Purva Gaikwad — Software Engineer
I’m a Software Engineer building large-scale distributed systems and cloud infrastructure. My focus is on high availability, fault tolerance, low latency and reliable system behavior at scale. I enjoy owning problems end to end, leading initiatives, and collaborating across teams. I also enjoy mentoring, sharing knowledge, and learning continuously. PS: I was the highest rated Teaching assistant at UCLA for my ease of explaining complex topics and great communication skills. I currently work on the Aurora Control Plane at AWS, where I design and build core services for distributed databases. My work includes accurate failure detection, recovery orchestration, and observability across regions and availability zones. I help systems handle network partitions safely, make quorum-based decisions, and recover quickly from failures. I also participate in on-call rotations, triage Sev2/Sev3 incidents and SLA violations, and build tools and dashboards that reduce alert noise and operational toil. Before joining AWS full-time, I interned on the same team. I built a predictive autoscaling pipeline using AutoGluon and Amazon SageMaker. This reduced scaling lag from about 30 minutes to under 5 minutes during traffic spikes. I integrated ML forecasts into safe, idempotent control-plane workflows used in production. Earlier, I worked in ML Operations and ML Infrastructure at Syngenta. I built and operated production ML inference services using FastAPI, Docker, and Kubernetes. I designed reusable ML pipelines with Kubeflow, deployed models with KServe, and orchestrated microservices using Cadence. These changes reduced end-to-end inference latency by ~95% and improved system reliability. I also contributed to Syngenta’s engineering blog on real-world ML challenges. I hold an M.S. in Computer Science from UCLA, where I focused my studies on distributed systems, cloud systems, and large-scale backend design. I’m interested in roles involving distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, ML platforms, inference pipelines, and backend platform engineering. 📩 Reach me at purvag11.11@gmail.com
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Infrastructure and Machine Learning expert with a focus on distributed systems.
Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Experience: 2 yrs
Skills
- Distributed Systems
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Teaching
- Machine Learning
- Mlops
- Software Development
Career Highlights
- Expert in building distributed systems at scale.
- Proven track record in MLOps and cloud infrastructure.
- Highest rated Teaching Assistant at UCLA.
Work Experience
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Software Development Engineer – Distributed Systems & Control Plane (AWS Aurora) (1 yr)
Software Development Engineer Intern – Distributed Systems & ML Infrastructure (AWS Aurora) (3 mos)
UCLA
Teaching Assistant (1 yr 2 mos)
Syngenta
Software Developer - MLOps (1 yr)
IDeaS Revenue Solutions
Associate Software Developer (6 mos)
Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology
Research Collaborator (5 mos)
Syngenta
Software Development Intern (5 mos)
Machine Learning Forum VIIT
ML Forum Core Team (1 yr)
DLRD - Deep Learning Research & Development
Technical Videography Intern (3 mos)
Education
Master of Science - MS at UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
Bachelor of Technology - BTech at Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology
HSC at Bharat Children's Academy And Jr. College