Neil Deshmukh
Staff Software Engineer
Miami, US.About
Highly accomplished Staff Software Engineer with over a decade of experience in full-stack application development, cloud infrastructure, AI integrations, and data-driven product solutions. Proven expertise in designing and deploying scalable microservices, optimizing system performance, and delivering cutting-edge technological solutions that drive significant business growth and operational efficiency. Played a pivotal role in the success of Stella Connect, a dominant B2B SaaS, contributing to its $100M acquisition by Medallia through key contributions within a lean development team.
Work
Medallia Inc.
|Staff Software Engineer (Remote)
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Summary
Leading strategic initiatives to enhance customer and employee experience through a comprehensive suite of products and services.
Highlights
Led end-to-end feature development, from authoring product design specifications to scoping and executing implementations for sprint planning and execution.
Optimized client workflows by developing robust integrations, ensuring seamless data transfer and system interoperability.
Strengthened system security to achieve FedRAMP compliance, proactively identifying and mitigating critical network and application risks.
Designed and deployed an AI-powered feature, managing the full lifecycle from prototype and prompt engineering to rigorous testing and client deployment, significantly enhancing product functionality and delivering actionable insights.
Medallia Inc.
|Senior Software Engineer (New York, NY)
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Summary
Contributed to the development and enhancement of customer and employee experience products, laying groundwork for advanced features and system improvements.
Stella Connect (acquired by Medallia)
|Senior Software Engineer (New York, NY)
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Summary
Led key development efforts for a customer feedback and quality management platform, driving product innovation and technical excellence.
Highlights
Spearheaded the discovery and implementation of the 'Coaching' product offering, significantly expanding the customer base and establishing it as a primary value pillar for clients.
Ensured high code quality and maintainability through rigorous code reviews and seamless integration of advanced developer tools.
Drove feature innovation by collaborating with cross-functional product teams to design data-driven roadmaps informed by analytics and direct client feedback.
Developed comprehensive monitoring dashboards, delivering real-time insights into product performance and usage trends for strategic decision-making by product and client leadership.
Stella Connect (acquired by Medallia)
|Software Engineer
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Summary
Contributed to the core development of the customer feedback platform, building foundational components and enhancing system capabilities.
Advance Digital, Condé Nast
|Software Engineer (Jersey City, NJ)
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Summary
Developed and maintained digital agency applications at scale to deliver local news, sports, and administrative content.
Highlights
Orchestrated critical cloud hosting migrations, successfully transitioning applications from on-premise data centers to AWS infrastructure, resulting in over $10M in cost savings.
Elevated system reliability to a 99.9% uptime standard by implementing robust load-testing, distributed architectures, failover mechanisms, and multi-tenancy solutions.
Expanded article distribution tenfold and enhanced user experience by designing optimized layouts for Apple News across 12 major local news publications nationwide.
Designed and launched 'Minutes,' an innovative live sports reporting platform, enabling real-time engagement for reporters and fans through dynamic live articles.
QiWord
|Full Stack Engineer (New Brunswick, NJ)
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Summary
Developed a research platform utilizing natural language processing techniques to organize and search academic papers.
Highlights
Enabled advanced search and NLP over open-source publications for 2,000 researchers during a product release trial, significantly accelerating discovery.
Developed interactive data visualizations using D3.js to illustrate citation histories, topic trends, and word usage patterns.
Engineered a robust REST API with Django Rest Framework as the backend for a React SPA, facilitating real-time processing of PDFs and dynamic search visualization.
Optimized system performance by implementing advanced low-level multi-threading and concurrency techniques.
FoodtoEat
|Front End Developer (New York, NY)
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Summary
Developed a platform for online catering and food orders from restaurants and food trucks.
Highlights
Built and rigorously tested front-end interfaces, accurately translating complex designs into functional product interfaces.
Ensured broad accessibility and cross-browser/cross-device compatibility through comprehensive testing.
Designed intuitive user flows tailored for diverse user segments, including restaurant owners, corporate catering clients, and individual consumers.
Education
Rutgers University
Bachelor of Arts
Economics
Skills
Frameworks & Libraries
React, Django, FastAPI, Flask, Rails, Next.js, Vite.
Programming Languages
Python, Javascript, SQL, Ruby.
Cloud & Infrastructure
AWS, Docker, CI/CD, Kubernetes, GCP, Vercel, Webpack, Node.js.
Databases & Messaging
Postgres, Redis, Elasticsearch, GraphQL, Sidekiq, Prisma, RabbitMQ.
Software Development
Full-stack Development, Microservices Architecture, Distributed Systems, Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD), Performance Tuning, System and Application Monitoring, KPI Definition and Tracking, Authentication, LLM Integration, Serverless Architecture, Database Optimization, WebSockets, Task Queues, Infrastructure Resiliency.