Vatsala Jha

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Work Experience

Software Developer – Backend & Automation at RADR, Rutgers University
January 1, 2024 - Present
Developed a SpaCy-based automation pipeline generating alt text for 5,000+ images to improve WCAG 2.1 compliance by 40%, saving 25+ hours per month in manual audits. Used process mining to optimize image labeling, cutting throughput by 50% and increasing reviewer accuracy by 15% for accessibility audits. Built API connectors to sync Amazon purchases, Microsoft Forms, and Qualtrics responses with Asana, streamlining ticket triage and saving 10+ manual hours weekly.
Software Engineer 2 at Cohesity
January 1, 2023 - September 20, 2025
Architected scalable backend APIs in Go, Python, and TypeScript to support 500+ daily CI jobs, reducing rebuild latency by 20% and improving cache efficiency to cut API response times by 30%. Orchestrated 100+ CI/CD pipelines via Jenkins Job Builder, enabling zero-downtime migrations and reducing deployment incidents by 73%. Designed Grafana dashboards over PostgreSQL and MongoDB for 12+ microservices, enabling 42% faster regression detection and reducing debugging time by 1.5 hours per incident. Led YAML-based CI/CD modernization with Slack validations, cutting DevOps workload by 90% and shortening onboarding from 2 weeks to 4 days. Built pre-merge release validation across 8 production branches to boost release velocity by 30%. Implemented an NLP-driven Slack bot in Node.js for real-time build failure triage, reducing incident response time from 2 hours to 15 minutes and increasing build stability awareness across teams.

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science at Rutgers University
January 11, 2030 - December 1, 2025

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Education, Professional Services