Kalpit Shah

Software Engineer

Jersey City, New Jersey, United States5 yrs 1 mo experience

Key Highlights

Developed dynamic online portal for bank ranking.
Created machine learning model for video classification.
Led multiple projects as Senior Software Engineer.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-focused Software Engineer with experience in Fintech and Machine Learning.

Contact

kalpit.shah@cantor.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Software DevelopmentBack-end Web DevelopmentTeam Management

Other Skills

AWS LambdaAgile TestingAlgorithmsAmazon EC2Apache KafkaBusiness InitiativesCore JavaDHTMLXData StructuresDatabase Management System (DBMS)DebuggingElasticsearchGitHTMLJava

About

I’m a master’s student graduating in Spring 2025, currently working as a Risk Tech Software Developer Intern at Cantor Fitzgerald and a Research Assistant at ASU. At Cantor, I develop products that help risk analysts assess risk for government and private entities trading on our platform. In my research at ASU, I previously worked on identifying YouTube videos that bypass drone flying restrictions and am now focusing on autonomous driving enhancements for delivery robots. Before this, I was a Senior Software Developer at Tekion, where I led multiple projects, managed teams, and handled high-priority production issues. I’m passionate about building scalable systems and solving complex problems at the intersection of technology and risk.

Experience

5 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

2 yrs

Average Tenure

1 yr

Current Experience

Cantor fitzgerald

2 roles

Software Engineer

Jun 2025 – Present · 1 yr · Hybrid

Software Engineer Intern

Jun 2024 – Jun 2025 · 1 yr · Hybrid

Revamped legacy Excel-based bank ranking logic into a dynamic online portal using Python for backend calculations, Spring Boot for backend development, and DHTMLX for the frontend, streamlining processes and improving usability
Developed an auto-refresh service leveraging Socket.IO to schedule database queries at fixed intervals, optimizing query performance by reducing unnecessary executions and ensuring real-time data delivery to active consumers.

PythonSpring BootDHTMLXSocket.IOSoftware DevelopmentBack-End Web Development

Arizona state university

2 roles

Machine Learning Engineer

Promoted

Feb 2024 – May 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos · Tempe, Arizona, United States

Working with Professor Victor Benjamin and helping him with his research work.
Made a Machine Learning model to classify YouTube tutorial videos explaining ways to overcome DJI regulations into Deviant and Non-deviant classes. Used multitask learning model to predict the 3 types of legitimacy score using the same Neural Network used for classification.

Machine LearningNeural NetworksSoftware Development

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Jan 2024 – Feb 2024 · 1 mo · Tempe, Arizona, United States

Teaching Assistant in CIS 503 - Decision Making w/Data Analytics, guiding students in Tableau and Azure ML analytics, resolving queries, and assisting with project development

Tekion corp

4 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Oct 2022 – Jun 2023 · 8 mos

Worked towards product stability and revamped existing code to a scalable and optimized one.
Collaborated with Leads and Product managers and gave insights on products, proposed solutions
Debugged over 50 high-priority bugs and issues and solved them under high pressure and critical deadlines
Monitored APIs by operating tools - APM, WatchDog and reduced errors and response time by 40%

Team ManagementSpring BootProblem SolvingSoftware Development

Software Engineer

Promoted

Oct 2021 – Oct 2022 · 1 yr

Developed vehicle search module and handled multiple integrations for the first B2C product
utilized 2 way intra-cluster communication channel using kafka

ElasticsearchApache KafkaSpring BootMicroservicesSoftware Development

Associate Software Engineer

Aug 2020 – Oct 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

Independently managed the integration of a new module with an established system.
Crafted numerous APIs and resolved issues in alignment with business needs, guided by the technical lead.

MongoDBSpring BootSoftware Development

Intern

Jan 2020 – Aug 2020 · 7 mos

Added new features on a scheduler service used across the platform to schedule jobs.
Wrote wrapper APIs for FE to create a UI for the scheduled jobs and to schedule a new job.

HTMLSpring MVCSpring BootSoftware Development