Darshit Gajjar
Software Engineer 2 @ Best Buy
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India — Open to work
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About
Experienced Senior Full Stack Engineer with demonstrated work in information technology and services. Gold Medalist in B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering. Cracked GATE 2020. Passionate about Distributed Systems, MLOps, and Open-Source.
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Experience
Jan 2026 – Present
Software Engineer 2
BestBuy - Retail and E-Commerce Domain
- Contributed to the Subscription & Loyalty domain for Best Buy’s first digital subscription offering through integrations with YouTube TV and NFL, supporting a program projected to millions of Users in over USA and Canada
- Developed scalable subscription services and integrations using Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Node.js, React, TypeScript, REST APIs, and AWS, supporting end-to-end subscription workflows across frontend and backend systems.
- Engineered Subby AI, an agentic AI solution leveraging AWS Bedrock, Amazon Knowledge Bases, and S3, enabling AI agents to assist users with subscription-related tasks and surface relevant deals across a modernized subscription platform
- Developed TestMind AI, an AI-powered engineering automation tool that automates Jira ticket creation, work-item processing, code changes, and Pull Request reviews, with a reusable architecture designed for adoption across multiple engineering teams.
- Implemented RESTful APIs, backend services, integrations, and cloud-based workflows using Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, AWS, Docker, and CI/CD, collaborating across frontend and backend components.
Nov 2023 – Jan 2026
Senior Software Engineer
Verizon - Telecommunication Domain
- Led design, implementation, and deployment of a microservices-based infrastructure for 5G projects handling millions of daily requests.
- Developed Verizon's in-house Comparison Tool to analyze RTT and GraphQL data, improving performance benchmarking.
- Integrated automated smoke testing and security tools (Sysdig, Black Duck) into the CI/CD pipeline.
- Replaced LDAP with SSO across multiple Verizon products, streamlining user access management.
- Optimized SQL queries, reducing execution time by 40–50% vs. previous stored procedures.
- Reduced CI/CD pipeline build time by up to ~50%.
Jun 2022 – Oct 2023
Software Engineer
Virtusa
- Developed and enhanced the FSO (FireEye Security Orchestrator) Module, automating security workflows for threat detection.
- Designed interactive UIs for security automation dashboards ensuring seamless UX and real-time data visualization.
- Optimized React.js and Next.js apps using lazy loading, memoization, and Redux & Saga state management.
- Built reusable UI components with TypeScript, SASS, and Webpack for maintainability and scalability.
May 2021 – Apr 2022
Full-Stack Developer (MERN Stack)
eDelta Enterprise Solutions - ProductBase and Service StartUp
- Developed web and mobile apps for healthcare services integrating with government health systems.
- Built a React Native and React.js platform improving user engagement through responsive, accessible UI.
- Designed scalable microservices architecture using Node.js, Express.js, and AWS Lambda.
- Integrated AWS SES for email notifications and Dialogflow for AI-driven chat interactions.
Aug 2020 – Present
Open Source Contributor
GitHub
- Active open-source contributor across multiple repositories.
- Passionate about exploring new frameworks and contributing to the developer community.
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Skills
Frontend
React.jsNext.jsTypeScriptReduxSASSTailwind CSS
Backend
Node.jsExpress.jsGraphQLREST APIsJavaSpringSpringBoot
Databases
PostgreSQLMySQLMongoDBDynamoDBCassandra
DevOps & Cloud
AWSDockerKubernetesK8CI/CDJenkinsArgo CD
Big Data
KafkaConfluentAWS LambdaECSEKSHelm
Security
SysDigBlackDuckFortifySonarQubeSSOLDAP
AI & ML
GenAIMLOpsLangChainOpenAI APIAWS BedRock
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Education
2017 – 2021
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Software Engineering
Government Engineering College (GEC) Bhavnagar
- Grade: 9.6 SPI · 8.0 GPA overall
- Activities: Robotics, App Development
- Gold Medalist in B.Tech CSE · GATE 2020
2015 – 2017
12th — Science
S.V. High School Kadi
- Grade: 75%
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Beyond Code
Aside from programming, I enjoy reading tech articles, exploring new frameworks, and contributing to open source. Always learning, always building.