Harshada Tupe

About Harshada Tupe

I\'m a software engineer with 5 years of industry experience, passionate about diving into backend development ‍ and solving algorithm puzzles.Recently, I completed an immersive software engineering boot camp covering data structures, algorithms, system design, API design and development, database design, cloud-native design, and object modeling, further strengthening my algorithmic and backend design skills.Eager to build robust and high-performance backend solutions, I draw on my experience from the DevOps realm. Successfully building end-to-end CI/CD infrastructures, increasing code merge efficiency by 60%, and transitioning from bimonthly to twice-a-month releases across 4 projects, while tripling the developer team.Tech stack: Python, Gitlab, Git, Linux.Fun fact – I explored UX design during my master\'s days, to blend some design thinking into my tech skills.Outside of coding, you\'ll find me painting, dancing, or taking a moment for meditation and I also have a soft spot for social work. I thrive working in innovative and friendly environments! I\'d love to connect and chat about potential backend software development opportunities!

Experience

1. Software Engineer

   Pure Storage

   Oct 2024 — Present · Santa Clara, CA, US

   Conducted performance benchmarking for Portworx, a distributed cloud-native storage solution for Kubernetes, across various data replication levels and from application level to linux block layer to raw disks in linux I/O path.• Designed and automated performance benchmarking efforts by streamlining cluster creation, customizing Fio tests, and generating automated reports, reducing engineering hours by 40%.• Diagnosed a critical latency bottleneck during snapshot deletion by conducting performance tests and analyzing data with Prometheus and Grafana, informing the engineering solution for a key client, reducing latency from 1 second to 300 ms.• Analyzed Portworx Fastpath and LVM performance differences, identifying a Portworx FUSE driver bottleneck. The resulting enhancement increased worker threads and scaled Fastpath with multiple pools.• Developed backend solutions for system health monitoring leveraging Python, SQL, and Snowflake, reducing issue detection time by 40% and increasing proactive alerts by 3x.• Established an end-to-end process to streamline subsequent tool rollouts, enabling efficient onboarding and mentoring of two new team members and achieving a 25% acceleration in deployment.

Education

• San José State University

  Master's degree, Human Computer Interaction

  2017

• Savitribai Phule Pune University

  Bachelor of Enginnering, Computer Science

  2011 — 2015

Skills

• Python
• Twisted
• C
• C++
• Java
• Html
• Data Structures
• Php
• Operating Systems
• Computer Networking
• Servlets
• Sdn
• User Experience Design
• Human Factors and Ergonomics
• Human Computer Interaction
• Usability
• Wireframing
• Interaction Design
• Sketch
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Windows
• Linux
• Sql
• Representational State Transfer (Rest)
• Axure
• Mockups
• Prototyping
• Personas
• User Research
• Conceptual Model Design
• Heuristic Evaluation
• Human Centered Design