# Kinnar Kansara

> Staff Software Engineer at Turo

Location: Fremont, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kinnar

Experienced Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Highly skilled in Java, SQL, Javascript and Python. Strong software development and project management professional with proven track record of delivering high quality services with industry standards in time.
 
Technical Skills:
• Java EE Components: Servlets 3.1, JSP 2.3, JAX-RS 2.0, JPA 2.1, JDBC, JMS 2.0, JTA 1.2
• Java Frameworks: Spring 3, Spring Boot 2, Grails 2.5, Hibernate 4
• Python: Python 2.7, 3.5, Django 2.2
• Javascript: ES6, Node.js, Express.js
• Databases: MySQL, Oracle Database, SQLite
• Web Development: HTML, JavaScript, CSS, AJAX, jQuery and Bootstrap
• Tools: Gradle 4, Maven 3, JUnit 5, Jasper Reports 5
• Android Development Tools: Android Studio 3, Android SDK Platform Tools
• Version Control: Git, Apache Subversion
• CI/CD: CircleCI, Jenkins
• AWS Services: EC2, RDS, S3, ELB, Autoscaling, Codedeploy, Cloudwatch, Route 53, Lambda
• Cloud Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, Packer

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Turo
Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ Turo
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Software Engineer Intern @ Venmo
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Newton, Massachusetts
- Played key role as a member of Platform as a Service team to migrate backend monolith platform of Venmo from Python 2 to Python 3 resulting in performance improvement of 9%.
- Developed new microservice with gRPC and Protobuf to support all cryptographic operations across backend platform.
- Drove improvisation of CI/CD pipeline in Jenkins for smooth integration and delivery process supporting Python 3.

### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ Northeastern University
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Boston Area
Working under the supervision of Dr. Kal Bugrara for core course of the department "Application Engineering and Development"
Tasks include:
- Conducting lab sessions with students for better understanding of topics taught by professor
- Helping and mentoring students with the challenges of Java concepts
- Reviewing assignments and quizzes for final grading
- Attending meetings with professor to improve overall course content

### Technology Lead @ Experior Technologies
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Ahmedabad, India
- Leading application development in Java, Android and PHP including designing and troubleshooting, conducting analysis including validation of needs in conjunction with onsite and offsite teams
- Monitoring service-based project progress and ensuring quality & timeliness of deliverables
- Determining design methodologies & toolsets and completing programming; designing and conducting tests
- Strategized product development as per requirements, schedules & activities
- Coordinated team meetings, handling troubleshooting, development & production problems
- Established overall leadership to entire project team including managing deliverables in an effective manner
- Creating and supervising estimates, plan, resource allocation and expenses to ensure targets were reached
- Executed project life cycle methodology: Agile and Waterfall; defined under process framework; ensured customer deadlines were met within project budgets
- Collaborated in education, e-commerce, supply chain, anti-piracy, retail, demand-supply and logistics domains

### Senior Software Engineer @ Experior Technologies
Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 | Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Requirements gathering, analysis, design, and implementation of the systems
- Defining scope and estimation of the projects
- Helping software engineers with onboarding and supporting the development process
- Developed applications with various Java frameworks like J2EE, Spring, Grails, and Swing

### Software Engineer @ Experior Technologies
Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 | Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Full-stack web application development in Java and PHP
- Development and maintenance of WordPress websites

### Software Engineer Intern @ I-link Infosoft(G) Pvt Ltd
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009
- Developed a desktop application in Java Swing framework which supports e-Filing of Sales Tax in USA.
- Played key role to migrate platform dependent data store MS Access to SQLite making the overall software lightweight and platform-independent


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Information Systems
Northeastern University

### Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Information Technology
NIRMA UNIVERSITY


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kinnar-kansara
- Portfolio: http://kinnarkansara.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-12