Experience

Software Engineer November 2024 – Present
Juniper Networks Inc. (Acquired by HPE) Sunnyvale, CA, USA
  • Maintain and support multiple ASIC simulation environments used for the development and validation of networking silicon for high-performance switches and routers.
  • Developed C++ testbenches around SystemC-based behavioral models, achieving a 17× simulation speedup compared to the previous testbench implementation for high-performance networking ASIC validation.
  • Develop and maintain Python automation scripts to streamline simulation workflows, manage infrastructure, and improve integration between design verification teams and simulator platforms.
  • Diagnosed and resolved memory leaks exceeding 100 MB across 25,000+ heap allocations, improving simulator stability and memory efficiency using Valgrind.
Researcher June 2024 – November 2024
Department of Nuclear Engineering, NC State University Raleigh, NC, USA
  • Revamped the frontend of the open source project OpenPRA, crafting React components with Elastic UI and ensuring responsive design and optimal performance across devices.
  • Developed a Global Data Store to centralize and manage data across the project, enhancing scalability and ensuring data integrity, with end-to-end and component testing using Cypress.
  • Utilized Swagger to document APIs, enhancing clarity and communication between teams.
Graduate Software Engineer July 2021 – June 2022
Siemens Pune, India
  • Led a zero-downtime Kong upgrade on a production-level system, using new features like the disable_penalty flag to prevent exponential retry-after timeouts, resulting in a 20% performance boost.
  • Developed Java RESTful APIs interacting with AWS components, serving business logic for core operations, and implemented Jenkins pipelines that increased deployment efficiency by 30%.
  • Built and refined custom Kong plugins, bolstering API capabilities and optimizing system performance.
Software Engineer Intern March 2019 – May 2019
New Age Incubation Center, KLS Gogte Institute of Technology Belagavi, India
  • Designed and developed a robust IoT application to establish secure communication, employing a defense-in-depth strategy that leveraged multiple layers of encryption, including protocols such as RSA.
  • Implemented validation techniques within the system's framework to verify data accuracy and integrity once it was decrypted, ensuring reliable and secure communication.

Projects

SwitchSim: Network Switch Simulator Personal Project
PythonFastAPIReactxterm.js@xyflow/react
  • Simulates L2 switching behavior — MAC learning, flooding, forwarding, and STP loop protection — through a terminal-driven CLI built with xterm.js.
  • Campaign mode offers guided levels against a single switch; Playground mode is a drag-and-drop canvas for wiring up custom multi-switch, multi-host topologies.
  • FastAPI backend models the domain (Switch, Port, Host, MacTable, EthernetFrame) and topology-wide algorithms like STP, with full request/response logging.
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Bookipedia: E-commerce for Books North Carolina State University
Node.jsReactMongoDBKafkaAnsibleDockerGrafana
  • Led full-stack development and established end-to-end CI/CD pipelines, reducing deployment time from 35 to 10 minutes and doubling testing and development speed.
  • Utilized Kafka for event-driven architecture, enabling real-time inventory tracking and user activity logging.
  • Devised a one-click setup for deploying monitoring infrastructure using Ansible and GitHub Actions, cutting setup time by 70%.
CollabCode: Live Code Editing Platform Personal Project
ReactNode.jsWebsocketsDocker
  • Developed a real-time collaborative coding platform with live editing, authentication, live chat, and role-based access control, containerized with Docker.
  • Used MongoDB for efficient data storage and retrieval, and added in-editor code commenting features.
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Technical Skills

Languages
Python, C++, SystemC, Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SQL, NoSQL, Node.js, React
Skillset
API Development, CI/CD, Web Development, Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Testing
Infrastructure
AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, Jenkins, Grafana, Prometheus
Frameworks & Tools
Spring, Kafka, Flask, Django, Cypress, JUnit, PyTest, Cucumber, Postman

Education

North Carolina State University August 2022 – May 2024
Master of Computer Science — GPA 3.8 / 4.0 Raleigh, NC, USA
Networking & Security
Internet Protocols Computer Network and Security Privacy
Software Engineering
Software Engineering Automated Software Engineering DevOps
Systems & Data
Design and Analysis of Algorithms Database Management Systems Cloud Computing
AI / Machine Learning
Neural Networks
KLS Gogte Institute of Technology August 2017 – July 2021
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science — GPA 9.43 / 10.0 Belagavi, India
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