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I am a software engineer with over 9 years of experience building and scaling modern web applications across frontend and backend.

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I am a software engineer with over 9 years of experience building and scaling modern web applications across frontend and backend. I’ve shipped features for e-commerce and food delivery platforms, designing modular UIs, shaping API contracts, and ensuring smooth data flow between services and clients. I enjoy mentoring teams, improving developer workflows, and delivering reliable software at scale.

I’m expanding into AI/LLM, building RAG pipelines using LangChain and Pinecone, and exposing LLM inference via FastAPI in personal projects. I also relish optimizing CI/CD automation and testing strategies to accelerate safe, high-quality releases.

  • 10 years' experience
  • Joined April 2026

Industry experience

  • Software & Internet
  • Retail
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Professional Services

Work experience· 4 roles

Senior Software Engineer · DoorDashJan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 11 mos

Led localization efforts for Japan and APAC markets with React.js on the frontend and Kotlin on the backend; contributed to W+ loyalty system with tier-based rewards and point redemption, impacting millions across 20+ countries. Drove subscription growth initiatives and implemented QA automation (Reflect, Maestro, Chromatic, Playwright) reducing regression testing time by 40% and accelerating releases.

Senior Software Engineer · Fast Retailing (Uniqlo)Jan 2019 – Dec 2021 · 3 yrs

Contributed to Uniqlo Android app (Kotlin) and backend services. Designed robust Java/Kotlin Spring Boot APIs and modular Node.js BFFs to improve client-side performance. Launched A/B testing infrastructure via Firebase Remote Config and established CD pipelines, reducing deployment time by 40%.

Senior Software Engineer · RakutenOct 2016 – Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Built a modular React SDK powering 50+ chatbot interfaces; developed a centralized admin panel for chatbot configurations and analytics; optimized WebSocket delivery, reducing real-time latency by 20%; created reusable React components to improve maintainability.

Software Development Intern · AutodeskJun 2015 – Nov 2015 · 6 mos

Education

Bachelor of Engineering [Computer Engineering] · Pune Institute of Computer Technology, University of Pune2012 – 2016

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