Shikhar Soni

Summer University Intern

https://talent.gravityer.com/shikhar-soni

summer intern @google | cs undergrad @iitkgp

@metakgp, @kossiitkgp, ex @antrea-io

Key Strengths

Extensive personal project experience in C++, Go, and Python, demonstrating strong foundational programming skills.
Contributions to high-performance systems like `fast_float`, `pgagroal`, `pgmoneta`, and `pgexporter` indicate an understanding of performance optimization and system-level programming.
Familiarity with build systems (CMake, Makefile) and containerization (Dockerfile) is valuable.
Experience with compilers course project suggests an interest in fundamental computer science concepts.

Cultural & Operational Fit

Cultural Fit Analysis

The candidate has a strong portfolio of personal projects, indicating self-motivation and a passion for software development. The projects cover a range of technologies (C++, Go, Python, web technologies) and domains (performance, database tooling, web applications), suggesting adaptability. However, the current experience level is listed as 0, and the target role is 'Summer University Intern', which aligns with the candidate's current status. The projects demonstrate a strong individual contributor mindset, which is a good foundation for an intern role. The lack of team-based project descriptions or collaborative experience makes it difficult to fully assess cultural fit beyond individual drive.

Soft Skills & Operational Fit

The candidate's profile primarily showcases technical project contributions. Information regarding soft skills, teamwork, problem-solving approach, or operational fit is not available from the provided data.

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Projects

compilers

September 2, 2025 – December 7, 2025

compilers course

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societytable

May 21, 2024 – October 5, 2025

A periodic table of the KGPian societies. Originally created by TSA.

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kgp-scripts

November 15, 2023 – January 12, 2025

Collection of KGP-centric scripts

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iitkgp-erp-login-go

October 5, 2023 – September 22, 2025

The only golang package you will ever need to implement login process in ERP for IIT-KGP

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pgexporter

September 15, 2021 – Present

Prometheus exporter for PostgreSQL

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perf-ninja

July 20, 2021 – Present

This is an online course where you can learn and master the skill of low-level performance analysis and tuning.

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pgmoneta

May 18, 2021 – Present

Backup / restore solution for PostgreSQL

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fast_float

October 19, 2020 – Present

Fast and exact implementation of the C++ from_chars functions for number types: 4x to 10x faster than strtod, part of GCC 12, MySQL, Chromium, Redis and WebKit/Safari

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pgagroal

August 28, 2019 – Present

High-performance connection pool for PostgreSQL

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chillzone

February 17, 2018 – Present

Find a place to chill during class hours in IIT KGP

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Key Strengths

Extensive personal project experience in C++, Go, and Python, demonstrating strong foundational programming skills.
Contributions to high-performance systems like `fast_float`, `pgagroal`, `pgmoneta`, and `pgexporter` indicate an understanding of performance optimization and system-level programming.
Familiarity with build systems (CMake, Makefile) and containerization (Dockerfile) is valuable.
Experience with compilers course project suggests an interest in fundamental computer science concepts.

Cultural & Operational Fit

Cultural Fit Analysis

Soft Skills & Operational Fit

Shikhar Soni

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Key Strengths

Cultural & Operational Fit