Chinmaya Sahu
Chinmaya Sahu
SWE @ Microsoft · Microsoft Specialized Clouds

Resilient cloud platforms, intelligent ML systems, and developer tooling that scales.

I build with a focus on performance, simplicity, and human-centered design. NIT Karnataka CS graduate, with prizes at four hackathons.

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Learning how to work with GPUs and squeeze out the maximum performance.

Autonomous package sorting with SLAM navigation and package detection. Top 16 of 500 teams globally in e-Yantra, IIT Bombay's robotics competition.

ROS2Computer VisionMoveIt

A multi-output neural network that maps physical qubits to logical qubits, trained on 25K+ circuits and 17% more accurate than the paper it builds on.

QiskitPyTorch

Inference from first principles. A work in progress.

WIPInference

Front end for C with Lex and YACC.

LexYACC

Aspect-based sentiment analysis on Amazon reviews with DistilBERT.

DistilBERTSentiment Analysis

An IPL-style auction game where the bots are trained with reinforcement learning, with automated training running on Redis and Kafka.

Reinforcement LearningRedisKafka

Open source, Rust. MPLS packet dissectors and WASM support.

RustOpen SourceWASM

AI-powered accident-tracking dashboard used by 6+ police stations. Improved accident-prediction accuracy by 22% and made inference 4x faster.

MLSocietal Impact2024

Kanban task manager for clubs. React, Express, MongoDB.

ReactExpressMongoDB

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Intraretinal Cyst Segmentation

Knowledge distillation from foundation models to segment intraretinal cysts. Dice of 0.79 in 50 epochs, against a supervised baseline of 0.68.

Bachelor's thesis · 2024–25
Mammogram Classification

Deep learning classifier for breast X-rays by abnormality and BI-RADS score, reaching 85% accuracy with transfer learning. Advised by Dr. Jeny Rajan.

Research internship · 2023

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ETHGlobalETHGlobal New DelhiSep 2025

Delta Zero Hook

A Uniswap v4 hook that minimizes impermanent loss by hedging a pool's ETH exposure through lending.

Runner-up · Pyth Pull Oracle
ETHGlobalETHGlobal Agentic EthereumFeb 2025

Athl3te

A web3 fitness app run by autonomous AI agents: import Strava activities, track goals and monitor health.

Runner-up · Most Innovative AgentWinner · Nillion SecretVault
DevRevDevRev ForgeMar 2024

Voice To Help

An ML pipeline that turns customer feedback from Twitter, Google Play and Reddit into tickets on DevRev.

1st Runner-up
Vertex AIGoogle Vertex AI HackathonJul 2023

TalkToMe

A web app for chatting with your documents and audio files, built on Vertex AI and LangChain.

Built

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Jul 2025 — present
Software Engineer, Microsoft
Ported the Site Manager service infrastructure from public cloud to Azure Local disconnected operations, and shipped zero-touch provisioning features end to end for Azure Edge. Set up tests and monitors covering 5k+ production resources, and taught AI fundamentals and tooling to 300+ people across the org.
May 2024 — Jun 2024
SWE Intern, Microsoft
Converted API Swagger to TypeSpec, saving 90% of development time, and built a proof of concept integrating generated controller code into the Azure Stack HCI service.
Jan 2024 — May 2024
AI Developer, Appasamy
Built and optimized segmentation models that identify the layers of the retina at 94% Dice, for deployment in OCT hardware.
Jul 2023 — Jan 2024
Software Consultant, MACS-G
Brought machine learning into QHSE applications with a library of six algorithms and an API-first platform used by two products.
Dec 2021 — May 2025
B.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering, NIT Karnataka
Focus area in AI and machine learning, CGPA 9.67/10.
Web Enthusiasts' Club NITKConvenor, Web Enthusiasts' Club NITK: 100+ members and 50+ events over two years.
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Presenting as finalists on stage at ETHGlobal Mumbai.Nov 2026
ETHGlobal New Delhi.Sep 2025
WebClub at Hackbangalore, powered by AngelHack.May 2024
Felicitated by Mukesh Bansal at the DevRev Effortless Conference, Grand Hyatt Mumbai.Feb 2024