Prachiti Parkar

Software Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States5 yrs 6 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Expert in distributed systems and fault-tolerant design.
  • Proven track record in mentoring and coaching.
  • Strong background in optimizing large-scale data architectures.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Infrastructure Engineer with expertise in Distributed Systems and Data Management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Distributed SystemsC++Coaching & MentoringPublic SpeakingKubernetesPythonObject-oriented Programming (oop)ScalaApi DevelopmentJavaData AnalysisJavascript

Other Skills

Apache SparkCascading Style Sheets (CSS)CassandraCloud ComputingData StructuresDebuggingDockerELMHTMLInternet of Things (IoT)InterviewingJ2EE Application DevelopmentJavaServer Pages (JSP)JiraLarge Scale Systems

About

In a nutshell, I love to BUILD — systems, tools, and ideas. Whether optimizing costly architecture in my fintech role or re-architecting critical data paths in large-scale storage systems, I’m always driven by curiosity and a desire to make things faster, more reliable, and scalable. I graduated with a Master’s in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and currently work at Nutanix on the Core Data Path team, where I focus on erasure-coded storage, replication, and fault-tolerant system design. My work spans optimizing write paths, redesigning replication policies, and enhancing metadata recovery — all to ensure data consistency and performance across distributed clusters. Previously, I gained valuable experience at Morgan Stanley, where I worked on data pipelines for the Investment Banking Division, and at SAP Labs, where I developed APIs and improved backend systems for Fieldglass (VMS). Beyond work, I love mentoring students and early-career professionals through TopMate, and I’m passionate about giving back to the community through teaching and fundraising initiatives. I’m a nerdy extrovert who enjoys deep tech chats just as much as coffee-fueled brainstorming. Feel free to reach out — always happy to connect! ☕💬

Experience

5 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 5 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 7 mos
Current Experience

Topmate.io

Tech Mentor

Nov 2024Present · 1 yr 7 mos

  • I provide free career mentorship to college graduates and early career professionals such as reviewing resumes, discovering their niche interests and mock interview prep for securing a job.
  • Completed 150+ calls with people across the globe with almost 5 star ratings.
  • Amongst top 1% on the platform with a feature on New York Times Square.
Coaching & MentoringPublic SpeakingInterviewingC++Distributed Systems

Nutanix

2 roles

Member of Technical Staff - 2

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 5 mos · San Jose, California, United States · Hybrid

  • Working in the R&D Core Data Path organization.
  • Redesigned overwrite process for erasure-coded storage on a B-tree–based backend, improving space efficiency by minimizing redundant writes in the write-ahead log (WAL) while sustaining low latency and high performance.
  • Built end-to-end tentative update handling, ensuring writes are safely finalized, replicated consistently across all nodes, and correctly persisted without compromising data integrity.
  • Optimized metadata management by introducing a lightweight local metadata layer enabling efficient reconstruction of global metadata during rebuilds.
  • Enhanced crash recovery flows, ensuring fast and reliable restoration of data integrity after unexpected node, disk, or system failures.
  • Redesigned replication policy storage by transitioning from an internal datastore in Cassandra to ZooKeeper, ensuring persistence and eliminating circular dependencies.
  • Implemented a replication policy in Oplog, Nutanix's persistent write buffer, to support resilience against either one node or two disk failures, enhancing fault tolerance.
C++Distributed SystemsPython (Programming Language)Low Level ProgrammingLinuxPython+2

Disaster Recovery Software Intern

Jun 2023Aug 2023 · 2 mos · Durham, North Carolina, United States · Hybrid

  • Engineered a k-ary Merkle Hash Tree utility, optimizing data integrity checks across virtual snapshots and resolving data corruption affecting 350+ clients
  • Increased the performance time of utility by 80% by adding VM Snapshot comparison features and developed comprehensive unit and integration test cases
C++Distributed SystemsLow Level ProgrammingLarge Scale SystemsVirtual Machines

University of massachusetts amherst

Graduate Student Researcher

Feb 2023May 2023 · 3 mos · On-site

  • Developing cluster auto-scaling for batch applications for project Carbon Scaler, aimed at reducing carbon footprint and maximizing the use of green energy.
  • Advisor: Prof. Prashant Shenoy
  • Lab: LASS UMass Amherst
KubernetesPython (Programming Language)StreamlitDockerPython

Morgan stanley

Senior Technology Associate

May 2022Nov 2022 · 6 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • Working in the Investment Banking Division.
DebuggingTeradata SQLObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)ELMJiraApache Spark+1

Sap

3 roles

Developer Associate (T1 - L2)

Apr 2022May 2022 · 1 mo

  • Involved in the end-to-end development, testing, and validation of REST and SOAP APIs and connectors to push client data to Amazon S3 for advanced analytics as a part of Intelligent Spend Management, a subscription-based framework project
DebuggingJavaServer Pages (JSP)JavaScriptSOAPObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)API Development+5

Developer Associate (T1 - L1)

Jul 2020Apr 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Working as a Full Stack Developer for SAP Fieldglass.
  • Responsible for developing efficient solutions for application based and reporting bugs, along with implementing new features as per client requirements.
  • Part of a scrum team working in a continuous delivery model, gained proficiency in Java and J2EE technologies and expertise in SDLC.
  • Responsible for build failures and fixes.
  • Successful built a Semantic Similarity model using NLP and ML to optimise services for VMS.
  • Recently received Spot Award for year 2020.
JavaScriptObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)SQLJ2EE Application DevelopmentJava

Data and Business Analyst Intern

May 2019Jul 2019 · 2 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • Analysed raw data from the SAP HANA and S4HANA databases on the SAP Cloud Analytics (SAC) platform. Catered to client customisations and presented automated dashboards to accentuate the functionalities of SAC to SAP customers at conferences in Bangalore and Delhi.
Data Analysis

Technovanza

Public Relations

Jun 2018Dec 2018 · 6 mos

  • Invited various dignitaries, organised and managed Guest Lecture Series of Technovanza.

Websites.co.in

Software Engineer Intern

May 2018Jun 2018 · 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India

  • Analysed raw data and produced graphical insights for financial enhancement of the start-up using Python and MySQL.
  • Completed a Laravel framework based template for the category Coaching.
  • Learnt about Search Engine Optimization and front-end frameworks.

Technovanza

Sponsorship Executive

Aug 2017Dec 2017 · 4 mos

  • Gathered sponsors, negotiated and managed funds for the technical fest of VJTI - Technovanza.
PHPCascading Style Sheets (CSS)JavaScriptHTMLPython (Programming Language)Python

Future group india

Customer Analyst Intern

May 2017Jun 2017 · 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India

  • Worked extensively on over 8 lakh+ records and analysed for reporting using Pivot tables and SQL.

Education

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Master of Science — Computer Science

Sep 2022Dec 2023

Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI)

Bachelor of Technology — Computer Engineering

Jan 2016Jan 2020

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