Kusha Sahu is Senior Software Developer, 9 years of experience, with expertise in TypeScript, Python, MySQL, MongoDB, AWS Lambda, Aurora RDS, AWS SQS, AWS CloudFormation, PostgreSQL, Prompt Engineering, LangGraph, Grafana.
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A senior software engineer with over 9 years of experience architecting scalable backend systems and AI-powered platforms. This professional possesses deep expertise in system design, cloud infrastructure, and technical leadership, with a proven track record of driving high-impact initiatives and mentoring engineering teams.
skills
experience
Senior Software Engineer (IC-L4) — Raft
2026 → present
Led the development of compliance and cross-document consistency agents using Vertex AI and managed on-prem release-automation for a tier-1 global bank.
Founder & Developer — Starithm
07/2025 → present
Built an event-intelligence platform that ingests, extracts, structures, and visualizes real-time astronomy alerts using a FastAPI backend, CockroachDB and ML pipelines.
Senior Software Engineer / Head of Indian Software Team — Aurora Energy Research
2024 → 2026
Led geospatial product development and engineered a production-grade Gen-AI chatbot for internal document search using LangGraph and AWS.
Software Development Engineer - L3 — Urban Company
2022 → 2024
Spearheaded performance monitoring for micro-frontends and optimized image/video pipelines, resulting in significant cost savings and improved application performance.
Software Development Engineer - L2 — Urban Company
2020 → 2022
Architected an in-house frontend framework and integrated custom advertising audiences to reduce costs while implementing an online tipping system.
Software Development Engineer - L1 — Urban Company
2018 → 2020
Designed and implemented a subscription-based product that contributed 23% to overall revenue and developed a rebooking feature to improve operational efficiency.
Associate Programmer — TATA Digital Health (Now TATA 1mg)
2017 → 2018
Developed pharmacy support dashboards and implemented secure file handling on AWS S3 for consumer and doctor-side applications.
featured projects
Measuring Hate Speech Exposure Across Algorithmic Feeds on Bluesky
Python · Pandas · Huggingface · Mistral
Developed an ensemble moderation pipeline combining transformer classifiers and LLMs to audit algorithmic feeds for toxicity.
Space Debris Detection and Trajectory Prediction
Python · SciPy · Pandas
Built a two-part system for managing orbital debris risk using TLE-based orbital data and time-series modeling.
Exoplanet Detection using Kepler Data
TensorFlow · XGBoost · Astropy
Detected exoplanet transits from light curves using a CNN-LSTM and XGBoost modeling approach.
Predicting Vehicle CO₂ Emissions using GRU vs LSTM
Python · Keras · Pandas
Conducted a comparative study of LSTM and GRU architectures for CO₂ emission forecasting using time-series data.
Localization using Particle Filters
Python · NumPy
Simulated object localization in a planetary system using particle filter algorithms for probabilistic convergence.
SLAM: Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
Python
Programmed a simulated robot to navigate an unknown environment using obstacle avoidance and landmark-based mapping.
education
Georgia Institute of Technology — Master of Science, Computer Science : Computational Perception and Robotics
Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Delhi — Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering
profile questions
What does Kusha Sahu specialize in?
Kusha Sahu lists TypeScript, Python, MySQL, MongoDB, AWS Lambda, Aurora RDS, AWS SQS, AWS CloudFormation, PostgreSQL, Prompt Engineering, LangGraph, Grafana, Deep Learning, Prometheus, System Design, PyTorch, OpenCV, Pandas, Computer Vision, Huggingface Transformers, Software Architecture, Vercel, Render, CockroachDB, RAG, LLM, OpenAI, Claude, Qwen, Mistral, AI Agents, Event-driven Systems, Async Systems, FastAPI, Node.js, SQL, Docker as professional skills.
What roles has Kusha Sahu worked in?
Kusha Sahu has experience in Senior Software Engineer (IC-L4), Founder & Developer, Senior Software Engineer / Head of Indian Software Team, Software Development Engineer - L3, Software Development Engineer - L2, Software Development Engineer - L1, Associate Programmer across organizations including Raft, Starithm, Aurora Energy Research, Urban Company, TATA Digital Health (Now TATA 1mg).
Staff software engineer
- Staff software engineer
- AI Engineer
- Senior Software Developer
- TypeScript Python MySQL
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