Harsha Vykunta
Software Engineer II at Intuit
Plano, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHarsha Vykunta is a Software Engineer II with nine years of full-stack experience building scalable web services and developer tools, currently contributing to Intuit after prior roles at Amazon and Mediaocean. He has designed and implemented REST APIs, AWS CDK-driven infrastructure, and performance optimizations—such as a caching fix that reduced SaaS metadata latency by 15%—while improving developer experience through internal libraries and CI/CD pipelines. Comfortable across backend (Python, Django, Celery, RabbitMQ), cloud (AWS, CDK, ECS, ALB, Kubernetes), and frontend stacks, he pairs hands-on implementation with product-focused thinking from his time creating ad-management and education SaaS features. A Northeastern MS in Information Systems and ongoing PhD studies in Information Technology reflect a blend of academic rigor and practical delivery, and he has taught algorithms and mobile/web development as a graduate TA. Based in Plano, Texas, Harsha is known for quickly learning new technologies and matching business goals to technical solutions, often stepping into cross-functional roles that bridge engineering, product, and customer needs. His portfolio and GitHub showcase a consistent appetite for architecture and developer tooling beyond routine feature work.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Information Technology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Information Technology at University of the CumberlandsMaster's degree, Information Systems, 3.87 / 4, Master's degree, Information Systems, 3.87 / 4 at Northeastern UniversityBachelor of Technology (BTech), Metallurgical Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Metallurgical Engineering at National Institute of Technology Rourkela
Github Skills (38)
mailchimp10
jquery-ajax10
card9
paypal8
stripe8
jquery8
bootstrap8
ajax7
mls7
lookup7
django7
django-rest-framework6
bare6
python6
javascript6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
sivadosapati/neu-sep17
Sep 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:39 commits, 39 pushes, 1 issue in 2 months
vykuntaharsha/vykuntaharsha.github.io
Jul 2018 - Apr 2019
Contributions:26 pushes, 2 branches in 9 months
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