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Dr. Kishore G R Senior Software Engineer, Dell Technologies
Senior Software Engineer & NLP Researcher

Engineering resilient distributed systems.
Advancing practical NLP.

I bridge the gap between production backend architectures and applied artificial intelligence. With a Ph.D. in Computer Science and over five years designing large-scale cloud microservices at Dell, I build systems that are robust, high-throughput, and grounded in empirical research.

Dr. Kishore G R

Dr. Kishore G R

Ph.D., Computer Science & Engineering

Bengaluru, India
DellCurrent
06Papers
Ph.D.CS & Engg.
80% API Request Reduction

Architected caching and aggregation patterns for microservice platform.

06 Indexed Research Works

Published in IEEE, Springer, and IAES journals on NLP and sparse-vector embeddings.

Top 5 National Level Hackathon

Recognized at national-level Microsoft YAPPON and Code Yuddha hackathons for app architecture.

Core Specialization

Two distinct competencies, one engineer

Enterprise-grade software engineering paired with rigour in applied language intelligence research.

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Production Backend & Distributed Systems

Engineering high-availability cloud microservices that handle enterprise workloads with low latency, message streaming, resilient schemas, and fault tolerance.

  • Microservices architecture with REST and GraphQL APIs
  • Event streaming and message queues via Apache Kafka
  • Containerization and orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes
  • Developer portals (Backstage) and API design tooling (Stoplight)
  • Infrastructure automation with SaltStack and CI/CD pipelines
02

Applied NLP & Machine Learning Research

Doctoral research focused on empirical sentiment classification, sparse-vector representations, feature-selection dimensionality reduction, and soft-computing techniques.

  • Sparse-vector and FastText embeddings for text mining
  • Feature selection and dimensionality reduction methods
  • Tokenization and soft-computing sentiment classifiers
  • Cyberbullying and toxic-content detection models
  • Peer-reviewed publications in international journals
Career Path

Professional experience

Six-plus years of continuous engineering contribution at Dell Technologies, Bengaluru.

Senior Software Engineer

Dell Technologies, Bengaluru
Nov 2025 — Present

Driving Python-based software engineering and infrastructure automation using SaltStack and DevOps tooling. Leading AI-augmented planning, development, and automated testing by integrating AI harnesses and autonomous agent workflows. Architecting resilient CI/CD pipelines and developer automation via GitHub Actions.

Python SaltStack DevOps GitHub Actions AI Harness & Agents Automated Testing CI/CD Zabbix

Software Engineer 2

Dell Technologies, Bengaluru
Apr 2023 — Oct 2025

Redesigned critical backend endpoints to achieve an 80% reduction in redundant global API calls. Built event-driven data-ingestion microservices using Kafka and Docker, and developed internal tools with Node.js and React.js. Designed high-scale APIs for global availability while managing developer portal infrastructure via Backstage and Stoplight.

Microservices Python Backstage Node.js React.js Kafka Kubernetes Docker REST / GraphQL Github Actions PostgreSQL

Software Engineer 1

Dell Technologies, Bengaluru
Aug 2021 — Mar 2023

Implemented full-lifecycle backend services, authentication mechanisms via OAuth, automated CI/CD integration using Jenkins, and database schema migrations.

Python GraphQL Stoplight Kafka Jenkins OAuth Java SQL

Intern

Dell Technologies, Bengaluru
Jul 2020 — Jul 2021

Engineered foundational backend modules, automated telemetry scripts, and collaborated across cross-functional infrastructure squads.

Python Shell Scripting Git AQL Groovy
Capabilities

Technical stack and tooling

Battle-tested technologies across enterprise systems and academic research.

Backend & Languages

Python Node.js React.js Django JavaScript GraphQL REST APIs C / C++ Java OAuth

AI, NLP & Machine Learning

NLP Sentiment Analysis Sparse-Vector Embeddings FastText Text Mining Feature Selection Soft Computing Dimensionality Reduction

Data, Cloud & DevOps

GitHub Actions SaltStack Docker Kubernetes Apache Kafka Backstage Stoplight PostgreSQL MongoDB Jenkins CI/CD Bash / Shell SQL / AQL
Scholarly Impact

Research, publications, and profiles

Peer-reviewed contributions to international journals and conferences in natural language processing.

Journal 2025

Unenhanced sparse vector-based embedding method for sentiment analysis

G. R. Kishore, B. S. Harish, C. K. Roopa

Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research

Journal 2025

Evaluating the influence of feature selection-based dimensionality reduction on sentiment analysis

G. R. Kishore, B. S. Harish, C. K. Roopa

IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence

Conference 2025

Improved Tokenization Methods for Sentiment Classification Using Soft Computing Techniques

B. S. Harish, G. R. Kishore, C. K. Roopa

Intl. Conference on Intelligent Vision and Computing

Conference 2025

Detecting Cyberbullying in the Sentiments Over Social Media

G. R. Kishore, B. S. Harish, C. K. Roopa

Intl. Conference on Computing and Machine Learning

Conference 2023

A Hybrid Approach for Classification of Text Documents Using Naïve Bayes and Instance-Based Learning

G. R. Kishore, B. S. Harish, C. K. Roopa, M. S. Maheshan

Intl. Conference on Emerging Research in Computing, Information & Communication

IEEE 2022

Predicting the cause for crop damage using machine learning approaches

G. R. Kishore, C. K. Roopa, B. S. Harish

IEEE 2nd Mysore Sub Section International Conference (MysuruCon)

Academics

Educational foundation

Advanced qualifications in computer science, data science, and engineering.

Terminal Degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Computer Science & Engineering

JSS Science and Technology University

Graduated 2026

Dissertation on novel sparse-vector embeddings, sentiment analysis, text dimensionality reduction, and soft-computing tokenization.

Postgraduate

Master of Technology (M.Tech)

Data Science

JSS Science and Technology University

2019 — 2021

Advanced coursework and research in applied machine learning, statistical inference, data mining, and distributed processing.

Undergraduate

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)

Information Science & Engineering

Maharaja Institute of Technology Mysore

2014 — 2018

Core foundation in algorithms, operating systems, data structures, database engineering, and software design principles.

Recognition & Initiatives

Awards, projects & pursuits

Competitive engineering hackathons, institutional leadership, and creative interests.

5th Place · National Level

Microsoft YAPPON Hackathon

C# Application Development

Awarded 5th prize in Microsoft Edukinect’s national level coding competition for architecting and developing scalable C# systems.

5th Rank · State Level

Code Yuddha Hackathon

AngularJS Web Application Development

Recognized by Qwiniks for resilient, real-time web application configurations under concurrent latency stress.

Leadership & Operations

Institutional Website Management

Technical Web Administrator · 2 Years

Maintained and administered the college website for two consecutive years, driving updates, content migrations, uptime monitoring, and feature rollouts.

Problem Solving

Applying machine learning tools and empirical heuristics to optimize software development life-cycles and workflow planning.

Strategy & Logic

Solving the Rubik’s cube and competitive chess.

Creative & Visual

Hand sketching, 3D modeling in Blender, and video editing.

Let's collaborate

Interested in distributed systems or NLP research?

Whether it's backend performance, system architecture, or a research discussion on sentiment analysis — I'd like to hear from you.

Email kkishorkumar12@gmail.com
LinkedIn kishore-g-r-859a90149
Google Scholar Kishore G R Citations
Location Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Languages Kannada, English, Telugu, Hindi