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Vatsal Sevak

Senior Software Engineer | Master's Degree in Computer Science

United States
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15+

Years Experience

6

Roles

52

Skills

2

Education

About

Diligence towards my work and a passion for knowledge have always been my principal driving forces. As a seasoned software engineer with 7+ years of experience, I specialize in designing and implementing distributed systems and microservices architectures, with a strong focus on scalability, reliability, and performance optimization. Leveraging technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD tools, and Ruby on Rails, I build systems that meet today’s needs while being future-ready for growth. My passion lies in improving system performance and resilience, ensuring high availability, and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful, cutting-edge solutions. Always eager to embrace the latest tech stacks, I am committed to driving innovation and continuous improvement. Industrial exposure, academic projects, and personal interests helped me gain in-depth knowledge of a variety of technologies: • Programming Languages: Ruby, Java, SQL, Scala • Web Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, REST • Web Framework: Ruby on Rails, Spring MVC, React • Database Technologies: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB • Version Controls/Other Tools: CI/CD Tools, Git, Jenkins, Spinnaker, Datadog • Container technologies: Docker, Kubernetes • Cloud Platforms: AWS, GCP • Other Distributed Technologies: Kafka, Redis

Experience (6 roles)

Full-time · 7 yrs 2 mos

2 roles · Nov 2017 - Dec 2024

Senior Software Engineer

Mar 2021 - Dec 2024 · 3 yrs 10 mos·San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

• Transformed the data backfilling system from a synchronous to a concurrent model, significantly improving throughput and processing efficiency, and addressing numerous developer concerns. • Optimized resource allocation to meet traffic demand by leveraging Kubernetes for dynamic scaling and effici...

Software Engineer

Nov 2017 - Feb 2021 · 3 yrs 4 mos·San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

• Contributed to Classic’s Users/Orgs/Groups service team and became a subject matter expert on domain events by implementing new events and resolving various related bugs. • Improved the 95th percentile latency of an internal API's no-op requests by 50%. • Resolved numerous bugs, enhancing reliabil...

YP / YP Marketing Solutions

Software Engineer

YP / YP Marketing Solutions

Aug 2016 - Nov 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos·Los Angeles Metropolitan Area · On-site

• Worked in the Consumer Products team to create a Ruby on Rails application as part of a continuous integration environment, performing bulk query result analysis on newly refactored application services to ensure backward compatibility. • Developed Cucumber functional tests for an enterprise user/...

California State University, Los Angeles

Instructional Student Assistant

California State University, Los Angeles

Jan 2016 - Mar 2016 · 3 mos·Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Helped students with their in-class projects/lab assignments and to hold office hours in CS122 database subject.

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Education (2)

California State University, Los Angeles

California State University, Los Angeles

2014 - Jun 2016

Grade: 3.84/4.00 Courses taken: 1) Web Programming (JSP, Servlets, EJB, JSTL) (CS320) 2) Principles of Database Systems (PostgreSQL) (CS422) 3) Web Programming (Spring MVC, Hibernate, log4j, SVN, Maven, jQuery, Ajax, TestNG) (CS520) 4) Advanced Database Systems (Data mining, Data Warehousing) (CS522) 5) Graduate Seminar (Big Data, Python, MongoDB) (CS594) 6) Advanced Software Engineering (CS537) 7) Computer Networking Protocols (CS470) 8) Design and Analysis of Algorithms(CS512) 9) Networks and Distributed Processing(CS570) 10) Topics in Advanced Comp. Sci (Game Development-Panda3D Game Engine, Python) (CS594) 11) Topics in Advanced Comp. Sci (AngularJS, Node.js, Javascript) (CS454) 12) Advanced Software Architecture (Clojure, MongoDB) (CS590) 13) Topics in Advanced Com. Sci - Search Engine (Java, Spring MVC, MongoDB) (CS454) 14) Machine Learning (Python, iPython Notebook) (CS461) Skills: Python

The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

2007 - 2011

Grade: 3.75/4.00 Courses Taken 1) Object Oriented Computer Programming 2) Data Structure 3) Relational Database and Management Systems 4) GUI and Java 5) Computer Network 6) Artificial Intelligence 7) Advance Java (Client Server Architecture) 8) Advanced Technologies in Databases 9) Network Security

Skills (52)

MySQLJavaScriptScalaPythonRubySQLDatadogRuby on RailsShell ScriptingJavaAmazon Web Services (AWS)DockerContinuous IntegrationCDistributed SystemsC++JenkinsGatlingJenkinsRubyMySQLAWSKubernetesDatadogDockerRequirements GatheringCustomer ExperienceRequirements AnalysisCucumberJavaCassandraRedisJavaPostgreSQLjQueryTestNGPythonMongoDBAngularNode.jsJavaScriptKubernetesHTML5CSS3ReactPostgreSQLMongoDBGitCloudAWSKafkaRedis
Certifications (2)

LAMP (Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP) Web Technology Certificate Course

M.S.University of Baroda

Introduction to Oracle Database 11g: SQL Fundamentals - I (1Z0-051)

Oracle

Languages (3)
Gujarati(Native or bilingual proficiency)Hindi(Full professional proficiency)English(Professional working proficiency)
Honors & Awards (2)

Special Recognition in Graduate Studies

Issued by California State University Los Angeles · Apr 2016

Associated with California State University-Los Angeles Received honors in “Special Recognition in Graduate Studies” based on superior scholastic achievement through 2015 and on the special recommendation of the department.

Special Recognition in Graduate Studies

Issued by California State University Los Angeles · Apr 2017

Associated with California State University-Los Angeles Received honors in “Special Recognition in Graduate Studies” based on superior scholastic achievement through 2016 and on the special recommendation of the department.

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Vatsal Sevak studied Master’s Degree, Computer Science at California State University, Los Angeles. They have 2 education entries on their profile.
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Vatsal Sevak's top skills include MySQL, JavaScript, Scala, Python, Ruby. They have 52 skills listed on their profile.
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