# Ashank D'souza > Fullstack engineer looking for open roles. Location: United States, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/ashankdsouza Hi, What I've been upto: 1) Worked in J.P Morgan and Chase on a live airline booking company. 2) Worked in a data analytics company. 3) Pursuing MS in Software Engineering. Please message me if you need to contact me, I will reply within 1 or 2 days. Beyond tech, I love rowing, playing online board games like Risk and watching medieval fantasy series like The Last Kingdom, Norsemen. Regards, Ashank Dsouza 4802775451 ashankdesouza@gmail.com ajdsouz1@asu.edu Skills: Backend Technologies: Node.js, Express, TypeScript, Python, Java Spring Frontend Technologies: React, Redux, JavaScript, CSS, HTML Database Technologies: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQL DevOps, Infra & Cloud: Docker, AWS (EC2), Azure (VM), GitHub Actions (Runners), Git, Linux, EFK Stack Engineering Practices: CI/CD, Agile, Lean, Test Driven Development (Jest), Design Patterns, SOLID, OOPS Computer Science Core: Data Structures and Algorithms, Operating Systems, RDBMS, Software Design ## Work Experience ### Engineering Tutor @ ASU @ Arizona State University Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Tempe, Arizona, United States I teach Database Management, Data structures And Algorithms, Operating Systems and Distributed Software Systems ### Peer Listener @ Arizona State University Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Tempe, Arizona, United States Received training in empathy and provided a safe space for students to talk about their difficulties and problems. ### Lead Software Engineer @ Tecnotree Corporation Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 Achieved recognition as the top-performing team member, receiving a cash award. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Pangea Tech Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 Founding engineer at a startup responsible for the backend performance, infrastructure, and deployment of an ML project. • Reduced data processing time by 80% (4 hours to 45 minutes) by redesigning the backend to distribute workloads across Kubernetes-orchestrated containers. • Decreased time taken for bug root cause identification from 4 hours to real time by implementing centralized logging for a distributed system using EFK (Elasticsearch, Fluentd, Kibana) to address the observability gap. • Reduced Azure cloud costs by 30% by re-architecting VM utilization and optimizing Node.js process scaling. • Enhanced code quality and standards by writing 50+ code reviews and mentoring junior developers. ### Software Engineer @ Pangea Tech Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 Engineered a 97% reduction in MySQL database refresh duration (from 8 hours to 15 minutes) by converting synchronous Python to asynchronous Python, saving significant client time. • Owned the availability and reliability of MySQL database servers ensuring 99% availability via server redundancy. • Reduced deployment time by 85% (from 27 to 4 minutes) and deployment failures by containerizing the application with Docker and automating the pipeline via GitHub Actions enabling testing and saving dev time. ### Software Developer @ JPMorgan Chase & Co. Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 Increased test coverage to 90%, ensured compliance with accessibility standards (WCAG) and internationalization. • Developed APIs with .NET C# using test-driven development and UI components in Angular for a live site used by millions of customers to book flight tickets. • Applied test-driven development, OOPS and SOLID principles to deliver maintainable, production-grade code. ## Education ### Master's degree in Software Engineering Arizona State University ### Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science REVA University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ashank-d - Portfolio: https://ashankdsouza.github.io/portfolio_redo/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/ashankdsouza JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/ashankdsouza/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-18