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I'm a software engineer who specializes in building full-stack systems, scalable REST APIs, and AI-powered applications. I enjoy shaping data pipelines, distributed architectures, and reliable back-end services using Python, Django, Node.js, and Express. I work with LLM-based retrieval-augmented generation, vector databases, and hybrid search, and I deploy containerized solutions with Docker and Kubernetes. I also care about performance, metadata discoverability, and improving engineering workflows across research and enterprise platforms.…I'm a software engineer who specializes in building full-stack systems, scalable REST APIs, and AI-powered applications. I enjoy shaping data pipelines, distributed architectures, and reliable back-end services using Python, Django, Node.js, and Express. I work with LLM-based retrieval-augmented generation, vector databases, and hybrid search, and I deploy containerized solutions with Docker and Kubernetes. I also care about performance, metadata discoverability, and improving engineering workflows across research and enterprise platforms.

Sandesh M

Full Stack Developer, Web Developer, Front-End Developer, +2

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I'm a software engineer who specializes in building full-stack systems, scalable REST APIs, and AI-powered applications. I enjoy shaping data pipelines, distributed architectures, and reliable back-end services using Python, Django, Node.js, and Express. I work with LLM-based retrieval-augmented generation, vector databases, and hybrid search, and I deploy containerized solutions with Docker and Kubernetes. I also care about performance, metadata discoverability, and improving engineering workflows across research and enterprise platforms.…I'm a software engineer who specializes in building full-stack systems, scalable REST APIs, and AI-powered applications. I enjoy shaping data pipelines, distributed architectures, and reliable back-end services using Python, Django, Node.js, and Express. I work with LLM-based retrieval-augmented generation, vector databases, and hybrid search, and I deploy containerized solutions with Docker and Kubernetes. I also care about performance, metadata discoverability, and improving engineering workflows across research and enterprise platforms.

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I’m a software engineer who specializes in building full-stack systems, scalable REST APIs, and AI-powered applications. I enjoy shaping data pipelines, distributed architectures, and reliable back-end services using Python, Django, Node.js, and Express.

I work with LLM-based retrieval-augmented generation, vector databases, and hybrid search, and I deploy containerized solutions with Docker and Kubernetes. I also care about performance, metadata discoverability, and improving engineering workflows across research and enterprise platforms.

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Work Experience

Software Engineer at CUAHSI

September 1, 2024 - Present

Led data-processing pipelines to convert raw scientific datasets into structured metadata, enabling search indexing and AI-driven discovery across NSF-funded platforms. Re-architected processing into an event-driven system using Redpanda, reducing dataset processing time by 40% and boosting throughput by 3x. Migrated 5,000+ DOI records from Crossref to DataCite and automated registration workflows, saving ~15 hours/week of manual curation. Introduced pgBouncer for PostgreSQL, cutting per-request latency during peak processing by ~30%. Built automated metadata extraction from AWS S3/MinIO, producing JSON-LD and OpenAPI-documented service contracts for 10,000+ resources and syncing to Apache Solr for improved discoverability. Migrated resource indexing to MongoDB Atlas and tuned Solr queries, improving average search response by ~35% for 50,000+ datasets. Authored unit/integration tests with pytest/Django; conducted Locust load tests; developed Vue.js frontends and Netlify CI/CD previews

Graduate Teaching Assistant at Florida International University

February 1, 2023 - April 1, 2024

Supported research projects using SQL and Microsoft SQL Server for financial data analysis; assisted in course delivery by developing assignments and exercises using Bloomberg datasets and Bloomberg Query Language.

Senior Software Development Engineer at Sisense Infotech Pvt Ltd

January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022

Built and enhanced customer-facing web modules using React and Next.js, integrated with Node.js/Express APIs to support high-traffic workflows. Refactored client-server communication to reduce API latency by 25% through payload optimization and elimination of redundant calls. Implemented Redis caching to lower database load by 40% and reduce endpoint latency from 180ms to under 50ms. Deployed Node.js services in Docker with Nginx reverse proxy and structured logging for production observability, reducing incident resolution time by 30%. Contributed to service-oriented architecture migration, enabling independent deployments. Built automated test suites with CI/CD pipelines achieving ~75% unit test coverage and reducing regression effort by ~4 hours per release.

Full Stack Software Developer at ANVIPRO IT Solutions Ltd

May 1, 2017 - January 31, 2021

Developed full-stack web applications using Vue.js, React, and Next.js for dynamic interfaces, while building RESTful APIs with Node.js and designing relational database schemas and server-side logic. Built SPAs and server-side rendered pages with client-side state management, reducing full-page reloads and improving transactional responsiveness. Integrated third-party APIs, collaborated with QA to define acceptance criteria, and reduced post-release defects across major product releases. Used Git for version control and implemented deployment pipelines with automated builds.