Siddhesh Kukade is a versatile software engineer based in Bengaluru with six years’ experience building full-stack web and mobile systems using JavaScript, Python, Go, Dart and C++. He has delivered high-throughput microservices and data pipelines at large retailers (WalmartLabs, Sam’s Club), cutting ingestion and processing times by up to 40% while also shipping frontend improvements that reduced response latency by 20%. An active open-source contributor and two-time Google Summer of Code mentee with Palisadoes Foundation, he architected a plugin system and payment features for the Talawa mobile stack and wrote backend tests and docs to harden the API. He pairs cloud credentials (Azure Fundamentals, GCP Cloud Digital Leader) with hands-on experience in Spark, Cassandra, Kubernetes and REST/GraphQL APIs, and has a knack for automating repetitive workflows via Python tooling. Notably, Siddhesh blends production-grade engineering with clear technical writing and documentation—making complex systems easier to operate and extend.
5 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Information Technology, Bachelor's degree Information Technology at Savitribai Phule Pune University
Diploma of Education Information Technology, Diploma of Education Information Technology at Government Polytechnic Nashik
Bachelor's degree Information Technology, Bachelor's degree Information Technology at Pune Vidhyarthi Griha's College Of Engineering And Technology
API Backend for the Talawa Mobile App. Click on the link below to see our documentation
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Contributions:73 reviews, 9 commits, 21 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Siddhesh primarily focused on backend development and testing within the Talawa API. Their contributions included writing unit tests for GraphQL queries and mutations, specifically related to group chat functionalities and plugin management. They also addressed a bug in the setup process and introduced new features like a plugin architecture. The user demonstrates a strong understanding of backend testing and API development.
A repository of python scripts that come in handy in automating day-to-day tasks
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:1 review, 11 commits, 4 PRs in 11 days
Contributions summary:Siddhesh primarily contributed to the development of Python scripts for various automation tasks within the repository. Their work involved creating converters between JSON and YAML formats, implementing a file-to-clipboard functionality for different operating systems, and creating a JPG to PNG converter. These scripts demonstrate a focus on automating common file manipulation and system interaction tasks using Python.
scriptpythondaypython-scriptautomation
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