# Achal Sancheti

> Senior Software Engineer at Overjet

Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/achal

I possess the ability to be creative and innovative in solving problems, especially around software development. Being passionate about development, I have always been enthusiastic about learning and exploring the new technologies which help to solve real-world business problems.

I have worked on various stages of the software development life cycle like design, implementation, and quality assurance. I have also conducted research in virtual machine file systems and in multimodal biometric systems.

Technical Skills:

Languages: Java, JavaScript, R, Python, C++, C#, Bash, XML, SQL

Search Engine: Elasticsearch

Framework: Angular JS, Node JS, .NET, Spring Boot, Apache Hadoop, Swagger, JaCoCo, J2EE, Spring MVC, Hibernate, Java Swing

Artificial Intelligence: Alexa Skill Kit (ASK)

Web Technologies : HTML5, Ajax, CSS, JQuery, BootStrap, Servlets, JSP, JSON, Apache Tomcat

Big Data Ecosystem: Machine Learning, MapReduce, Apache PIG, Mahout

Web Services: REST

AWS Services: EC2, ECS, Elastic Beanstalk, Lambda, S3, VPC, Route 53, CloudWatch, IAM, EMR, Elasticsearch Service, Kinesis, Lex, Machine Learning, SQS, SNS

Testing Framework: JUnit, Mockito

Monitoring tools: SumoLogic, Datadog

Build Automation Tools: Gradle, Maven

Database: MySQL, Neo4j, MongoDB, Oracle, Microsoft Access

Tools: Rally, Eclipse, IntelliJ, NetBeans, STS, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Visual Studio, RStudio, PyCharm, MySQL Workbench, VM Ware

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Overjet
Jan 2023 – Present | Boston, Massachusetts, United States

### Software Engineer || @ Overjet
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ EBSCO Information Services
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States

### Software Engineer @ EBSCO Information Services
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States
- Engineered multiple Java-based microservices utilizing Spring Boot to manage data retrieval and storage from Elastic Search.

- Employed Swagger to establish RESTful contracts for our APIs, ensuring clarity and consistency.

- Developed various microservices using JPA and Hibernate, seamlessly integrating them with AWS-hosted MySQL servers.

- Implemented robust logic across all services to forward Transaction Logs to Kinesis for in-depth analysis.

- Integrated Sumo Logic and DataDog for streamlined access to Application Logs and proactive failure notification.

- Spearheaded several innovative projects, including the development of an Alexa skill set, Chatbot, Smart Question Answer System, and Virtual Reality integration for product enhancement.

- Created shell and Python scripts to effectively manage AWS resources and perform operations on Elastic.

- Utilized JUnit for testing, leveraging the Mockito framework for test mocking.

- Integrated JaCoCo and SonarQube to assess code coverage locally and on Jenkins.

- Followed GitHub flow for efficient code merging into the upstream master branch. Additionally, contributed to Application Lifecycle Management using Rally.

### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ Northeastern University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater Boston Area
Assisted Dr. Kal Bugrara, Director of Information Systems, with Application Engineering and Development class.

Helped students to understand JAVA and Object Oriented Programming concepts.

Assisted students via conducting TA sessions outside the lecture and provided guidance in their final academic projects.

### Software Engineer Co-op @ EBSCO Information Services
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Ipswich, Massachusetts
- Developed microservices in Java, employing Spring Boot for efficient data storage and retrieval from Elastic Search. 

- Implemented a SAX Parser to convert XML documents to JSON format.

- Integrated Swagger to establish RESTful contracts for our APIs, ensuring clear communication.

- Enhanced transparency by exposing relevance ranking information, offering insights into the algorithm's functionality for assessing the similarity between full-text field contents and query strings within Elastic.

- Implemented robust logic to transmit Transaction Logs to Kinesis for comprehensive analysis.

- Integrated Sumo Logic and DataDog for seamless access to Application Logs and proactive failure notifications.

- Innovated by integrating an EBSCO product with Alexa skill using AWS Lambda. Employed Machine Learning to forecast the future viewership of EBSCO products.

- Developed shell and Python scripts to efficiently manage various AWS resources and perform diverse operations on Elastic.

- Utilized JUnit and the Mockito framework to craft comprehensive unit and integration tests.

- Integrated JaCoCo and SonarQube across all services to monitor code coverage both locally and on Jenkins.

- Adhered to GitHub flow for smooth code merging into the upstream master branch. Additionally, contributed to Application Lifecycle Management using Rally.


## Education
### Master of Science (MS) in Information Systems
Northeastern University

### Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Computer Science Engineering
Rajiv Gandhi Prodyogiki Vishwavidyalaya


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/achalsancheti
- Portfolio: https://branded.me/achalsancheti

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Last updated: 2026-03-31