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Apurva Banka

Full-stack Developer

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Experience

5+ years
Full-stack Development @optum, UHG

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Education

B.Tech from PES University
M.S from University at Buffalo


I am a Computer Science Graduate student at SUNY Buffalo with 5+ years of experience in full-stack development, data engineering and microservices. I am an active open-source contributor. I am a Fitness enthusiast and love playing table tennis in my free time.

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Python

Experienced

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Java

Intermediate

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C++

Intermediate

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JavaScript

Experienced

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Dart

Experienced

Full-stack Development

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Django

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Springboot

Intermediate

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Flutter

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FastAPI

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Firebase

Intermediate

Cloud & Devops

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AWS

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Azure

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GCD

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Kubernetes

Basic

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Docker

Experienced

Databases & Big Data

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Snowflake

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Spark

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MongoDB

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PostgresSQL

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EMR

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Monitoring & Logging

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Snow-sight

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Grafana

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Selenium

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Confluence

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Streamlit

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Git

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Ubuntu

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Linux

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macOS

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Windows

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What I've Been Building

Experience

JayLogistics & Trade · Houston, TX

Full Stack Developer Intern

Aug 2025 – Dec 2025
  • AI Chatbot (LangChain, RAG, AWS, ChromaDB): automated invoice generation, policy Q&A, live delivery tracking; boosted operational efficiency by 34%.
  • Advanced App Integration (API, Blender MCP, Cursor): linked Cursor and Blender to auto-generate 60+ custom 3D assets, accelerating the design pipeline.

Humanity Founders · San Francisco, CA

Full-Stack Developer Intern

May 2025 – Aug 2025
  • LLM Automation (Python, LangGraph, MCP, RAG, OpenAI, GCP): built an outreach engine with multi-step workflows and incentives, cutting manual effort by 75%.
  • Architecture & Engineering (FastAPI, Django, React, GraphQL, PostgresQL, MongoDB): designed scalable APIs handling 1M+ records at 99.9% uptime; shipped real-time analytics dashboards for ~5K DAU.
  • API Security (OAuth, JWT, Stripe, Paypal, Microservices): enabled 3+ secure third-party integrations with robust auth and Swagger-first contracts.
  • Client Collaboration: translated evolving business needs into features, reducing turnaround by 30% while partnering with PM, UI, and QA.

United Health Group (Optum)

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2020 – Jul 2024
  • Pipeline Automation (AWS Lambda, SNS/SQS, Terraform, DynamoDB): built a distributed framework reducing manual intervention by 47%.
  • Cloud Infrastructure (Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, Prometheus/Grafana): containerized 15+ microservices with event-driven comms, improving deployment efficiency by 40%.
  • Data Consolidation (Java, C#, Spring Boot, Scala, EMR, ETL, S3): engineered pipelines aggregating 130M+ records with real-time analytics and warehousing.
  • Data Optimization (Neo4j, Graph DB, SQL Server): mapped 500+ insurance policy dependencies with pathfinding algorithms to improve insights.
  • Growth & Retention (Snowflake, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, BigQuery): delivered a data platform boosting tenant onboarding by 78% and retention to 55%.
  • Leadership (Scrum, JIRA): ran reviews, resolved 100+ escalations, and mentored 4+ new hires.

Shadowfax Technologies

Software Developer Intern

Jan 2020 – Aug 2020
  • Scalable Bulk Upload: delivered async Celery-based CSV processing, cutting 10GB+ file handling times by 60% without UI freezes.
  • Process Automation: built a Python log analyzer improving error detection speed by 30% versus Sonar-only workflows.

Steel Authority of India Limited · India

Android Developer

Jun 2018 – Jul 2018
  • QR Code Based Attendance Management: built an Android app in Java/Kotlin with QR scanning to track and persist attendance directly from device cameras.
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Projects

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Willow Referrals

Willow is an AI-powered referral platform built to help businesses turn their loyal customers into their most powerful marketing channel. Whether you're a growing startup or an established brand, Willow simplifies campaign creation through intelligent chat, making it easy to launch, share, and track referral programs in minutes — not hours.

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InsightQuery

Prompt-based AI analytics tool that reduced manual analysis and sped insight generation; integrated LLaMA and deployed with Streamlit to deliver interactive plots and graphs.

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Forecastor

Time-series forecasting for restaurant order patterns, comparing multiple models to identify SKU-level demand trends and improve planning accuracy.

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Instant Delivery

Full-stack instant food delivery app with auth, restaurant/menu management, and real-time order tracking; built with Django and Flutter for a smooth city-scale experience.

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Browse My Recent

Open-Source Contributions

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FastKML

Fastkml is a library to read, write and manipulate KML files—keeping it simple and fast while providing a friendly API for creating and parsing KML objects.

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Code Thesaur

A side-by-side language feature comparer to speed up learning and serve as a quick reference across multiple languages.

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RagBot

A RAG-powered Discord bot that answers club questions using retrieval over discussions and general info, designed for rapid, month-long delivery.

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Contact Me

appu.banka@gmail.com

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+1 7165109344