Hi, I’m Malhar Parikh, a software engineer focused on building scalable, cloud-native distributed systems using Java, Python, and AWS/GCP. I enjoy delivering 0-to-1 features across security, analytics, and inventory domains, operating in Agile environments with CI/CD-driven SDLC. I thrive on solving complex performance and reliability challenges, from reducing latency to automating data pipelines and real-time analytics. Outside work, I mentor students, contribute to data pipelines, and explore new tech in cloud, security, and backend engineering.

Malhar Parikh

Hi, I’m Malhar Parikh, a software engineer focused on building scalable, cloud-native distributed systems using Java, Python, and AWS/GCP. I enjoy delivering 0-to-1 features across security, analytics, and inventory domains, operating in Agile environments with CI/CD-driven SDLC. I thrive on solving complex performance and reliability challenges, from reducing latency to automating data pipelines and real-time analytics. Outside work, I mentor students, contribute to data pipelines, and explore new tech in cloud, security, and backend engineering.

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Hi, I’m Malhar Parikh, a software engineer focused on building scalable, cloud-native distributed systems using Java, Python, and AWS/GCP. I enjoy delivering 0-to-1 features across security, analytics, and inventory domains, operating in Agile environments with CI/CD-driven SDLC.

I thrive on solving complex performance and reliability challenges, from reducing latency to automating data pipelines and real-time analytics. Outside work, I mentor students, contribute to data pipelines, and explore new tech in cloud, security, and backend engineering.

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Language

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Work Experience

Software Engineer Intern at OneSpan
June 1, 2025 - December 1, 2025
Engineered replay attack prevention for a SaaS passwordless authentication platform serving enterprise clients, using Java Spring Boot, Strategy pattern, and Redis TTL-based nonce expiry, securing over 1,500 authentications per second with zero reported breaches; built a real-time analytics microservice in Java Spring Boot to process FIDO authentication logs and compute KPIs, exporting metrics to Splunk for automated dashboards, accelerating failure diagnosis by 50%; developed REST APIs for real-time “Impossible Travel” detection by identifying geolocation outliers; implemented a push notification service for UAF authentication enabling real-time out-of-band approval flows; reduced auth latency by 30% with an AWS EventBridge–Lambda pipeline automating transient data cleanup in PostgreSQL.
Teaching Assistant at Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University
September 1, 2024 - December 1, 2024
Mentored 200+ students in SQL/NoSQL databases & distributed systems, covering query optimization & data engineering principles; directed code reviews for complex data pipelines, enforcing best practices in Scala, Apache Spark and Kafka-based event architectures.
Software Engineer Intern at Novus Ark Solutions
June 1, 2023 - October 1, 2023
Resolved critical microservices bottleneck affecting 1M+ users by optimizing Redis KEYS inefficiency, achieving 100x performance gain; built marketplace inventory module with Java, React, and Kafka, automating real-time stock updates, cutting manual entry by 50%; optimized REST APIs performance by 55% through reduced DB calls, caching, and improved serialization; automated rent collection workflow using Node.js and Stripe APIs for recurring billing across 500+ rental units, eliminating manual invoice generation and reducing payment tracking overhead by 40%.
Software Engineer Intern at Confidosoft Solutions Pvt Ltd
January 1, 2023 - May 1, 2023
Created patient scheduling & electronic medical records features for healthcare platform using Angular with TypeScript frontend & Python backend with Test-Driven development, reducing production defects & improving reliability in critical clinical workflows; implemented system-wide RBAC using JSON Web Tokens & custom middleware for role hierarchies, safeguarding 5K+ patient records; delivered analytics dashboard using Python & AWS Redshift, enabling doctors to track health trends across 20+ vital metrics.
Teaching Assistant at Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University
January 1, 2026 - April 1, 2026
Teaching Assistant for database systems courses; supported students in SQL/NoSQL, distributed systems, Scala, Spark and Kafka, and assisted with data engineering principles and code reviews.

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science at Northeastern University
January 1, 2024 - April 1, 2026
Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology at Gujarat Technological University
August 1, 2019 - May 1, 2023

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Education, Computers & Electronics, Professional Services