Ashish Agarwal
ashish21.01agarwal@[Link] | (669) 213-8070 | [Link]/in/ashish-agarwal-2101 |
[Link]/AshishAgarwal2101
Summary
Software Engineer with 5 years experience in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and scalable backend
development.
Skills
Languages: Java, Scala, Python, [Link], Typescript
Cloud Platforms: AWS (EKS, DynamoDB, S3, Athena, Kinesis, VPC, EC2, Cloudwatch), GCP (BigQuery,
Looker)
Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, AWS CDK
Data & ML: Kafka, ElasticSearch, Redis, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, VectorDBs, Langchain, LLM fine-tuning
Frameworks/Tools: Spring Boot, Spark, GraphQL, gRPC, CI/CD, Control-M, Web Development
Experience
PayPal, Software Engineer, San Jose, US July 2024 – Present
• Integrated on-prem infrastructure with AWS to enable PGP encryption/decryption, boosting data protection across
20+ systems.
• Provisioned Kubernetes clusters using AWS CDK with integrated access to S3 and DynamoDB, enabling
scalable deploy- ments and eliminating manual setup processes.
• Engineered a developer tool for searching Control-M jobs by parameters, cutting support overhead by 50%
and identifying undocumented jobs in batch-heavy projects.
• Devised a solution to automate vendor transaction responses, eliminating manual reconciliation, lowering
accounting workload by 40%, and increasing operational efficiency.
• Built a Spark job on GCP to process 25M+ profiles daily and surface insights via BigQuery and Looker, reducing
analyst effort.
Zomentum, Software Engineer, Bangalore, IN Sep 2021 – May 2022
• Architected event-driven integrations for CRM and ticketing systems using Scala and the Play framework,
syncing data across 8,000+ customers reliably.
• Automated purchase order tracking using WebSockets, AWS Lambda, and Kinesis, reducing manual checks
by 50% and improving user experience.
• Owned and deployed a two-way sync feature for Autotask integration, increasing auto-sync adoption from 10% to
90%, stream- lining customer workflows.
• Reduced data duplication and improved batch job accuracy by implementing a dynamic deduplication solution
using Java
Reflection and a hashing solution, ensuring data integrity and scalability for future integrations.
• Resolved customer-reported issues via root cause analysis, driving a 70% drop in open bugs and a 25% rise in customer
satisfaction.
JP Morgan Chase & Co., Software Engineer, Bangalore, IN Jul 2018 – Sep 2021
• Designed and operated a distributed ElasticSearch indexing system that reduced search latency from 11s to 1s
across millions of records.
• Developed robust REST and GraphQL APIs using Java and Spring Boot, powering real-time contact and
banker lookup, reducing data retrieval time by 70%.
• Delivered a Kafka-based data pipeline to support near real-time employee and customer data distribution across
internal systems, ensuring consistency and fault tolerance.
• Modernized frontend architecture by migrating from Flux to Redux, reducing bugs by 40% and optimizing state
management.
• Spearheaded development of 4+ production-grade React applications, integrating Redux, Axios, CI/CD
pipelines, and automated testing frameworks.
• Proposed and implemented architectural improvements, accelerating development velocity by 30% and
fostering technical growth.
• Led 12+ production releases, ensuring stability through automated testing, stakeholder alignment, and strict Agile
practices.
Projects
WeHeal | LLM, Langchain, Vector database, Python, [Link], React | GitHub
• Built an AI-powered companion to summarize clinical notes, manage therapy context, and generate suggested
responses in real-time.
Distributed Hash Table | [Link], gRPC, EC2 | GitHub
• Engineered a distributed key-value store using consistent hashing and the Chord protocol, enabling efficient lookup and
fault tolerance.
Publications
• Kalpayita: A Machine Learning Approach to Interior Designing, Paper, IJSRD (2018)
Education
M.S., Computer Science, San Jose State University, San Jose, US Aug 2022 - May 2024
Coursework: Distributed Systems, Advanced Algorithms, ML, Cloud Computing GPA: 3.95/4.00
B.E., Computer Science, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore, IN Aug 2014 - June 2018
