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NEETI DESAI

Kirkland,USA

Summary

Seasoned Backend Developer with a proven track record in designing and building scalable, high-performance systems. Passionate about tackling complex challenges and delivering impactful solutions. Experienced in leading teams, driving projects to successful completion, and utilizing cutting-edge technologies. Seeking a Software Engineering role to apply my technical expertise, leadership skills, and continue advancing my professional growth.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Development Manager

Apptio Inc
04.2024 - Current
  • Leading a team of 8 developers, managing the full software development lifecycle for Apptio's Cloudability platform responsible for classification of cloud cost and utilization data
  • Spearheaded the organization-wide technology strategy to migrate the platform to Apache Spark, reducing data processing times for Cloudability's largest and most strategic customers from 7 hours to 1 hour, improving efficiency by 80%
  • Led efforts to reduce infrastructure COGS from $1.7B to $1B per month, by optimizing Spark clusters and streamlining workflows, eliminating repetitive processing while ensuring SLA compliance
  • Enhanced application performance through code reviews, optimization strategies, and the adoption of best practices, driving Agile methodologies to accelerate project delivery
  • Set and tracked performance metrics, adapting team strategies to ensure consistent achievement of objectives
  • Led continuous improvement initiatives, optimizing processes to significantly boost team efficiency and effectiveness

Senior Software Engineer

Apptio Inc
10.2021 - 03.2024
  • Led the design and implementation of a platform to author application content in Apptio One, managing requirements, defining testing strategy, and driving successful adoption
  • Architected and implemented key features like custom calendar support, directly requested by key customers, which laid the foundation for a new microservice for calendar configuration
  • Partnered with product teams to translate customer needs into software requirements, shaping the product roadmap
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful features and enhancements that benefit both internal and external stakeholders
  • Optimized server performance by 10% by reducing event store size, minimizing event replay time
  • Conducted regular code reviews, providing actionable feedback to improve overall product quality and reduce bug rates
  • Established robust unit and integration testing protocols to enhance code quality and maintain long-term software stability
  • Translated business requirements into scalable, maintainable code, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical specifications

Software Engineer II

Apptio Inc
02.2018 - 09.2021
  • Technical lead for design and implementation of multi tenant services to share multi currency configuration across applications using various AWS services like DynamoDB, KMS, SNS
  • Designed and developed software solutions to meet the customer needs and improve business efficiency as part of the backend server team for Apptio's flagship platform Cost Transparency
  • Developed a solution for localizing Apptio One's TBM Studio in Japanese, enabling introduction of the product in Japanese markets

Software Engineer II

Microsoft
01.2016 - 02.2018
  • Worked on the authentication stack, based on OAuth2.0, for the OneDrive sync client
  • Implemented various features such as Conditional Access and Multi Factor Authentication, for the sync client, which are crucial to businesses
  • Enhanced the sync client to send real-time telemetry data to the server from every device and user
  • Generated charts to closely monitor the health of the authentication stack as new features are rolled out
  • Identify service outages using real-time monitoring, and improving end-user experience by making the client more robust against outages

Senior Engineer

Qualcomm Innovation Center Inc
09.2011 - 11.2015
  • Led design and development of memory management system for content protection features on ARM chipsets
  • Drove commercialization efforts for security features, working extensively with multiple user space and kernel teams
  • Implemented DMA API's to interface between clients and ARM SMMU on Snapdragon chipsets
  • Optimized efficiency of memory modules on low memory chipsets
  • Trained global team members on workings of ION, on-chip memory, and DMA APIs
  • Designed and implemented innovative solutions to optimize the efficiency of memory modules on low memory chipsets, thereby improving overall performance and user experience

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

Yale University
New Haven, CT
05-2011

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

University of Mumbai
Mumbai, India
06-2010

Skills

    Programming Languages:

    Java

    C

    C

    Cloud and Infrastructure:

    AWS Managed Services (KMS, DynamoDB, SNS, SQS, EMR, EC2)

    Terraform

    Software Architecture:

    Microservices Architecture

    Object Oriented Design

    Web Services / APIs:

    RESTful API

    SOAP

    Frameworks and Tools:

    Dropwizard

    Apache Tomcat

    Testing:

    GWT (Google Web Toolkit)

    JUnit 4

    Mockito

    Monitoring and Logging:

    Splunk

    Datadog

    Version Control:

    Git

    Mercurial

Timeline

Software Development Manager

Apptio Inc
04.2024 - Current

Senior Software Engineer

Apptio Inc
10.2021 - 03.2024

Software Engineer II

Apptio Inc
02.2018 - 09.2021

Software Engineer II

Microsoft
01.2016 - 02.2018

Senior Engineer

Qualcomm Innovation Center Inc
09.2011 - 11.2015

Master of Science - Computer Science

Yale University

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

University of Mumbai
NEETI DESAI