Hi, I'm Vishal Vinayak Gawade, a Software Engineer with around 5 years of experience specializing in designing, developing, and fine-tuning high-performance applications. I have expertise in Java, Python, Go, JavaScript, SQL, and AWS, and enjoy building scalable solutions with a strong focus on cloud technologies and performance tuning. I'm passionate about working in collaborative, agile environments where I can drive improvements and deliver impactful results. I have experience working on various enterprise-level projects involving RESTful APIs, automation of data processes, and security enhancements. My background spans internships, teaching assistance, and roles in well-known companies where I’ve successfully reduced system latency, improved reliability, and optimized cloud resource usage. I’m always eager to learn and contribute to innovative tech solutions.

Vishal Vinayak Gawade

Hi, I'm Vishal Vinayak Gawade, a Software Engineer with around 5 years of experience specializing in designing, developing, and fine-tuning high-performance applications. I have expertise in Java, Python, Go, JavaScript, SQL, and AWS, and enjoy building scalable solutions with a strong focus on cloud technologies and performance tuning. I'm passionate about working in collaborative, agile environments where I can drive improvements and deliver impactful results. I have experience working on various enterprise-level projects involving RESTful APIs, automation of data processes, and security enhancements. My background spans internships, teaching assistance, and roles in well-known companies where I’ve successfully reduced system latency, improved reliability, and optimized cloud resource usage. I’m always eager to learn and contribute to innovative tech solutions.

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Hi, I’m Vishal Vinayak Gawade, a Software Engineer with around 5 years of experience specializing in designing, developing, and fine-tuning high-performance applications. I have expertise in Java, Python, Go, JavaScript, SQL, and AWS, and enjoy building scalable solutions with a strong focus on cloud technologies and performance tuning. I’m passionate about working in collaborative, agile environments where I can drive improvements and deliver impactful results.

I have experience working on various enterprise-level projects involving RESTful APIs, automation of data processes, and security enhancements. My background spans internships, teaching assistance, and roles in well-known companies where I’ve successfully reduced system latency, improved reliability, and optimized cloud resource usage. I’m always eager to learn and contribute to innovative tech solutions.

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Work Experience

Computer Science Intern / Software Engineer at Changing The Present
March 1, 2025 - Present
Automated end-to-end data pipelines on Ubuntu Linux using PySpark and AWS Step Functions, improving reliability by 65%. Deployed PySpark ETL jobs on Linux-based EKS Kubernetes clusters using Jenkins integration, reducing errors by 65%. Built cost-monitoring Python scripts to flag underutilized S3 storage and enforce lifecycle management policies. Collaborated on AWS CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and scripts to deploy containerized workloads to EKS clusters.
Teaching Assistant / Lab Assistant at Illinois Institute of Technology
December 31, 2024 - July 11, 2025
Developed and maintained Dockerized lab environments on Ubuntu Linux for Python data analysis, reducing issues by 70%. Created Matplotlib and Seaborn visualizations on Linux workstations to teach data analysis across 10+ projects. Automated RESTful API testing workflows with Java scripts achieving 80% functionality across 20+ modular projects. Integrated RESTful API workflows and testing practices into 20+ projects by developing sample code, achieving 80% functionality. Troubleshot and resolved Ubuntu server issues and administered Linux systems to ensure 100% lab availability daily. Enabled large-dataset processing for 10+ research assignments by developing NumPy modules, improving efficiency by 50%.
Software Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services
December 31, 2022 - July 11, 2025
Reduced onboarding latency 60% by engineering serverless identity sync with Node.js, AWS Lambda, DynamoDB streams at scale. Increased data integrity to 99.99% by building TypeScript workflows for sign-ups, upgrades & downgrades on AWS globally. Reduced coding errors 20% and improved productivity streamlining AWS Cloud9, CodePipeline and Python debugging workflows. Streamlined AWS CI/CD workflows with CodePipeline and Jenkins reducing config defects 25% and accelerating releases. Developed FastAPI RESTful APIs backed by PostgreSQL and Redis with async caching maintaining 99.9% uptime for 5,000+ users. Developed Puppet manifests to standardize environment configurations, improving deployment consistency by 80%. Reduced GCP costs 15% maintaining 90% utilization by analyzing usage patterns, optimizing compute and storage configurations.
Software Engineer at Adani Group
November 30, 2020 - July 11, 2025
Architected AWS EC2, S3, RDS, and Lambda via Terraform & CloudFormation with Python modules, cutting deployment time by 40%. Automated Jenkins pipelines with Python tests & TypeScript scripts, cutting failures by 35% and speeding releases by 3 days. Implemented Python monitoring in CloudWatch/Grafana boosting uptime from 98% to 99.8%, resolving critical latency. Optimized AWS resources with cost tags and Reserved Instances, saving $2K and improving forecasting accuracy by 20%. Reduced security breaches 60% streamlining onboarding 45% integrating AWS Cognito authentication with MFA. Improved frontend performance reducing API response times 5 seconds through serialization, Redis caching and asset minification.
Java Developer at Pie Infocom Pvt. Ltd.
January 31, 2020 - July 11, 2025
Applied Java 8 Streams & Lambdas with PostgreSQL for multithreaded module design, boosting processing efficiency by 30%. Streamlined releases by configuring Jenkins for automated testing, integrating coverage tools, and managing three build jobs. Authored Ansible roles enforcing security compliance across instances & PostgreSQL clusters for 100% policy adherence. Migrated legacy systems to AWS RDS ECS and CloudFormation on Linux improving scalability and reducing costs by 40%. Improved scalability cut costs 40% migrating 3 systems to AWS RDS, ECS, CloudFormation, optimizing resource allocation.
AI Engineer Intern at Verzeo
October 31, 2019 - July 11, 2025
Developed & deployed ML solutions in Python using early LLMs, ex. GPT-2, BERT, to deliver personalized learning recommendations. Oversaw 150+ commits across repositories to maintain clean code & ensure seamless integration with e-learning backend systems. Collaborated with product, data science teams resolving AI issues, improving performance 25% and ensuring rollouts. Implemented PySpark algorithms for 300+ users, analyzing performance to refine learning paths and drive engagement. Applied NLP to create chatbots, automated grading, reducing response times 50% and improving support efficiency 30%.

Education

Master of Science at Illinois Institute of Technology
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024
B.Tech at Terna Engineering College
May 1, 2015 - May 31, 2019

Qualifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Hashicorp Certified - Terraform Associate
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Industry Experience

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

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