ASHWINI KUMAR PANDEY
Noida,Uttar Pradesh
Summary
Accomplished software development professional and team leader with expertise in web-scale microservices development, system architecture, and cloud infrastructure setup, including Cassandra, deployed across 40+ geo-locations.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Engineer
Salesforce Inc.
Hyderabad
10.2023 - 04.2024
- Managed a team of ~12 predicting sales opportunities using ML models.
- Delivered the first version of Next-Gen Forecast in a record 3-month time.
- Deployed a data pipeline on Cassandra within Salesforce cloud infrastructure.
Senior Software Engineer
Microsoft Azure
Hyderabad
02.2018 - 08.2023
- Led a team that implemented the Proximity Placement Group feature of Azure Compute Resource Provider achieving.
- Reduced VM to Disk latency to ~20ms and enabled VM disk resize with zero downtime.
- Mentored junior software engineers, enhancing team productivity.
- Set up Cassandra cloud infrastructure for large very large data, optimizing cluster performance for scalability and data availability.
Senior Software Engineer
Druva Data Solutions
Pune
11.2016 - 02.2018
- Transformed WebDAV downloader tool, achieving a 300% speed improvement.
- Migrated WebDAV server to Microservice architecture, reducing API latency by 50%.
Technical Architect
Huawei India
Bengaluru
07.2011 - 11.2016
- Led a team of 20 for Core Platform and Middleware services development.
- Improved SIP Dispatcher performance by 100% and SIP server performance by 70%.
- Designed Lawful Interception (LI) component for China Mobile’s 1 billion subscribers.
Lead Engineer
Comviva
Gurgaon
02.2009 - 05.2011
- Authored MCA and DNC services handling millions of customers.
- Enhanced MCA architecture to support 1000 TPS and 1 billion customers.
- Integrated with 3+ third-party switches in a record 1 month.
Senior Software Engineer
Vitendo
Noida
08.2007 - 02.2009
- Architected and deployed a robust registration system for UMA-based softphones.
- Enabled 1-click calling from third-party applications like Outlook and Firefox.
Senior Software Engineer
Conexant Systems
Noida
02.2005 - 08.2007
- Implemented Data Model framework of TR-069 protocol for xDSL modems.
- Exported 100+ services for secure auto-provision and management by TR-069 server.
Education
M.C.A. -
Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology
B.Sc (Honours) - Mathematics -
Banaras Hindu University
Skills
- Microservices, Distributed Systems, Software Development
- Cassandra clusters management, MySQL, Azure Storage
- Cloud-based data backup, Layer 4 protocols development
- C11, C14
- C#, NET Core, Python, JAVA, RUST
- Linux, Windows
- GDB, WinDbg, Perfview, Cachegrind, Valgrind
- Docker containers, Windows Service Fabrics
- Design Patterns, OOP, UML
- REST, JSON
- Performance Optimization, Performance Tuning
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
- 5+ years of experience in setting up Cassandra cloud infrastructure, optimizing cluster performance for scalability and data availability.
- Managed high-performing software development teams of sizes up to 20 in an agile environment.
- Comprehensive experience in web-scale microservices handling 20 million transactions per day.
- Over 18+ years of experience in C, C++11, C++14, RUST, data structures, algorithms, OS concepts, multithreading, and socket programming on Windows and Linux platforms.
- Proficient in analyzing existing systems to discover issues and inconsistencies using software performance optimization tools and techniques while handling 10+ optimization projects.
- Recognized for high team efficiency from the COO, Delivery Efficiency award, and Annual Best Team award at Huawei.
Key Projects
- .Compute Resource Provider - Microsoft Azure - 01/2018 to 08/2023
• Managed Azure Compute Resource lifecycle, led requirement gathering, design reviews, coding, and backlog management, increasing project delivery efficiency by 40%. - InSync - Druva Data Solution - 11/2016 to 01/2018
• Developed Druva's public cloud-based data backup solution on AWS Cloud. - SNE and ENIP Core Platform - Huawei Technologies India - 02/2011 to 11/2016
• Led a high-performing team for SIP/SS7-based product lines, improving project efficiency by 10% year on year. - VAS Services - Comviva Inc. - 02/2009 to 05/2011
• Developed MCA and DNC services for mobile subscribers, integrating with third-party systems.
Timeline
Lead Engineer
Salesforce Inc.
10.2023 - 04.2024
Senior Software Engineer
Microsoft Azure
02.2018 - 08.2023
Senior Software Engineer
Druva Data Solutions
11.2016 - 02.2018
Technical Architect
Huawei India
07.2011 - 11.2016
Lead Engineer
Comviva
02.2009 - 05.2011
Senior Software Engineer
Vitendo
08.2007 - 02.2009
Senior Software Engineer
Conexant Systems
02.2005 - 08.2007
M.C.A. -
Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology
B.Sc (Honours) - Mathematics -
Banaras Hindu University
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