# Yashodhan Kumthekar > Software Engineer @ Mesh Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/yashodhan At Obsess, my focus has been on leveraging cloud technologies, like AWS, to architect advanced solutions that transform the e-commerce experience. We have successfully enabled major brands to create virtual stores, essentially gateways to the metaverse, enhancing customer engagement and shopping convenience. My educational journey at The University of Texas at Arlington, culminating in a Master's in Computer Science, has been instrumental in shaping my analytical and technical skills. With a firm grasp on Python and back-end development, I am committed to driving innovation and crafting immersive digital landscapes that redefine the retail sector. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Mesh Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### Solutions Architect @ Obsess Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | New York, United States ### Senior Software Engineer @ Obsess Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States Obsess is an Experiential E-commerce Platform. We enable brands and retailers to serve highly engaging Virtual Stores on their websites. Our proprietary technology uses HD-quality photorealistic CGI to create visual, immersive and interactive digital shopping experiences. Our virtual stores are the entry point to the metaverse for brands looking to establish their presence in this new medium. Our customers include Ralph Lauren, Dior, Coach, Tommy Hilfiger, NARS, Charlotte Tilbury, Dermalogica, American Girl, General Mills, NBC Universal, AT&T, Nayomi, theSkimm, Universal Music Group and more. With the Obsess platform, you can - * Make your retail stores shoppable online from anywhere at any time * Immerse customers in your brand's world by creating virtual pop-up stores * Create more engaging landing pages for new campaigns and collections * Establish your brand world in metaverse platforms like Roblox, Fortnite and Oculus * Sell physical products and NFTs through your virtual stores We are creating the next generation e-commerce interface for today's consumers and brands. To replace the tedious grid-of-thumbnails interface created by Amazon 25 years ago to sell books online and still used on every e-commerce site. Obsess technology has been featured on WSJ, Vogue Business, CNN, Business of Fashion, The New York Times, Fortune, WWD, Digiday, RetailDive, CNET, Business Insider, Glossy and more. ### Full Stack Developer @ Sub Rosa Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater New York City Area • Leveraged NLP and ML to generate client critical business insights in real-time. • Developed pipelines for building data lakes, microservices for data handling and REST APIs to serve data. • Designed and owned the multi-tier backend architecture comprising of multiple event driven microservices, ML engines, multiple data stores with health monitoring and error tracking systems. • Defined git contribution structure for the teams, implemented CI/CD pipelines for multi-environment deployments. ### Research Assistant @ The University of Texas at Arlington Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Arlington, Texas • Worked on research and development of robotic units for high speed data acquisition and prediction models. • Managed cloud-based storage systems, databases and designed dashboards for data visualization. • Participated in writing documentation, contributing ideas for research papers and project proposals. • Acquired domain knowledge of Non-Destructive Testing of structures and sensor networks. ### Full Stack Developer @ Web Innovation Labs Pvt. Ltd. Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Pune Area, India • Worked on building hybrid as well as native mobile applications, backend systems and core service REST APIs, geospatial querying using PostGIS, device tracking using location. • Integrated third party services for map-box, messaging, app notifications, authentication and more. • Also performed requirement analysis based on feedback gathered from early adopters. ## Education ### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science The University of Texas at Arlington Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 ### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering Savitribai Phule Pune University Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 ### SSC in HSC, High School Sainik School Satara Jan 2005 – Jan 2012 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/yashodhank - GitHub: https://github.com/ykumthekar4929 --- Source: https://flows.cv/yashodhan JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/yashodhan/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01