

C
Python
SQL
Amazon Alexa API
Raspberry Pi

AmbiLamp
Oct 2017 - Nov 2017
IoT Weather Monitoring System

A multi-function DIY security lamp used to remotely record and monitor surroundings using noise, temperature and humidity sensors.

Python
JavaScript
PHP
Apache
MongoDB