# Mitwa Palkhiwala

> Software Engineer 2 @ Salesforce | Ex-Amazon | RajeevCircle Fellow

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

Software Engineer (5+ years of experience) with a wide set of exposure and skills to work on different types of projects. Have worked on multiple tasks requiring varied skillset:
- Implemented website/app development projects
- Developed feature improvement and migration projects
- Carried out manual + CI/CD pipeline deployments
- Led Operational Excellence initiatives
- Worked on mitigating multiple high severity customer-facing issues
- Communicated with cross-functional teams for projects 
- Helped recruiting team to hire the best candidates 
- Mentored new hires and, so on.

Technical Skills:
- Programming Languages: Java, Node.js, Python, PHP, C, C++
- Web Development Technologies: HTML, CSS, Sass, JavaScript, React.js
- Frameworks: Spring, JUnit, Cucumber, Ionic, Express, Bolt, Angular
- Databases: Amazon QLDB, MySQL, MongoDB
- AWS Cloud-Computing Platforms: EC2, ECS, S3, QLDB, CloudWatch

Leadership Affiliations:
- Track Manager, Rocketship India Track at TiECON 2023, Silicon Valley, CA
- Track Manager, HealthTech Track at TiECON 2019-2020, Silicon Valley, CA 
- Community Outreach Lead at Google Developer Student Club 2019-2020, SJSU 
- Fellow at Rajeev Circle Fellowship 2018, Palo Alto, CA
- President, Alumni & Placement Cell, Esync Students Association 2014-2016, Indus University, India

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Salesforce
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Software Development Engineer @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Seattle, Washington, United States
●	Worked on Java-based backend APIs for feature migration and building cucumber semi-integration tests for code testing
●	Dealt with operational excellence tasks, mitigated multiple high severity issues and carried out manual and CI/CD pipeline deployments
●	Created and presented several design documents and feature improvement proposals in team meetings
●	Communicated with cross-functional teams to work on issues and improving the user experience for ECS features

### Software Engineer Intern @ OpsCruise
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Sunnyvale, California, United States
●	Integrated ticket system with Email and Slack to notify end-users of faults detected in their existing monitoring tools
●	Developed an interactive Slack chatbot for sending notifications to users when the software detects an anomaly
●	Recorded an improvement in the usability of company services by 40%, and fetched rewards from the founding team

### IoT Engineer @ Techtic Solutions Inc. - Building custom products on web & mobile.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
●	Headed team of 5 in developing backend REST APIs and frontend development of cross-platform apps for clients
●	Mentored 3 interns and helped other teams in the backend and full-stack development tools
●	Led operational excellence initiatives, and improved reliability of pages by ensuring cross-platform compatibility
●	Achieved targets before deadline 3 times in a row, and attained an increase in customer ratings by 10%


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Engineering
San José State University

### Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Electronics and Communications Engineering
Indus University Ahmedabad


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-29