Senior Software Engineer at Zendesk, San Francisco, USA
Dec. 2021 - Present
• Working on building a Data Lake using the Hudi Platform, which ingests data from the Zendesk suite of applications
onAlso, collaboratively led the team in designing an automated data ingestion pipeline. Performing several POCs
onto get a better idea of redesigning the current ingestion process.
• Migrated the jar to publish the artifacts from jFrog to s3 utilizing replication and lifecycle policies, resulting in
cost savings. Also, updated the Bootstrap actions within the cluster to avoid refetching of the jars.
• Improved the incremental path selector to update the processing using the previous checkpoint instead of using the
latest date. It minimized the manual intervention of the pipeline when dataset processing halts if an error occurs.
• Identified invalid incoming records and updated the processor to handle them, initially resulting in pipeline failure for
those datasets. Also, created a rollback utility to remove invalid commits when required.
• Responsible for mitigating vulnerabilities throughout the application as a Security Lead for the team.
Software Engineer at CDK Global, San Jose, USA
Nov. 2019 - Dec. 2021
• Led an implementation to automate dealer fetching information. Embedded the app in a Docker image and deployed
on Kubernetes, scheduled to run daily using Cron jobs. This saved approx. (~) 20 work hours per week.
• Implemented benchmark capability to provide dealers an ability to compare their performance against industry peers.
Programmatically curated the data, implemented 3 types of calculations, and segregated the data into 4 tiers.
• Proactively led a project to build a data pipeline utilizing AWS Services and integrated a new dashboard within the existing
application. Collaborated with the Product Manager to understand the business requirements.
• Enhanced existing dashboard to add new capabilities allowing dealers to understand the health of their business.
Additionally,led troubleshooting efforts to achieve data accuracy.
• Used TDD to improve the code quality and eventually reduced bugs. Also, integrated SonarQube for code analysis.
• Responsible for weekly deploying the ETL Code to AWS using Terraform in absence of an automated CI/CD Pipeline.
Took responsibility as a Release Manager to generate, track, release the application on a periodic basis.
• Wrote multiple utility scripts using Python and Node.js to interact with several AWS Services.
• Performed Code Review and mentored interns and new hires.
Software Engineering Mentor at San Francisco State University, USA
Sept. 2018 – Dec. 2018
• Mentored a team of 7 students for the university-funded program, PINC, to build a Full-Stack Web Application.
• Attended weekly meetings with fellow mentors and supervisors to discuss and address the issues faced by students.
Software Engineering at Vyako Technologies, Nagpur, India
June 2016 – June 2017
• Created RESTFUL APIs to be consumed by multiple Web applications using PHPs CodeIgniter Framework.
• Reduced time to render a list of products for grocerybroz.com by 65% by improving SQL queries.
• Integrated 3rd party APIs such as Google Maps and Sign In using social media accounts in an Android application.
• Translated wireframes and mockups into responsive, interactive features using HTML5, CSS3, JS and Bootstrap 4.
• Worked in a team utilizing version control system (GitHub) and followed Agile and Scrum Methodologies.
Vipul Karanjkar
Software Engineer | MS in Computer Science
• Computer Science post graduate with two years of professional experience.
• A Detail-oriented, optimistic, and responsible team player.
• Experienced in designing, implementing, testing, and delivering software.
• Always willing to work on challenging tasks.
• A Detail-oriented, optimistic, and responsible team player.
• Experienced in designing, implementing, testing, and delivering software.
• Always willing to work on challenging tasks.
