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Rohit Kotecha

@rohitkotecha

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Highly skilled software engineer with 3+ years of experience

United States

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What I'm looking for

Looking for a challenging role that leverages my technical expertise and passion for innovation to drive business growth and improvement.

As a seasoned software engineer with a strong educational background in Computer Science and Software Engineering, I bring a unique combination of technical expertise and passion for innovation to the table. With a proven track record of driving insights and improving system efficiency, I am confident in my ability to make a meaningful impact in any organization.

Throughout my career, I have developed a strong proficiency in a range of programming languages, technologies, and tools, including Java, Python, React.js, Node.js, and Kubernetes. My experience in building scalable and reliable systems, as well as my expertise in data engineering and analytics, make me an asset to any team.

I am a results-driven professional with a strong focus on collaboration, continuous learning, and innovation. I thrive in fast-paced environments and am excited about the opportunity to join a team that shares my passion for technology and excellence.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Research Assistant

Current

Lucas School of Business SJSU

Jun 2022 - Present (2 years 11 months)

Developing an ETL pipeline using Apache Spark on Databricks Lakehouse to gather customer research data, driving insights for marketing studies

Apache Spark Databricks ETL

Software Engineer

Crown Equipment Corp.

Jul 2022 - Sep 2022 (2 months)

Increased throughput by up to 30% and improved service decoupling by introducing a Kafka-based messaging queue between Spring Boot microservices in a highly distributed environment

Kafka Spring Boot Microservices Terraform Kubernetes

Software Engineer Intern

Crown Equipment Corporation

Jul 2022 - Aug 2022 (1 month)

Optimized Django applications, utilized Terraform for EKS cluster provisioning, and built a dynamic UI with React for a monitoring dashboard.

Python Django Celery Terraform React Webpack Pytest

Senior Software Engineer

Persistent Systems Limited

Jul 2019 - Feb 2022 (2 years 7 months)

Enhanced microservice efficiency by constructing a gRPC-based communication layer between highly dependent components which resulted in 20% higher message throughput and better network utilization

gRPC Microservices Prometheus Grafana Eureka Go Kafka PagerDuty

Senior Software Engineer

Persistent Systems

Aug 2019 - Feb 2022 (2 years 6 months)

Constructed a distributed payment and order reporting system, built a data access and schema layer, implemented Kafka for reliable transaction messaging, and improved system reliability.

Python Pydantic SQLAlchemy Kafka gRPC AWS ECS Prometheus Grafana Eureka

Software Engineer

Reliance Jio Infocomm

Jan 2019 - Jul 2019 (6 months)

Built a PySpark ETL pipeline on AWS EMR using Airflow to transform customer satisfaction data from S3 and Cassandra into Redshift, reducing query times by 40% and enabling data-driven decisions and ML workflows