Ashvin Gaonkar

Software Engineer

Sunnyvale, CA ashvingaonkar@gmail.com +1 (984) 286-7889 LinkedIn GitHub

Experience

Software Engineer, Juniper Networks Inc. (Acquired by HPE) November 2024 – Present
  • Maintain and support multiple ASIC simulation environments used for the development and validation of networking silicon for high-performance switches and routers.
  • Design, develop, and maintain verification testbenches using C++ and SystemC to validate functional correctness of individual chip components and full-chip behavior.
  • Develop and maintain Python automation scripts to streamline simulation workflows, manage infrastructure, and improve integration between design verification teams and simulator platforms.
Researcher, Department of Nuclear Engineering, NC State June 2024 – November 2024
  • Revamped the frontend of the open source project OpenPRA, crafting React components with Elastic UI and ensuring responsive design and optimal performance across devices.
  • Developed a Global Data Store to centralize and manage data across the project, enhancing scalability and ensuring data integrity, with end-to-end and component testing using Cypress.
  • Utilized Swagger to document APIs, enhancing clarity and communication between teams.
Graduate Software Engineer, Siemens July 2021 – June 2022
  • Led a zero-downtime Kong upgrade on a production-level system, using new features like the disable_penalty flag to prevent exponential retry-after timeouts, resulting in a 20% performance boost.
  • Developed Java RESTful APIs interacting with AWS components, serving business logic for core operations, and implemented Jenkins pipelines that increased deployment efficiency by 30%.
  • Built and refined custom Kong plugins, bolstering API capabilities and optimizing system performance.

Academic Projects

Bookipedia: E-commerce for Books
Node.jsReactMongoDBKafkaAnsibleDockerGrafana
  • Led full-stack development and established end-to-end CI/CD pipelines, reducing deployment time from 35 to 10 minutes and doubling testing and development speed.
  • Utilized Kafka for event-driven architecture, enabling real-time inventory tracking and user activity logging.
  • Devised a one-click setup for deploying monitoring infrastructure using Ansible and GitHub Actions, cutting setup time by 70%.
CollabCode: Live Code Editing Platform
ReactNode.jsWebsocketsDocker
  • Developed a real-time collaborative coding platform with live editing, authentication, live chat, and role-based access control, containerized with Docker.
  • Used MongoDB for efficient data storage and retrieval, and added in-editor code commenting features.

Technical Skills

Languages
Python, C++, Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SQL, NoSQL, Node.js, React
Skillset
API Development, CI/CD, Web Development, Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Testing
Infrastructure
AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, Jenkins, Grafana, Prometheus
Frameworks & Tools
Spring, Kafka, Flask, Django, Cypress, JUnit, PyTest, Cucumber, Postman

Education

North Carolina State University August 2022 – May 2024
Master of Computer Science — GPA 3.8 / 4.0
KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum, India August 2017 – July 2021
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science — Top 10%, GPA 9.43 / 10.0