# Shonit Gangoly

> Software Developer

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

Dedicated software developer with a strong focus on building scalable systems and optimizing backend services. With expertise in Python, Javascript, and cloud platforms like AWS and GCP, I excel in designing efficient APIs, automating workflows, and integrating machine learning solutions to enhance system performance and reliability.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer (Data) @ Selectiva Systems
Jan 2024 – Present | San Jose, CA
● Developed scalable Python-based data pipelines for residential solar energy analytics on GCP.
● Collaborated with ML engineers to evaluate LLM-based assistants for summarizing device health logs.
● Deployed a containerized backend service on Kubernetes, implementing rolling updates and health checks.
● Reduced manual effort by 40% by automating BigQuery data ingestion via Google Cloud Functions.
● Improved pipeline reliability using Airflow (Google Cloud Composer) for workflow orchestration.
● Enhanced pipeline performance using Apache Spark for distributed analytics.
● Strengthened system security by implementing GCP authentication mechanisms and IAM policies.
● Fostered technical alignment by collaborating with product managers and data scientists

### Software Engineer (Data) @ Blaze AI
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, CA
● Configured AWS ECS/EC2 clusters for scalable infrastructure reducing deployment time by 50%.
● Transformed release cycles by optimizing CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.
● Deployed and managed containerized microservices using Docker and Kubernetes.
● Automated ETL processes by building Apache Airflow pipelines for data handling.
● Contributed on AI-powered audience extraction using LLM for keyword matching and user segmentation.
● Worked with embedding-based search to boost social media profiles via semantic similarity.
● Optimized inter-service communication by designing RESTful APIs within a service-oriented architecture.
● Grew Twitter Audience Builder user base from 2M to 20M.
● Built robust front end UI using NextJS and TypeScript.
● Decreased request latency by 25% by integrating backend APIs with Node.js scripts

### Software Engineer Intern @ Techcoopers - Powered by Selectiva
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
• Assisted in developing and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest and transform structured and semi-structured data.
• Wrote Python and SQL scripts to clean, validate, and prepare datasets for analytics and reporting.
• Supported data workflows using Apache Spark and workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow/Composer.
• Helped optimize queries and data transformations to improve pipeline reliability and performance.
• Collaborated with senior data engineers and analysts to understand requirements and implement data solutions.
• Performed data quality checks, monitoring, and debugging to ensure accuracy and consistency of data.

### Software Engineer Intern @ IBM
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Mumbai
• Devised a Python-based NLP assistant for IBM clients to automate customer support with tailored responses.
• Engineered custom Chatbots utilizing IBM Watson to enhance internal workflows for calendar scheduling.
• Implemented Decision Trees/Random Forests models to increase response efficiency of NLP assistant by 30%.
• Developed an advanced React-based front-end for an AI chatbot, with a user-friendly interface.
• Implemented NodeJS scripts to allow seamless integration of the NLP assistant with backend APIs.
• Enhanced user support systems and conducted post-incident analysis to refine service responses.


## Education
### Master of Science in Computer Science
The University of Texas at Arlington

### Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science
SVKM's NMIMS Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/shonitg
- Portfolio: https://shogan20.github.io/
- Portfolio: https://shonit2096.medium.com/
- GitHub: https://github.com/ShoGan20/

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Last updated: 2026-04-10