Atharv Talnikar — Software Engineer

US Citizen | talnikar.a@northeastern.edu I’m a backend-leaning software engineer with strong CS fundamentals and experience building production systems that prioritize reliability, scalability, and clean architecture. I enjoy working on problems where system design, infrastructure, and real-world constraints matter as much as features. At DISH Network, I built and operated cloud-backed microservices and client middleware used across platforms like Samsung, LG, and Xbox—shipping customer-facing features while improving observability, configuration management, and system reliability in production. Alongside backend and infrastructure work, I’m increasingly interested in ML systems and applied AI from a production perspective—how models are evaluated, deployed, monitored, and integrated into real products. Through coursework and projects, I’ve worked on distributed inference pipelines, ML evaluation workflows, and MLOps tooling, focusing on reproducibility, scalability, and failure modes rather than model research. Currently pursuing my MS in Computer Science at Northeastern University, I’m looking to grow at the intersection of backend engineering, distributed systems, and ML infrastructure. Tech: Go, Python, Java, TypeScript | Microservices, gRPC, Protobuf | AWS, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform Open to conversations around backend systems, infrastructure, and building AI-powered products that hold up in production.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Software Engineer with a focus on Cloud Infrastructure and Machine Learning systems.

Experience: 3 yrs 8 mos

Skills

Java
Software Design
Microservices
Go

Career Highlights

Built cloud-backed microservices for major platforms.
Led feature development that significantly increased user engagement.
Pursuing advanced studies in Computer Science with a focus on ML infrastructure.

Work Experience

IBM

Software Developer Co-Op (3 mos)

Khoury College of Computer Sciences

Graduate Teaching Assistant (3 mos)

EchoStar Corporation

Software Engineer Intern (SlingTV) (2 mos)

DISH Network Technologies

Software Engineer (SlingTV) (2 yrs 1 mo)

Sling TV

Intern (4 mos)

EOX Vantage

Project Intern (6 mos)

PESU IO

Deputy Manager (4 mos)

Operations Executive (1 yr)

Intern (2 mos)

Centre of Data Science and Applied Machine Learning(CDSAML)

Summer Intern (1 yr)

Education

Master's degree at Northeastern University

Bachelor of Technology - BTech at PES University

PCM at ALLEN

10+2 at Bangalore International Academy

10 at Ryan International School

at TechSparx Technology Training School

Atharv Talnikar

Software Engineer

United States3 yrs 8 mos experience

Key Highlights

Built cloud-backed microservices for major platforms.
Led feature development that significantly increased user engagement.
Pursuing advanced studies in Computer Science with a focus on ML infrastructure.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Software Engineer with a focus on Cloud Infrastructure and Machine Learning systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

JavaSoftware DesignMicroservicesGo

Other Skills

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)Debugging CodeCode ReviewMentoringCollaborative Problem SolvingGo (Programming Language)gRPCJiraApplication DevelopmentTableauConsulGitlabSQLHTMLJavaScript

About

Experience

3 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 8 mos

Average Tenure

3 mos

Current Experience

Ibm

Software Developer Co-Op

Feb 2026 – Present · 3 mos · Lowell, Massachusetts, United States · Hybrid

Khoury college of computer sciences

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Sep 2025 – Dec 2025 · 3 mos · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · On-site

Teaching Assistant – CS3100: Program Design and Implementation 2
Assist in teaching object-oriented programming and design in Java, emphasizing abstraction, modularity, and code reuse.
Hold office hours, support students in lab sessions, and evaluate assignments to reinforce concepts like encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism.

JavaObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)Software DesignDebugging CodeCode ReviewMentoring+1

Echostar corporation

Software Engineer Intern (SlingTV)

Jun 2025 – Aug 2025 · 2 mos · Englewood, Colorado, United States · On-site

1) Spearheaded the development of a dynamic UI Analytics Library in Go within a microservices architecture, which is projected to reduce CMW payload bloat by up to 30% and cut analytics configuration update cycles from days to minutes.
2) Engineered a highly flexible JSON template schema, implementing features like reusable definitions, enum lookups, conditional logic, and hierarchical composition (includeNodes), processed by a scalable "Registry" pattern mapper for efficient data translation.
3) Designed and integrated a robust configuration update mechanism, leveraging S3 for template storage and periodic metadata polling (every 5-30 mins) via an encapsulated go-aws library, ensuring dynamic analytics reflect changes without service redeployments.

Go (Programming Language)gRPCMicroservicesGo

Dish network technologies

Software Engineer (SlingTV)

Jun 2022 – Jul 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Software Engineer CMW (Client middleware)
1) Developed and delivered features using cloud-based microservices across platforms including Samsung, LG, Vizio, XBox, and web browsers.
2) Lead developer for “Lead Feature Unlock” to increase prospect conversion rates by gating specific features behind user authentication, improving user acquisition and engagement. Within 10 months, this led to 60k new user accounts on the platform and 40k new users for DVR.
3) Spearheaded cross-team discussions and architecture design for the International Content Filter feature, allowing users to filter and engage with regional content more effectively.
4) Developed DVR Plus banner for lead users (non-account holders), enabling them to add extra DVR storage without any base subscription plan, enhancing user engagement and encouraging account creation. This added 100k new converted users from free DVR.
Software Engineer AirTV SDK JS clients - Developed features in AirTV SDK. Responsible for development & bug fixing of
1) Redesigned the OTA analytics logging system within the JavaScript SDK, improving code readability and streamlining debugging, which significantly reduced debugging time and accelerated development cycles.
2) Switch from AV player to Bitmovin player on Samsung TVs
3) OTA support on Vizio TVs with Bitmovin player
4) OTA support on Comcast with Bitmovin player
5) AirTV OTA support on LG TVs with Bitmovin player and HTML5 player
6) OTA support on Chromecast with MPL player
7) Improved testing efficiency by supporting test suites on the Hollywood test app and redesigned Slingnet analytics logging for better readability and easier debugging.
Also did performance analysis & improvements for AirTV

JiraGo (Programming Language)Application DevelopmentTableauConsulGitlab+8

Sling tv

Intern

Jan 2022 – May 2022 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

AirTV SDK JS clients - Developed features in AirTV SDK. Responsible for development, bug fixing & automation of
1) Thumbnail support
2) Test suite support
3) HDD management cases
Also did performance analysis & improvements for AirTV.

JiraTypeScriptGitlabSQLHTMLJavaScript

Eox vantage

Project Intern

Jun 2021 – Dec 2021 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Implement a dashboard service that integrates various security services provided by AWS. Overcoming the hassle of having to operate multiple services simultaneously across or interfaces or consoles. The project goal is to employ a single interface enabling complete visibility and control.

Pesu io

3 roles

Deputy Manager

Feb 2021 – Jun 2021 · 4 mos

PESU is an initiative that aims to help students learn new skills and enhance their knowledge using a peer-to-peer learning environment.
Supported efficient operations for PESU I/O, including managing the recording of educational training
materials for IO students.
Contributed to PESU PPT (Pre-Placement Training) team, responsible for creating and administering
question papers for 3rd and 4th year students.