BFBhawna Faujdar
@bhawnafaujdar
Senior software engineer specializing in scalable Java-based backend systems.
IndiaWhat I'm looking for
I’m a Senior Software Engineer with 9+ years of experience building reliable backend systems and large-scale data pipelines, and I’m now focused on improving LLM performance and alignment.
At Turing (Remote), I enhanced the accuracy and robustness of Google Gemini large language models by leveraging Docker for reproducible testing environments, delivering a 23% performance improvement. I also automated Git repository pull requests to maintain compatibility across multiple LLM versions, and I trained models using RLHF and RLEF to improve adaptability by 18% for high-profile clients like Google.
Earlier, I built scalable microservices with Vert.x and strengthened delivery quality through Jenkins-driven CI/CD, including a 35% system performance improvement and a 40% reduction in deployment errors at Awign Expert (Remote). I optimized responsiveness with Redis caching and increased uptime to 99.98%, while mentoring junior developers to boost team productivity by 25%.
My foundation spans data-intensive engineering roles, including designing a real-time price update system for Walmart Mexico (reducing update latency by 45%) and building Apache Flink jobs and HBase balancing to improve analytics and distribution performance. I’ve also migrated and optimized big data workflows on AWS EMR Spark, reducing costs by 60%, and I’ve used Solr for indexing and search to improve query performance.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Software Engineer
Turing
Nov 2024 - Present (1 year 5 months)
Improved Google Gemini LLM accuracy and robustness by using Docker-based reproducible testing environments, achieving 23% performance improvement. Automated Git pull requests and trained models with RLHF/RLEF for clients like Google, increasing alignment with human values by 22% and reducing manual effort by 10 hours/week.
Software Engineer 2
Awign Expert
Nov 2022 - Feb 2025 (2 years 3 months)
Built scalable Vert.x microservices, improving system performance by 35%. Implemented JUnit tests and Jenkins CI/CD to reduce deployment errors by 40%, and used Redis caching to cut API response time by 120 ms while increasing uptime to 99.98%.
Software Developer - 3
Walmart Labs
Aug 2018 - Dec 2019 (1 year 4 months)
Designed a real-time price update system for Walmart Mexico, reducing update latency by 45% across channels. Developed Java Spring Boot REST APIs for scalability to 12 million users and built a Node.js orchestration layer, accelerating delivery of new requirements by 28%.
Senior Software Developer
Dailyhunt (Verse Innovation)
Apr 2017 - Jul 2018 (1 year 3 months)
Built Apache Flink jobs for event data transformation, improving user-level analytics by 33%. Automated HBase region balancing to enhance data distribution performance by 40% and contributed to a data processing stack using Hive and Kibana.
Software Developer 2 (SDE 2)
Talentica Software Pvt Limited
Mar 2015 - Apr 2017 (2 years 1 month)
Developed Java MapReduce jobs to process terabytes of data, improving processing speed by 50%. Migrated workflows to AWS EMR Spark to reduce costs by 60% and implemented in-memory Spark computing to cut job execution time by 25 minutes.
Developer
Indix Internet India Private Limited
May 2013 - Dec 2014 (1 year 7 months)
Built Java MapReduce jobs for large-scale data aggregation, improving processing efficiency by 45%. Developed scalable Java RESTful services (IndixAPIs) to reduce API response time by 150 ms and used Solr (with Apache Lucene) for indexing and search, improving query performance by 35%.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
VUVIT University
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech), Computer Science
Earned a B.Tech in Computer Science from VIT University, completed around May 2013.
Sir Padampat Singhania School
Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), Higher Secondary (HSC)
Completed HSC in March 2009 at Sir Padampat Singhania School in Kota, Rajasthan.
Sophia Senior Secondary School
Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC), Secondary (SSLC)
Completed SSLC in March 2007 at Sophia Senior Secondary School in Bikaner, Rajasthan.
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