Kairos Engine
V1 offline audio analysis engine for extracting temporal events with sample-accurate timestamps.
C++Audio DSPCMake
Software Engineer
Pradyu Vasudev
I am a lifelong learner, fascinated by the inner workings of systems. Goal-driven and enthusiastic about creating dependable, well designed software.
In my free time, I enjoy making music, reading, staying active, spending time with friends, and planning trips that never make it out of the group chat.
At a glance
- Current focus
- WaveRouter platform automation, regression reliability, and developer tooling
- Location
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Strengths
- Curiosity, systems-level problem solving, automation, reliability
- Contact
- p.vasudev0404@gmail.com
Open to ambitious projects, especially ones that reward deep systems thinking and curiosity about how things work under the hood.
Selected projects
A sample of my work focused on automation, data, informed decisions, practical tooling, and centered around my passion for learning and building.
Used Car Price Deviation Detector
Residual-based pricing system that cleans raw listings, trains a conservative random forest, and labels under/fair/over listings with interpretable thresholds.
PythonPandasscikit-learnRandom Forest
Experience
Building software in regulated, performance-sensitive, and fast-moving environments.
Ciena
Software Engineer I - RSP, WaveRouter Platform Team
- Implemented, debugged, and realigned WaveRouter regression tests with evolving platform architecture, resolving at least half of regression-suite errors by removing deprecated test code and partnering with system designers.
- Published consistent regression results, reported defects found through platform testing, and proactively coordinated across teams to drive investigation and follow-up.
- Streamlined test submission and result aggregation with AI-assisted tooling and generated scripts, and introduced an agentic workflow into the automation repository.
- Previously completed a Ciena Software Engineer internship in Global R&D (May 2025 - Jun 2026), building C tooling for SAOS data-plane fault isolation and doubling line coverage with Cmocka.
Ford Motor Company
Software Infrastructure Intern - Product Development
- Built automated stability tests with the Slash framework and Jenkins CI to improve pipeline reliability by 20%.
- Streamlined validation workflows in Python, cutting recurring debug time by 5+ hours each week.
Education
Sep 2021 - Apr 2026
University of Ottawa
BASc. in Software Engineering - Dean's Honour List
Graduated Apr 2026 · GPA 3.9/4
Skills
Languages
C · Python · Java · C# · SQL · JavaScript
Frameworks & Tools
Linux · Cmocka · Jenkins · Azure · Git · Docker · Power Platform · React
Practices
Embedded systems development · Unit testing · Test-driven development · Agile/Scrum · Cross-functional collaboration
Let's build something useful.
Reach me at p.vasudev0404@gmail.com for collaborations or interesting systems work.