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Malini Janaki Sankaran

@malinijanakisankaran

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Senior software engineer who builds full-stack, backend, and cloud-native systems with measurable performance gains.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a software engineering role where I can own end-to-end delivery—designing secure backend APIs, building full-stack experiences, and improving performance through testing, caching, and cloud-native CI/CD.

I’m a software development engineer focused on building reliable full-stack and backend platforms, from REST APIs and authentication to cloud-native infrastructure and automation. I combine strong software engineering fundamentals with practical delivery: I’ve shipped features that improved latency, reliability, and developer throughput.

In my recent roles, I engineered backend pipelines and APIs—building an ETL workflow using Python with LLM tooling and delivering a Flask REST API with automated testing and a real-time dashboard. I also developed a greenfield platform in an Agile/Scrum environment, enabling 60+ technicians to validate hardware independently through stakeholder-driven requirements and clear scope definition.

Previously as a Senior Software Engineer at Tata Elxsi, I led scalable TypeScript modules for an EdTech SaaS platform (supporting $500K+ revenue) and rebuilt legacy JavaScript into TypeScript at large scale. I also improved system performance with async programming, caching, and async polling, and I mentored engineers while driving code review practices that boosted productivity.

I’m at my best when I can combine architecture, secure APIs (JWT/RBAC), event-driven processing (Kafka), and testing (Jest/Cypress/pytest) to produce systems teams can trust. I enjoy end-to-end ownership—designing the components, validating with tests, and deploying with CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Research Assistant

Northeastern University

Oct 2025 - Dec 2025 (2 months)

Engineered a Python ETL pipeline using LangChain and an Llama 3 LLM to automate data collection for 700+ records, reducing manual effort by 90%. Built a Flask REST API with an interactive Chart.js dashboard and added a pytest suite to improve reliability.

Python Lang Chain LLaMA Flask REST APIs ETL SQLite Chart.Js Pytest

Software Development Engineer

Clynk

Jan 2025 - Jun 2025 (5 months)

Drove Agile/Scrum software delivery and stakeholder requirements for a greenfield platform enabling 60+ technicians to validate hardware independently. Built a full-stack Electron app with a Node.js backend in Docker and improved near real-time performance by reducing latency from 120ms to 2ms.

Agile Scrum Electron Node Docker PostgreSQL TypeScript REST APIs JWT RBAC

Senior Software Engineer

Tata Elxsi Ltd.

Dec 2021 - Apr 2023 (1 year 4 months)

Orchestrated scalable TypeScript modules for an EdTech SaaS platform contributing to $500K+ revenue, applying OOP design principles. Rebuilt legacy JavaScript into TypeScript to enable 200+ modules for 1M+ active users, and developed reusable component frameworks adopted by 20+ engineers to accelerate throughput by 3x.

TypeScript OOP AWS S3 CI CD Git Python

Software Engineer

Tata Elxsi Ltd.

Nov 2019 - Nov 2021 (2 years)

Built C# services integrating SDK APIs for Fortune Global 500 clients (Panasonic, Lenovo) to power product interactions. Optimized performance with async programming to reduce execution latency by 25% and led root-cause analysis of state-management bugs across 10+ applications, improving issue resolution by 15%.

C#Async Programming Performance Optimization SDK Root Cause Analysis Debugging State Management

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Northeastern University

Master of Science, Computer Software Engineering

2023 - 2025

Grade: 3.8/4

Activities and societies: Coursework: Network Structures & Cloud Computing; Web Design & UX; Design Patterns; Program Structures & Algorithms; Data Science

Master of Science in Computer Software Engineering with a GPA of 3.8/4. Coursework covered network structures, cloud computing, web design & UX, design patterns, program structures & algorithms, and data science.

SCTCE, Trivandrum, KL

Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science & Engineering

2015 - 2019

Grade: 8.71/10

Activities and societies: Coursework: Object-Oriented Programming; Distributed Computing; Operating Systems; Design & Analysis of Algorithms; Machine Learning

Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science & Engineering with a GPA of 8.71/10. Coursework included object-oriented programming, distributed computing, operating systems, design & analysis of algorithms, and machine learning.