# Tejas Pandilwar > Software Engineer at Airbnb Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/tejaspandilwar I have been in the professional software industry for 6+ years now, but it still feels like I am just getting started and I love that! I enjoy the adrenaline from this high paced, continuously evolving and intellectually stimulating industry. My present source of exhilaration comes from my job as a software engineer at Airbnb where I focus on distributed systems development. However, I am always looking for a challenging work environment where I can learn and create valuable, accessible, affordable products so please feel free to connect and say hi! Interests: Distributed Systems, Microservices, System Design, Service Oriented Architecture, Database Design, CI/CD processes, Service Discovery Technologies: Java, Python, C, SQL, Bash, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud Config Server, Spring Cloud Stream, Docker, AWS (S3, ECS, Secrets Manager, Parameter Store), Cloud Foundry, GitLab, Bamboo, Kafka, Vault, Splunk, MongoDB, Linux, Git ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Airbnb Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area I build safeguards against emerging generative AI challenges within the Trust & Identity space. ### Software Engineer @ Airbnb Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area I work on building the Pricing and Availability Compute Platform at Airbnb ### Associate @ Marcus By Goldman Sachs [Apple Card] @ Goldman Sachs Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area • Worked on Apple Card team focusing on building microservices, distributed systems, service-oriented architecture and CI/CD pipelines. ### Software Developer @ Marcus By Goldman Sachs [Apple Card] @ Goldman Sachs Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Software Developer @ Securities Lending Technology @ Goldman Sachs Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater Boston Area • Built leading-edge software solutions to support the various requirements of Goldman Sachs' Security Lending business. ### Software Development Intern @ BlueCart, Inc. Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Washington D.C. Metro Area • Developed a feature in BlueCart’s Admin application to integrate multiple non-transacting and transacting client accounts and regulate the transaction status of the clients for a single vendor using JavaScript stored procedures. • Worked on a project to optimize database memory utilization for BlueCart. Successfully reduced the memory usage by over 50% by improving the interactions between the application and database layer using SQL. • Developed keyword based functional automation test framework for BlueCart’s web application using Java Selenium and build it using Maven. The framework was capable of successfully testing all the vital features in the app in under 10 minutes. • Worked with the engineering team to support projects ranging from user interface to back-end APIs. ### Graduate Student IT Assistant @ University of Maryland Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | College Park, MD • Provided technical support service to staff members of all the University of Maryland Libraries. • Troubleshooted various software and hardware issues, performed software installations and maintained multiple servers. • Assisted patrons in designing and printing 3D models using softwares like OpenSCAD, FreeCAD etc. ### Software Intern @ Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Hyderabad Area, India • Worked on a project titled 'Emitter Location Estimation Analysis'. The project was aimed at developing an application to find an estimated position of an emitter by analyzing the RF signals received by the receiver using Matlab. • Analyzed the results, calculated error parameters and plotted error ellipse to estimate the location. Created database that would help in the graphical analysis of estimated emitter position with respect to its original position. • Independently prepared and presented a detailed report on the project to a panel of senior scientists working at DRDO. ### Technology Intern @ ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Nagpur Area, India • Selected for an internship at the Indian Space Research Organization, an esteemed organization under Government of India. • Performed correction and transformation on the images captured by satellites using PrimeWin software. Analyzed and compared the results obtained by applying different filters on images captured by satellites. • Worked under the scientists to learn fundamentals of remote sensing, digital image processing, signal processing and sensor engineering. ### Management Intern @ Mahindra & Mahindra Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Nagpur Area, India • Underwent training on production management and supply chain management of tractor assembly line. • Conducted analysis and researched on workforce optimization and cost minimization strategies that could lead to higher profits. ## Education ### Master of Science (MS) in Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Maryland ### Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Electronics Engineering Nagpur University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/pandilwartejas --- Source: https://flows.cv/tejaspandilwar JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/tejaspandilwar/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23