Aakanksha Bhende

Software Engineer

Pune, Maharashtra, India3 yrs 1 mo experience
AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Gold Medalist in Computer Science Engineering
  • Contributed to Kubernetes Release Team
  • Mentored over 100 individuals in open-source
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fullstack Developer with a focus on Open Source and AI technologies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Artificial Intelligence (ai)Graphql

Other Skills

Large Language Models (LLM)Continuous IntegrationContinuous Delivery (CI/CD)WebpackJiraTypeScriptPresentation SkillsPublic SpeakingMySQLAPI DevelopmentSystems DesignLeadershipCommunicationMCP ServersAgentic AI

About

Hello 👋🏻, I'm Aakanksha, a CSE grad 2023 (Gold Medalist), and I currently work as an SWE II at Red Hat. I'm a part of Kubernetes Release Team and I have contributed to numerous open source projects and mentored over 100 individuals, helping them kickstart their open-source journey through various programs. I'm a LiFT’23 scholar, recognized under the Women in Open Source category amongst the top 500 scholars globally. 🎙️ I have delivered several talks both nationally and internationally on accessibility, secure application logging and contributor experience improvement. ✒️ Throughout my journey in the tech industry and freelancing, I’ve had the opportunity to work on innovative technologies and solve real-world challenges. I enjoy visualizing and designing efficient solutions that are both practical and scalable. 🪴 As a former GitHub Campus Expert, I actively uplifted my local community by organizing workshops and webinars with GitHub’s support. In the past, I have worked with MLH Fellowship, where I contributed to software builds through consistent practices as part of an Agile team. 💻 Skills: - JavaScript | TypeScript | ReactJS | NextJS - NodeJS - SQL | MongoDB | MySQL - Postman - GraphQL - Version-Control/Git | GitLab - Docker | Kubernetes | OpenShift - Python You can find my projects on my GitHub profile below: 🔗 https://github.com/aakankshabhende 📧 If you would like to contact me, you can email me at aakanksha0407@gmail.com

Experience

3 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
2 yrs 4 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 5 mos
Current Experience

Red hat

3 roles

Software Engineer (L2)

Promoted

Oct 2025Present · 8 mos

  • - Working with the Experience Engineering team to explore and integrate Agentic AI workflows into the customer portal, enabling faster query resolution and enhancing overall customer experiences.
Large Language Models (LLM)Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Associate Software Engineer (L1)

May 2023Sep 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Collaborated to migrate REST APIs to a federated GraphQL subgraph architecture, enhancing performance and query efficiency.
  • Worked with the UX Engagement and Engineering team to optimise and enhance applications by implementing new features and improving existing ones.
  • Led the efforts to migrate deprecated components to enhance accessibility and performance.
  • Migrated the Red Hat JWT authentication component of projects to KeycloakJS to manage user sessions.
Continuous IntegrationContinuous Delivery (CI/CD)WebpackGraphQL

Software Engineer Intern

Nov 2022Apr 2023 · 5 mos

  • Completed Red Hat OpenShift Development I: Introduction to containers with Podman (DO188) and Red Hat
  • OpenShift I: Containers & Kubernetes (DO180) training.
  • Coordinated with internal teams of the backend, UX, and QA to fix bugs and improve components.
  • Improved the unit test coverage for QA and performance.
JiraTypeScript

Kubernetes

3 roles

Kubernetes v1.35 Release Team

Sep 2025Dec 2025 · 3 mos

  • Coordinating communications deliverables between the SIGs and contributors.
  • Collaborating to draft and review the official v1.35 release blog and feature blogs.

Org Member & Open Source Contributor

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Joined the Kubernetes & Kubernetes SIGs organization as a contributor.
  • Contributing to enhance website accessibility and fixed various bugs to improve the overall user experience.

Kubernetes v1.33 Release Team

Jan 2025Apr 2025 · 3 mos

Mlh fellowship

Prep Fellow

Aug 2022Aug 2022 · 0 mo · Remote

  • Contributed to software development builds through consistent development practices and participated in code reviews.
  • Configured CI/CD for the project using GitHub Actions.

Github

GitHub Campus Expert

Apr 2022May 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Selected among the top 65 Campus Experts from around 10,000 global applications.
  • Uplifted my local community with training, mentorship, and support from GitHub.
Presentation SkillsPublic Speaking

Websycode it consulting & development

Full Stack Developer

May 2020Mar 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos · Remote

  • Worked on 10+ real-life full-stack projects including integrations with REST APIs and other APIs for Google Maps, social media logins, payment processors, and other services.
  • Mastered in MVC architecture, OOPS and development concepts, and E-commerce products in sales and customization.
  • Developed a good understanding of database management and administration (e.g., permissions, security, and monitoring)
MySQLAPI Development

Education

College of Engineering

Bachelor of Technology - BTech — Computer Science

Aug 2019May 2023

FIITJEE

Higher Secondary Education — PCM

Apr 2017May 2019

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