# Foram Bhanushali

> Software Development Engineer | MCS @ UC Irvine | Full-Stack • Distributed Systems • Cloud Infrastructure • AI & LLMs

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/foram

I’m a Software Engineer and UC Irvine MCS graduate (GPA 3.98) with over two years of experience building systems that are scalable, reliable, and thoughtfully designed. My work spans designing high-performance backend services, developing seamless user experiences, and deploying modern, containerized applications in the cloud. I enjoy tackling complex engineering problems, understanding them at their core, and transforming them into elegant, production-ready solutions that make technology simpler, faster, and more human.

I specialize in building end-to-end platforms that combine performance with clarity. From architecting microservices and optimizing databases to creating responsive interfaces, I focus on system design, efficiency, and maintainability. I enjoy working across the stack, designing APIs, streamlining data flow, and integrating intelligent automation while keeping scalability and user impact at the center.

For me, great engineering is about more than performance metrics. It’s about creating systems that people trust and enjoy using. I find meaning in the details: a faster response time, a cleaner architecture, a smoother interaction. Whether it’s optimizing cloud infrastructure or improving how users engage with data, I aim to build technology that quietly makes life easier and creates lasting value at scale.

📧 Let’s connect if you’re building scalable full-stack systems, cloud platforms, or AI-powered applications that bring intelligence and reliability together. Reach me at fbhanush@uci.edu or on LinkedIn for collaboration or opportunities.

## Work Experience
### Software Development Engineer @ UC Irvine Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
Jan 2025 – Present
• Automate retrieval of 10K+ research papers via Semantic Scholar and arXiv APIs, reducing manual searching
• Boost topic relevance using TF-IDF and cosine similarity algorithm, based on citations, author influence, and recency
• Implement Redis caching to serve frequent academic queries from memory, reducing latency and API load
• Build a Django and FastAPI dashboard with crawlers to fetch research papers from academic APIs based on user queries

### Software Engineer Intern @ UC Irvine
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024
• Designed a smart course recommender for UCI students with Flask, MongoDB, and GPT to personalize academic plans
• Tripled user engagement by converting Figma designs into a React.js and Redux dashboard for professor ratings and search
• Increased course recommendation accuracy by 20% via few-shot OpenAI prompts and iterative GPT tuning with LangChain
• Reduced API payloads by 40% with a GraphQL layer over MongoDB, optimizing nested course and rating queries
• Accelerated transcript parsing by 50% by integrating Tesseract OCR with Kafka for concurrent processing of user uploads
• Containerized services and deployed to Kubernetes via Helm on AWS EKS, leveraging GitHub Copilot for scaffolding
• Engineered distributed microservices with Flask and React; led sprint and agile coordination across a 4-member team

### Grader @ UC Irvine Samueli School of Engineering
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Irvine, California, United States
- Supported instruction for EECS 114 under Professor Yasser Shoukry, focusing on labs and assignments for a cohort of 50+ students.
- Maintained grading consistency and provided individualized academic feedback, helping students improve their understanding of course material.

### Software Development Engineer @ Max Developer
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | India
• Delivered a SaaS e-commerce platform using MERN, enabling a seamless shopping experience and streamlining operations
• Lowered API response times by 25% with Redis caching and optimized MongoDB queries to accelerate product search
• Elevated engagement by 15% by optimizing React component rendering to reduce load time and speed up product filtering
• Implemented secure authentication with OAuth 2.0 and JWT-based role access control, enabling protected user workflows
• Streamlined checkout with Stripe’s hosted flow and webhook confirmations for verified payments and smooth user experience
• Reduced manual workload by 8 hours/week by building a custom admin dashboard for inventory management
• Maintained 99.99% uptime by deploying the platform to AWS EC2 with CI/CD pipelines automated via GitHub Actions


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/foram-bhanushali21

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Last updated: 2026-04-11