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Tapas Senapati

@tapassenapati

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I am a senior software engineer specializing in distributed systems and data platforms.

India

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior engineering roles building scalable distributed data platforms or early-stage product teams where I can lead system design, mentor engineers, drive GTM experiments, and deliver measurable performance and cost improvements.

I am a seasoned software engineer with over a decade of experience building scalable distributed systems and data platforms. I focus on system design, technical leadership, and mentoring engineering teams to deliver high-impact, production-grade solutions.

I have led foundational work such as designing schema catalog services and building lossless data interchange frameworks, driven cost-optimization initiatives that reduced cloud spend by 40%, and improved engineering processes like code review efficiency by 30% while mentoring 10+ engineers.

I enjoy working on early-stage product ideation and execution, driving customer discovery and GTM experiments, and delivering robust migrations and performance engineering that achieve high availability and measurable business outcomes.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Principal Engineer

Current

Stealth Startup

Nov 2023 - Present (1 year 9 months)

Spearheading development of a data-driven product to surface actionable market-insight signals and driving customer discovery and GTM experimentation to validate product-market fit.

GTM System Design Customer Research Technical Leadership Python Roadmapping

Principal Engineer

Hevo Data

Mar 2023 - Nov 2023 (8 months)

Designed and implemented a foundational schema catalog and a scalable lossless data interchange framework, reducing data integration complexity and improving code review efficiency by 30%.

Schema Design Data Integration ETL Distributed Systems Java API Design Mentoring Code Review

Staff Engineer

Cloudera R&D

Jun 2022 - Jan 2023 (7 months)

Developed open-source adapters for DBT and Airbyte and implemented transformations on YARN-managed clusters for air-gapped environments, cutting cloud infrastructure costs by 40%.

DBT Airbyte Hadoop Cost Optimization Distributed Systems Java Open Source

Senior Software Engineer

Amazon

Jun 2017 - Jun 2022 (5 years)

Led migration of backend databases from Oracle to PostgreSQL across regions to improve scalability and reduce cost and latency; built stress-testing frameworks ensuring 99.99% uptime and saved 200+ developer hours per marketplace via automation.

PostgreSQL Oracle Scalability Performance Testing Distributed Systems Java Automation)

Software Engineer 2

Microsoft

Apr 2016 - Jun 2017 (1 year 2 months)

Enhanced Excel’s core engine to support streaming and asynchronous computations and integrated Azure ML services into Excel workflows to enable advanced analytics for end users.

C#)Distributed Computing Office Extensibility Performance Optimization Integration

Software Engineer

Oracle Cerner

Jul 2014 - Apr 2016 (1 year 9 months)

Developed healthcare algorithms in Clojure for population health analytics and processed large-scale datasets using Hadoop, Apache Crunch, and Hive to accelerate data processing.

Clojure Hadoop Apache Crunch Hive Population Health Analytics Data Processing Predictive Analytics Java

Software Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services

May 2009 - Apr 2012 (2 years 11 months)

Worked on Global Risk Management Systems to store and analyze American Express customer data and process credit risk for enterprise-scale risk workflows.