Mahashri Ranjith Kumar

Mahashri Ranjith Kumar

MLH Fellow

About Me

Software engineer focused on backend systems, production infrastructure, and developer tooling. Experienced in Python and C/C++, with a track record of building APIs, data pipelines, and observability-driven systems. Strong interest in distributed systems, reliability engineering, and building scalable production systems.

Work Experience

Production Engineering Fellow

Meta — June 2026 – Present

  • Selected for the highly competitive Meta–MLH Production Engineering Fellowship (2% acceptance rate), working on systems development and engineering collaboration.

Software Engineer (Platform)

Regen Network Development — June 2026 – Present

  • Built a production-grade Python SDK and CLI for ingesting multi-source data into Regen's claims pipeline; designed the Output Record contract (JSON-LD + RDF) integrating with the KOI Claims Engine; shipped CI-tested ingestion pipelines (≥80% coverage) with reproducible local-first developer workflows.

AI Perception Team Lead

Leeds Gryphon Racing — November 2025 – Present

  • Leading a multi-disciplinary AI-perception team, coordinating model development, system integration and testing cycles within a competitive Formula Student engineering programme.
  • Implementing LiDAR–camera sensor fusion pipelines using ROS2 to enhance spatial awareness and perception reliability under variable lighting and environmental conditions.

Research Intern

University of Leeds – Engineering and Physical Sciences Faculty — December 2025 – January 2026

  • Implemented the Condense & Distil summation algorithm in C++ under academic supervision, designing a drop-in API for seamless integration with existing numerical software and documenting outcomes to support future academic publication.

Education

University of Leeds — Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Computer Engineering (2025 – 2028)

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