Full-stack software engineer with 5+ years of experience. I build scalable web applications and APIs using Python, Django, React, Node.js, TypeScript, and AWS. I have led cross-stack initiatives and integrated LLM-powered features. I also build AI-assisted development workflows. My focus is reliability, testing, and performance.
Experience
Software Engineer 2
Ciena Corporation · Canada - Remote
February 2022 — Present
- Stepped in as project lead for an internal LLM-powered chat application (.NET/Angular) after the previous lead's departure, despite having no prior experience with the stack. Coordinated a team of 3 engineers, shipped feature updates and bug fixes, and led the migration to a new OpenAI API schema ahead of deprecation.
- Designed and implemented a Delegation of Authority (DOA) feature that enabled bid approvers to assign delegates during absences. Handled region-specific delegation rules and approval notification chains. Later extended the feature to support Commercial Manager-level delegation.
- Building Model Context Protocol (MCP) support to expose internal bid/approval APIs through a Copilot Studio bot, enabling conversational access for commercial managers and approvers.
- Designed and optimized Django REST APIs serving thousands of daily requests, leveraging efficient ORM queries and raw SQL to improve API response times and database performance.
- Integrated an LLM-powered text analysis feature to categorize content using custom business instructions, validating outputs through manual review and client feedback to improve accuracy and business alignment.
- Owned the end-to-end implementation of a pricing archive/unarchive feature for the Bid platform, resolving workflow edge cases and migrating related APIs to Django Ninja.
- Achieved 98% test coverage using Pytest for Django APIs and Jest/React Testing Library, ensuring high-quality, reliable code.
- Designed and implemented CLI tools for automated data import from Google Sheets to MySQL database, later extended with data validation to improve import accuracy.
- Implemented AI-assisted development workflows using GitHub Copilot, creating custom instructions and reusable practices for feature development, testing, debugging, and team adoption across multiple teams.
- Led implementation of GitHub Actions CI workflows and automated Salesforce Code Analyzer checks, improving code quality enforcement and pull request validation.
Information Technology Developer 2
Canada Revenue Agency · Canada - Remote
December 2020 — February 2022
- Built and integrated RESTful APIs using Node.js / Express to connect Azure Bot Framework with Amazon Connect.
- Engineered a serverless backend using AWS Lambda and S3 to process data for a custom contact panel, reducing operational costs.
- Conducted comprehensive analysis of AWS and Azure services for Live Chat and Chatbot implementation, leading to optimal service selection and architecture design.
- Conducted research on fake news detection using Python and NLP techniques to analyze and classify textual content for content verification.
- Maintained and enhanced legacy chatbot systems, improving reliability and user experience while reducing significant error rates.
Skills
- Languages
- Frameworks & libraries
- Database
- DevOps & tools
- Cloud Services
- AI
- Methodologies
Education
Master of Applied Computer Science
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Canada
2019 — 2020
Bachelor's in Computer Engineering
Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology
Surat, India
2015 — 2019
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What I'm actually building now is on YouTube, in real time.