In my next role, I’m looking to balance technical impact with professional growth. I want to leverage my full-stack expertise while picking up new technologies, contribute directly to critical design decisions, and take end-to-end ownership of key product areas. Above all, I thrive in a collaborative team culture where I can take on greater responsibility
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Shashidhar Rahul Ranganath
@rahulranganath
SDE with 5+ years experience: Python, Java, React, Node.js, AWS | Ex Intuit, HPE, Mercedes | I build scalable backend, APIs and distributed systems
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I come with 5+ years of experience building scalable backend and distributed systems across Intuit, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Mercedes Benz Research & Development, and startup environments, specializing in microservices, Kubernetes infrastructure, event driven systems, and large scale automation.
I also possess strong experience designing scalable APIs and cloud infrastructure using Amazon Web Services services, Apache Kafka, Docker, and PostgreSQL, with proven success in improving system reliability, reducing backend load by over 50%, and delivering highly available production systems across enterprise and startup environments.
I've developed and optimized user-facing features for products at Voter.Vote, Intuit, HPE, NVision IT, and EFI, including improving React state management to reduce page load times by 25%, building visualization dashboards, implementing multilingual interfaces, and delivering full-stack applications used by thousands of users.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
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Current
Software Developer
voter.vote
Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 8 months)
Architected and delivered a full-stack campaign intelligence platform using Python (Django), React, and Node.js, enabling outreach operations across 50+ California districts with a centralized voter and precinct dataset exceeding 2M records. Designed and implemented LLM driven data ingestion pipelines using OpenAI and Perplexity APIs to extract and normalize elected official data, improving data a
Designed and implemented an event-driven backend architecture using AWS Lambda and EventBridge to process high-frequency tax workflow events, supporting 80K+ events per minute with consistent ordering guarantees. Built a Kafka-integrated event publishing system and implemented an Apache Flink streaming pipeline, optimizing engagement lifecycle workflows and reducing backend service load by 50%.
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Software Developer
NVision IT
Feb 2024 - Jul 2024 (5 months)
Delivered a full-stack cross-platform application using Java, Spring Boot, and React to support multilingual healthcare awareness campaigns targeting 1M+ rural users across India. Optimized API response times by restructuring database queries and caching frequently accessed content, reducing latency by 35% under variable network conditions.
Built an automation framework in Python to migrate HPC clusters to Kubernetes, reducing manual intervention by 89%. Developed a React and Flask dashboard for real-time security monitoring.
Software Engineer
Mercedes-Benz Research & Development
Aug 2018 - Jul 2021 (2 years 11 months)
Led development of deep learning workflows on HPC clusters using SLURM scheduling, improving model training efficiency by 62% across large scale datasets exceeding 500GB. Engineered containerized environments using Docker to standardize ML experimentation, reducing environment setup time by 70% and improving reproducibility across teams.
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Designed and delivered a full-stack internal application using Java, Spring Boot, MongoDB, and React to streamline employee meal workflows across 900+ users
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Integrated Active Directory authentication and third party vendor systems to enable secure and seamless user access across enterprise services
Improved backend processing efficiency and reduced operational costs by about Rs 2.4 million
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
San Jose State University
Master of Science, Computer Science
Pursued a Master of Science in Computer Science, graduating in December 2023.
PES University
Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science
Earned a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science, graduating in May 2018.
Availability
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Location
United StatesAuthorized to work in
Salary expectations
80k-200k USD
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