About Sandesh

As a highly motivated Software Engineer with over 5 years of experience, Sandesh specializes in scaling back-end systems, building robust RESTful APIs, and integrating cutting-edge AI/LLM solutions. His expertise extends to designing and implementing distributed systems and optimizing performance in various cloud environments, including AWS and GCP.

Sandesh is passionate about leveraging technology to solve complex problems and drive efficiency. His experience spans across multiple domains including fintech, developer tools, and AI/ML platforms, giving him a comprehensive understanding of modern software development challenges and solutions.

Scalable Systems

Designs and implements high-performance, scalable backend architectures

AI/ML Integration

Expert in LLM integration, RAG systems, and AI-powered solutions

Cloud Native

Proficient in AWS, GCP, and cloud-native development practices

Technical Skills

Backend Development

  • Python
  • Go
  • Java
  • REST APIs
  • Microservices
  • Event-Driven Architecture

AI/ML & LLM

  • LangChain Integration
  • Gemini API
  • OpenAI Integration
  • RAG Systems
  • Vector Databases
  • MLOps

Cloud & DevOps

  • GCP (Compute Engine, GKE)
  • AWS (EC2, S3)
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • CI/CD
  • Jenkins

Databases & Tools

  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • BigQuery
  • Kafka

Professional Experience

Senior Member, Tech.

D. E. Shaw Co.
August 2024 - Present Hyderabad, India
  • Led a team in debugging and resolving critical job scheduling algorithm bugs, significantly enhancing system stability.
  • Engineered an LLM-powered assistant (RAG) to automate task diagnosis, reducing issue resolution time.
  • Designed and developed a pipeline to ingest & chunk Confluence documents and Q&A data into a vector database for LLM integration.
  • Integrated Slack with LangChain to deliver contextual LLM responses, improving team communication and workflow.
  • Architected a modular, cloud-agnostic platform with optimized design for MLOps & scalability.

Senior Software Engineer

Harness.io
July 2023 - August 2024 Bangalore, India
  • Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Java, GoLang, MongoDB & PostgreSQL, automating software delivery.
  • Led the development of a pipeline-chaining feature, enabling the execution of one pipeline as a stage within another, resulting in improved automation workflows.
  • Managed cloud cost management infrastructure using Go, Python, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, BigQuery, and MongoDB.
  • Identified, categorized, and classified cloud expense savings, optimizing cloud resource utilization and reducing costs by 25%.

Software Development Engineer - II

HackerRank
April 2022 - June 2023 Bangalore, India
  • Developed language servers and IDE infrastructure using Go, Python, and Java.
  • Improved Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools for the interviewing platform, reducing debugging time by 60%.
  • Developed Docker scripts to containerize backend servers on GCP Virtual Machines.
  • Improved BigQuery processing pipelines, reducing data ingestion time from 15 min to 5 min.

Software Engineer

BrowserStack Software Pvt. Ltd.
May 2021 - April 2022 Mumbai, India
  • Developed applications using Ruby on Rails and Java, leveraging MySQL in an AWS environment.
  • Developed email alert systems, invoice generation processes, and error reporting mechanisms.
  • Developed Java-based alert mechanisms to proactively identify and mitigate production issues.
  • Developed email alert and logging systems that reduced incident resolution time by 65%.

Software Engineer & Intern

Avalara Technologies
April 2020 - May 2021 Pune, India
  • Developed web automation tools using C#, .NET, Java, and Python with an MVC architecture and MySQL database.
  • Implemented exception handling and caching mechanisms in core projects, reducing debugging time by 85%.
  • Performed SQL query optimizations, leading to 40% faster transaction processing time.

Featured Projects

Candidate Assistant

A Gemini-based React application designed to help job-seekers analyze and score their resume against a job description using AI-powered insights.

React Gemini API AI/ML
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Adaptive Social Engineering Defense Framework

An AI-powered framework to detect and respond to sophisticated, AI-generated social engineering attempts including hyper-personalized phishing and deepfake attacks.

Python AI/ML Security
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StudentGuide

A Gemini-based React application designed to help students discover trending GitHub and GitLab repositories based on programming language and star ratings.

React Gemini API GitHub API
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Technology Version Control

A Gemini-based Python application designed to help researchers understand differences in different versions of technologies and frameworks.

Python Gemini API Research
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GitHub APIs Integration

Go/Python implementation for automating repository tasks and managing GitHub workflows efficiently.

Go Python GitHub API
View Project

Education

B.E. Computer Engineering

Army Institute of Technology, Pune
Graduated: June 2020
Maharashtra, India

10+2 Science

Kendriya Vidyalaya B.E.G., Pune
June 2016
93.6%

Matriculation

Kendriya Vidyalaya No.2, Delhi
June 2014
10.0 GPA