ankush kansal

Senior Software Engineer | C++ & Rust

Salary / Daily rate

Paris, France

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Skills

Rust

Languages

English

About me

Intro

Modern C++ and Rust architect with 12+ years engineering scalable systems for automotive and fintech. Led ADAS simulator integrations, improved radar detection accuracy by 15%, and delivered POCs to 4+ enterprise clients. Specialized in WebAssembly, distributed systems, and ISO26262 compliance for mission-critical applications.

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Work experience

Advance Lead Engineer

Aptiv

Feb 2024 - Dec 2024

11 months

Paris, France

• Developed robust C++11/14/17 and RUST based services utilizing Web Assembly sandbox technology. • Designing and Documenting with UML diagrams for software architecture. • Performed Unit testing (TDD) and peer code reviews for clean and maintainable code. • Provided POC to internal stakeholders for the outcome of distributed applications and WASM.

Senior Technical Lead - V&V Integration/Application Engineer

Foretellix

Dec 2021 - Mar 2024

2 years 4 months

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Engineered integration middleware packages using Rust, Loggers using C++14/17 thus integrating the V&V drive interface for ADAS Simulink Car model validation. • Implemented gRPC API’s for simulator integration framework. • Developed ASAM Open Scenario-Based(.osc) Abstract Test Scenarios of ADAS stack model for various simulators like IPG-Carmaker, CARLA. • Improved technical compliance, managed stakeholder requirements, and delivered proof-of-concept to 4 customers.

Technical Architect

Continental

Nov 2019 - Dec 2021

2 years 2 months

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Engineered multi-sensor fusion algorithms for Continental’s ARS5xx and SRR5xx radar platforms, improving object detection accuracy by 15% and reducing false positives using ensemble classifiers. • Performing static code analysis using the MISRA C++ 2008 standards for ADAS systems and ensuring KPI improvements. • Involved in bug fixing, code coverage, and GTest/Mocks unit testing cases. fusion. • Wrote Javascript modules for OTA updates and V2x connections.

Senior Software Developer

Sapiens

May 2016 - Oct 2019

3 years 6 months

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Developed and optimized C++11, Javascript modules for a life insurance software product. • Implementation of customer’s CR/new modules, fixing bugs and static code analysis. • Led knowledge transfer sessions and mentored junior engineers.

Project Engineer

Polaris Software Lab

Apr 2012 - Dec 2015

3 years 9 months

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• C++03 code migration from HP Unix to the IBM-AIX system, fixing memory issues, and dead code removal. • Automated processes using Bash scripts for daily and regulatory reporting. • Enhanced C++ modules on generating real time risk, EOD risk reporting, sending payment and settlement information to BO system.


Education

BAC+5

Computer Science

2011 - Present

15 years 6 months

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