# Aswin Gopalan > Senior Engineer | Distributed Systems | AWS | NodeJS | React Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/aswin ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Atlassian Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### Principal Engineer @ Autodesk Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area As the Principal Engineer for Autodesk's subscription and user management systems, I currently: • Build highly performant and reliable APIs that are scalable and consumed by Autodesk customers. • Perform code and design reviews and mentor junior members in the team. • Perform on-call duties to monitor, respond and resolve high-priority incidents in production systems within a 60-minute SLA. • Improve the performance and scalability of existing systems after conducting exhaustive performance testing. • Contribute to a variety of initiatives across teams to improve the overall observability of our systems. • Serve as an SME for Autodesk User Management services for FedRAMP. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Autodesk Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area As a Senior Software Engineer for Autodesk's Subscriptions Platform Group, I accomplished the following: • Created a new orchestration engine designed to migrate users to a new subscription platform. • Built highly performant and scalable APIs capable of tracking the progress of migrations. • Developed a web app for triggering migrations and visualizing data flow across subscription systems. • Led a newly-formed team, collaborating with multiple data teams to validate data accuracy. • Successfully migrated over 2 million users to the new subscription platform. • Served as the SME for the orchestration engine and transitioned the project to another team following extensive documentation and knowledge transfer sessions. ### Senior Web Developer @ Autodesk Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Novi, Michigan As a Senior Web Developer for Autodesk's Cloud Management Services team, my responsibilities included provisioning AWS network infrastructure and managing cloud costs across all AWS accounts. Specifically, I accomplished the following: • Built web applications as part of Autodesk's Hybrid cloud approach, enabling the provision and management of compute resources. • Constructed web dashboards and highly performant REST APIs to track cost savings and time spent across different cloud accounts. • Developed a web access dashboard, enabling users to download software and access applications within Autodesk. • Resolved existing issues with the meeting room booking system, improving its scalability and availability. ### Software Engineer (R&D) @ Genscape, Inc. Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater Boston Area I was employed as a full stack software engineer responsible for a client-facing enterprise application. In an agile team environment, I participated in the sprint by resolving issues, adding new features, and enhancing current features. The technology used in this project included AngularJS, .NetCore, C#, and TypeScript. Furthermore, I was involved in developing a Mixed Reality application that allows real-time data visualization. By combining 3D animations with real-world scenarios using Microsoft Hololens, the app was created using Unity3D and C# scripting. ### Software Engineer Intern @ Income Research + Management Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Greater Boston Area To begin with, I supported the IR+M team in migrating their in-house TFS to Visual Studio Team Services (Online). This involved creating a new project collection, setting up Continuous Integration, deploying websites to Azure, and transferring code files from the local TFS server to Visual Studio Team Services. Moreover, I developed RESTful web services using ASP.Net with C# for an internal application at IR+M. Additionally, I constructed a Windows Service in C# utilizing TFS APIs, which acted as a version control system from the Windows Explorer, providing an effortless experience for end-users. Furthermore, I created a C# application that interacted with Excel Components to share data between files. In the later months, I designed a web application using Angular 2 framework, Typescript, NodeJS, and ASP.Net Web APIs. The purpose of the application was to ensure the accuracy of data, quickly retrieve data to create reports, and push updates to the database. ### Senior Software Engineer @ CGI Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 My main responsibility in this role was to construct Responsive Web Applications, RESTful and SOAP APIs using ASP.Net Framework with C# for my clients. We adopted an Agile Approach, which involved delivering code to the client's QA server for Integration and Functional Testing at the end of every sprint. Furthermore, I provided mentorship to new team members, assisting them with the technical and functional aspects of the project. Additionally, I documented and transferred knowledge before leaving the company to pursue further studies ### Software Engineer @ CGI Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Chennai Area, India Upon successful delivery of my first project, I transitioned to a new project with a North American Client. During this role, I contributed to multiple projects by developing new features and enhancing existing features within the sprints. One of my notable projects included building a self-hosted service that automated refunds according to a schedule. Moreover, this role provided me with an opportunity to acquire knowledge of various web technologies and frameworks, such as MVC, WCF, Web API, AJAX, Javascript, Jquery, AngularJS, HTML, and CSS. Additionally, I worked with databases, which included writing new stored procedures, functions, triggers, and tuning query performance. ### Associate Software Engineer @ CGI Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 | Chennai Area, India Following my 3-month training in C# and ASP.Net with the company, I commenced my position as a Junior Software Engineer for a client-facing application. Prior to winning the project, I participated in building a proof of concept with a small group of engineers that served as the starting point for the project. Subsequently, I became a crucial member of a small team responsible for delivering the system's core functionality after securing the project. Moreover, during this period, I was awarded the esteemed "Silver Award." ## Education ### Master's degree in Computer Science Northeastern University Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 ### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Anna University Chennai Jan 2007 – Jan 2011 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aswingopalan --- Source: https://flows.cv/aswin JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/aswin/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22