Omkar Ghanekar

Engineer@Amazon

Santa Cruz, California, United States

About

I am a skilled software engineer with over four years of experience specializing in web and backend development. Throughout my experience, I have contributed to the architecture and design of large-scale systems, led end-to-end development of product features, and worked with multiple programming languages including Python and Java. I have technical hands-on experience working with AWS technologies and Docker, and strong engineering skills in API development using Python, Django framework, and ReactJS. I am passionate about coding, problem-solving, and well-versed in computer science fundamentals including data structures and algorithms. Currently, I am a graduate student in Computer Science at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), and actively seeking full-time Software Engineer opportunities!

Experience

  • Software Development Engineer at Amazon
    Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant at University of California, Santa Cruz
    Sep 2022 - Jun 2023 · 10 mos

  • Software Engineer Intern at Arista Networks
    Jun 2022 - Sep 2022 · 4 mos

    Designed and implemented a complete feature of an inline live traffic inspection module using Wireshark. - The feature improves the packet capture and analysis time by 90% . - Created a dockerized Wireshark service with port‐forwarding technique like ssh‐x, X11 for the GUI. - The service initiates capture from specific vlan interfaces and completes capture on demand. - Added a feature for enabling parallelized packet captures across multiple interfaces. - Integration of the service with Nginx and REST APIs with Javascript for smooth functioning and enhanced developer experience.

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant at University of California, Santa Cruz
    Sep 2021 - Jun 2022 · 10 mos

    CSE 180 Database Systems 1 Responsible for the practical sessions for teaching Database management and transactions in PostgreSQL and grading exams. CSE 130 Principles of System Design Responsible for the practical sessions for assistance in system programming using POSIX and Pintos along with office hours for doubt solving and final exam grading. CSE 183 Web Applications Responsible for conducting discussion sessions regarding modern web application frameworks and project guidance along with the weekly project reviews for each team and final grading.

  • Software Engineer at Soft Corner
    Sep 2018 - Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 11 mos

    Worked on multiple projects and platforms as a Software Engineer. - I was involved in the design and development of the large scale and distributed end-to-end solution for eCompTrack . - Designed and tested major workflow execution modules for the multi tenant SaaS architecture including compliance management and report generation. - Built reusable and maintainable UI components for cross platform application using React Native and integrating them with the backend API services - Automated the smoke test and build of the CI/CD deployment pipeline to reduce the server downtime by 75%. - As a short project I was also working on creating a data storage and graphical analysis toolbox using Kobo and Metabase with python for survey collection and analysis. Wrote a generalised model to adapt to various types of forms and fields and save the data correctly through remote or offline locations.