<b> Hello </b>

I'm Kinnar, Back-end Software Engineer

Experienced Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Highly skilled in Java, Kotlin, SQL, Javascript, and Python.

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<about me>

Portrait of Kinnar Kansara
San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Experienced Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Highly skilled in Java, Kotlin, SQL, Javascript, and Python.

2007Writing production code since
10Years as Technology Lead

01 Skills

Java Frameworks

  • Spring 7
  • Spring Boot 4
  • Grails 6
  • Hibernate 7

Python

  • Python 3.13
  • Django 5.2 LTS
  • Flask 3.1

JavaScript & TypeScript

  • ES6
  • TypeScript
  • Next.js
  • Node.js
  • Express.js

Databases

  • MySQL
  • Oracle Database
  • SQLite

Web Development

  • HTML
  • JavaScript
  • CSS
  • AJAX
  • jQuery
  • Bootstrap

Tools

  • Gradle 9
  • Maven 3.9
  • JUnit 6
  • JasperReports 7

Version Control

  • Git
  • Apache Subversion

CI/CD

  • CircleCI
  • Jenkins

AWS Services

  • EC2
  • RDS
  • S3
  • ELB
  • Autoscaling
  • Codedeploy
  • Cloudwatch
  • Route 53
  • Lambda

Cloud Infrastructure

  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Ansible
  • Terraform
  • Packer

02 Experience

  1. Turo Inc.

    Senior Staff Software Engineer

    Role history

    1. Senior Staff Software Engineer
    2. Staff Software Engineer
    3. Senior Software Engineer
  2. Venmo (PayPal Inc), USA

    Software Engineer Intern

    • Played key role as a member of Platform as a Service team to migrate backend monolith platform of Venmo to Python 3 resulting in significant performance improvement
    • Developed a new microservice in Java with gRPC and Protocol Buffers to carry out all cryptographic operations across the backend platform
    • Contributed to improvise CI/CD pipeline in Jenkins for smooth integration and delivery process reducing 12% annual cost in infrastructure expenses
  3. Northeastern University, Boston – MA

    Grad Teaching Assistant

    Working under the supervision of Dr. Kal Bugrara for core course of the department “Application Engineering and Development”

    Tasks include:

    • Conducting lab sessions with students for better understanding of topics taught by professor
    • Helping and mentoring students with the challenges of Java concepts
    • Reviewing assignments and quizzes for final grading
    • Attending meetings with professor to improve overall course content
  4. Experior Technologies, India

    Technology Lead

    Responsibilities include leading application development in Java, PHP and Android from inception to implementation.

    • Strategize product development as per requirements, schedules & activities
    • Coordinating team meetings, handling troubleshooting, development & production problems
    • Executing project life cycle methodology: Agile and Waterfall; defined under process framework; ensured customer deadlines were met within project budgets
    • Worked in education, e-commerce, supply chain, anti-piracy, retail, demand-supply and logistics domains

03 Education

Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Master of Science in Information Systems

Relevant courses:

  • Program Structure and Algorithms
  • Web Development Tools and Methods
  • Web Design & User Experience
  • Engineering of Big-Data Systems
  • Network Structures and Cloud Computing
  • Advanced Cloud Computing

Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India

Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology

Relevant courses:

  • Computer Programming in C++
  • Java
  • Data Structures and Algorithm
  • Software Engineering
  • Analysis and Design of Algorithm
  • Computer Networks

<projects>

Crowdflow crowdfunding platform home page
Web App

Crowdflow

Crowdfunding platform

Daily flight cancellation percentage heatmap
Big Data

Flight Delay Analytics

INFO 7250 : Big Data Final Project

Mobile Shop 2018 storefront
E-commerce

Mobile Shop 2018

Online storefront

<contact me>

If you think I have right skill sets to contribute to the growth of your company, feel free to drop me a message or connect via LinkedIn. I would be more than happy to get in touch.