Sohan Basak

I am currently working as a freelance consultant, focusing on software development and architecture. I took a break from working full time to focus on my interests, vis. AI/ML and Education

I also be more proficient at managing projects and people, which allowed me to grow a small team of passionate individuals who I really enjoy working with.

As part of this, I made several Open Source and Professional Projects, including Tara, Innernet, ValuSaaS, Youmay to name a few

At Amazon, I began with Alexa Sensitive Content Intelligence (SCI), focusing on managing sensitive content across the platform. Worked with deploying, scaling and reporting various NLP and ML models

Later, as a founding member of the reformed Alexa Unified Feedback Intelligence team, I contributed to enhancing feedback collection and analysis, playing a crucial role in improving user interaction with Alexa.

Worked with Python, Java and React for the most part, used OpenSearch, AWS SNS/SQS and DynamoDB for various operations. Used AWS Redshift (PostgreSQL) for some BI facing work.

I was the only frontend developer in Eder, as such I was building almost all of the UI for Eder. The problem statement was Confidential Computing, Secure Machine Learning, Federated Learning and Secure ETL

I worked in Vue and Python (FastAPI) for the most part; Used AWS and Terraform for Infrastructure related.

At Signzy, I focused on fintech software development, initially working on bank onboarding applications. I quickly transitioned to managing diverse APIs, from image classification to fraud detection and AML/CFT protocols. A key project was developing and integrating Video KYC solutions with major clients like Citibank, enhancing customer verification processes.

Tech stack included mostly NodeJS, Vue and Angular. MongoDB for DBMS.