Nitesh Sawant
Senior Backend Developer at GrandWorks
Goa, India
Summary
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Top SchoolNitesh Sawant is a Senior Backend Developer based in Goa with 10 years of experience building reliable server-side systems and improving core functionality in open-source projects. He has progressed from a software intern at 3D Systems to senior backend roles at GrandWorks, bringing practical expertise in Python, C, and backend problem-solving. Beyond production work, he has a track record of helping students with domain-specific tools—writing visualization scripts for marine data and numerical solvers for math problems—demonstrating a talent for turning academic concepts into usable software. An active contributor to the popular spotDL/spotify-downloader project, he focuses on backend improvements, bug fixes and metadata-driven features that keep real-world tools robust. With an MCA and strong foundational CS knowledge, he blends academic rigor with pragmatic engineering and a knack for finding simpler solutions to complex tasks.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Computer Applications - MCA, Computer Software Engineering, Master of Computer Applications - MCA, Computer Software Engineering at Goa UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 75%, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 75% at Goverment college of Art Sciennce & Commere12th Standard, Science, first class, 12th Standard, Science, first class at Shri Shantadurga Higher Secondary School Bicholim
English, Marathi
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (20)
python10
metadata10
spotify-api10
musicxml10
spotify10
testing9
command-line-interface9
command-line9
cli9
mp38
guid6
sequelize-cli6
sequelizejs6
uuid6
nodejs6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
spotDL/spotify-downloader
Jan 2018 - Feb 2018
Download your Spotify playlists and songs along with album art and metadata (from YouTube if a match is found).
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:14 commits, 3 PRs, 25 comments in 25 days
Contributions summary:Nitesh primarily contributed to the backend of the spotdl/spotify-downloader project, focusing on improvements to core functionality and resolving bugs. They implemented features like the ability to only download songs if metadata is found. They also addressed import errors related to external libraries and updated testing configurations. The user made adjustments to the core functionality of the application.
songpythonmp3youtubesong-lyrics
ns23/ImageCompression
Aug 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:14 commits, 7 PRs, 7 pushes in 5 months
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