Varun Gujarathi
Software Engineer
Experience
October 2022 - Present
Santa Clara University
- Integrated caching mechanisms using Spring Boot Cache & Redis to minimize database load and improve system response time, resulting in a smoother user experience.
- Aided in visualizing and analyzing criminal justice data by building an optimized app using Next.js, identifying potential racial disparities, and saving over $18B in lost earnings annually (paperprisons.org/rja).
September 2020 - June 2022
HSBC
- Reduced banking fraud by 60% and saved over $2M annually by enabling real-time fraud detection through Spring Boot REST APIs.
- Improved user experience for Real-Time Payments (RTP) requests by implementing multi-threaded Spring Integration router resulting in 73% faster response time.
- Implemented indexing and caching using Spring Data JPA and Hibernate to minimize Oracle database load and reduce latency by 50% for ACH transactions.
- Collaborated with product managers and architects to enable PSD2 compliance for over 14 million U.K. customers by rapidly rolling out a MuleSoft mTLS Gateway into production within 15 days.
January 2020 - July 2020
Shyena Tech Yarns
- Built event-driven microservices using Apache Kafka, and Zookeeper to analyze behaviors and journey patterns of repeat customers, increasing the revenue of retail stores by 22%.
Education
September 2022 – June 2024
Santa Clara University
August 2016 – May 2020
Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune
Certifications
Awards & Achievements
- Won the HSBC’s Best New Grad 2020 award and secured runner-up position in the New Grad hackathon.
- Bagged first rank for the undergrad capstone project among 110 teams.
- Appointed as Head of Website Development of Student Council at VIT; increased event registrations by integrating
payment gateway.