Hi there ! 👋

I’m Avani

I am a results-driven Full Stack Software Engineer with 4 years of experience building scalable, high-performance systems. Experienced in taking ownership of complex problems end-to-end, from design through implementation and optimization.

Strong background in backend development, microservices, and cloud deployments, with a proven ability to improve system reliability, performance, and user experience.

Passionate about building efficient systems and continuously learning new technologies.

I am actively seeking software engineering opportunities. Would love to connect and explore how I can contribute to your team!

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Education 🎓

Sept 2023 - June 2025

M.S. Computer Engineering · GPA: 3.75/4.0

Santa Clara University · Santa Clara, CA

Coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms, OS, Distributed Systems, Computer Architecture.

July 2016 - May 2020

B.Tech, Computer Engineering · GPA: 3.9/4.0

Pune University · Pune, India

Coursework: Databases, Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, Computer Networks, Information Security.

Experience 💻

June 2025 - Present

Full Stack Software Engineer

SCU Frugal Innovation Lab · Santa Clara, CA

· Developed an academic data management and AI learning platform that digitized records and reduced manual administrative workload by 60%.

· Built a Python-based AI Teaching Assistant and automated quiz engine using LangChain RAG, HuggingFace embeddings, ChromaDB, and LangGraph to support concept explanations and chapter-level assessments.

· Engineered Spring Boot REST APIs with MySQL, containerized with Docker, and deployed on AWS EC2, reducing environment setup time by 70% while collaborating in Agile Scrum teams.

July 2020 - Aug 2023

Backend Software Engineer

Avaya · Pune, India

· Developed a microservices-based platform using Java Spring Boot to configure Avaya-managed servers and call-flow entities, reducing manual administration by 35%.

· Designed contract-first REST APIs with OpenAPI and implemented schema-based multi-tenancy with PostgreSQL, cutting integration defects by 30% and lowering infrastructure costs by 40%.

· Integrated Kafka event streaming to improve system throughput and reliability, and built React-based admin interfaces that increased code reusability by 40%.

· Applied TDD with JUnit/Mockito, achieved 80% unit test coverage, resolved 200+ performance bottlenecks, and mentored junior engineers to maintain high code quality.

May 2019 - July 2019

Software Engineer Intern

Deutsche Bank · Pune, India

Built an event-driven, real-time notification plugin in JavaScript (jQuery) leveraging Server-Sent Events (SSE) with persistent HTTP connections and application-level heartbeats.