Currently working at Google on the YouTube Payments Platform team. • Worked as a Software Engineer at Informatica Corporation in the Data Engine team which is the infrastructure for all Informatica products. • My work at Informatica involved Hadoop, Hive and query optimizations for PowerCenter Big Data Edition. • Worked at Microsoft Corporation as Software Development Engineer, Intern in the Product Activation and Key Distribution Team • Detailed experience of Java, Python and OOP with high proficiency in Linux operating systems. • Experience of development using SOLID design principles, SOA, Test Driven Development. • Interests in Databases and Big Data Technologies. Specialties: • Data Structures and Algorithms. • C++, Java, Python, OOP, Databases, Hive, Hadoop and Linux Operating Systems.

Software Engineer @ YouTube Payments From June 2014 to Present (1 year 7 months) Software Engineer @ • Part of Data Engine which is the infrastructure for all Informatica products • Worked on Hadoop and Hive as part of PowerCenter Big Data Edition • Worked extensively on Hive query optimizations like Query Flattening & Expression Simplification • Detailed experience with Hive source code • Experience with Database optimizations like filter pushdown, early selection, etc. From February 2013 to June 2014 (1 year 5 months) Software Development Engineer, Intern @ • Developed and hosted a WCF Web Service in C# for improving performance of a key project as part of Product Activation & Key Distribution Team dealing with new Microsoft products. • Used the web service as part of moving the Product Activation system from physical servers to Azure cloud. • Optimized authentication mechanism for the Key Distribution Service used by Microsoft to distribute keys to OEMs. • Gained experience in using SOLID design principles, TDD and SOA design patterns. From June 2012 to September 2012 (4 months) Lab Administrator @ • Worked as a Linux Lab Administrator : Network Server, User Accounts Management, LDAP, Moodle • Part of 5 member Lab Administration team of CS and IT Department From August 2009 to May 2010 (10 months) Pune Area, India

MS, Computer Science @ University of California, Irvine From 2011 to 2013 Bachelor of Technology, Information Technology @ College of Engineering Pune From 2007 to 2011 Mihir Kulkarni is skilled in: Java, Linux, Python, Hadoop, C#, C++, C, Design Patterns, MySQL, Git, Software Development, Distributed Systems, MapReduce, Hive