# Rushikesh Joshi

> Senior Software Engineer

Location: San Jose, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/rushikeshjoshi

I am Computer Science graduate student at San Jose State University. I have two years of software development experience using core PHP, Java, MySql, jQuery, and RESTFul api with efficient coding skills. I have strong background of backend software development in Agile environment. Having deep knowledge of algorithms, web security and sql. 

Currently I am working as a backend developer intern at Pinger Inc. My accomplishment at Pinger is to develop and design RESTful api with the unit test cases. 

I like to solve real world problems using innovative ideas. Web security and machine learning are my area of interest. Would love to work in this domain if any opportunities is given. Currently seeking Full-time opportunities in backend software developer and web security domains.

TECHNICAL SKILLS
•	Programming Languages and Database: PHP, Java, C, MySQL
•	Web Technologies and Tools:  jQuery, HTML, CSS, Drupal, RESTful Web services
•	Programming and Version Control Tools: Eclipse, Git, SVN, Agile Methodology, PHPStorm
•	Other Technology: Amazon AWS EC2, Hadoop, Hive, Splunk, Weka, PHPUnit, Memcached

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer Backend @ Poshmark
Jan 2022 – Present | Redwood City, California, United States

### Senior Member Of Technical Staff @ Pinger
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Jose, California, United States
• Led the feature development life cycle for Backend that involves reviewing requirement gathering document with the product team, designing REST API contract with the client team, and releasing it with superior code quality
• Introduced missing concepts by Identifying issues in the system to scale the features and to meet
user's expectation

### Member Of Technical Staff @ Pinger
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | San Jose
• Refactored the PHP Backend software for communication applications by incorporating best
practices such as domain driven design, dependency Injection, hexagonal architecture, and test driven development
• Worked with the Backend team to maintain testing pyramid into the codebase to improve the
overall quality of the software and to reduce manual testing by allowing the QA team to do more
exploratory testing

### Software Engineering Intern @ Pinger
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Jose
•	Developed and designed RESTful webservices for social networking mobile applications using in house MVC Framework.
•	Created virtual Voice network system for ease of testing which returns static value when it is enabled. 
•	Tested the developed code using PHPUnit framework, used Memcached for better performance.
•	Experienced Agile methodology in real time project with daily standup, backlogs and estimation of user stories.

### Web Master-Student Assistant @ San Jose State University
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Jose
•         Maintained university department website and designed various solutions for existing problems on     university portals.
•         Developed custom module to implement advisory point system using point system API for university portal.
•	  Developed and designed custom rules for automated mail response after “Webform” is submitted.

### Web Developer @ Inventive Softech Pvt Ltd
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
•	Migrated projects from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7 which includes theme, custom modules, data, 
        contributed modules.
•	Contributed in development of WordPress project at beginner level as a role of PHP Developer.
•	Modified and extended “Ubercart” module on e-commerce website to enhance functionalities like line-items.

### Software Consultant @ CIGNEX Datamatics
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013
•	Migrated html pages to Drupal-7 compatible theme, customized Drupal-7 theme flow for more friendly and effective user interface. 
•	Developed custom modules to provide solution for rendering videos of you-tube channel using Zend Oath Library.
•       Optimized contributed modules to make it more user friendly and to enhance its functionality.
•	Effectively involved in development of various front-end task.
•	Developed fully functioned shopping cart with integration of PayPal payment gateway on Amazon Aws servers.
•	Had an experience of client side development at Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd, India with team.


## Education
### Master of Science (MS) in Computer Science
San José State University

### Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Computer Engineering
Sardar Vallbhabhai Patel Institute of Technology

### Ukarsh Vidyalaya


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rushikeshjoshi14

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Last updated: 2026-04-12