Rudrang Gade

01 / About

I'm a software engineer who likes building things end-to-end — from AI-powered production apps to backend systems processing millions of records a day. I've spent my career moving between full-stack development and large-scale data engineering, and I'm currently sharpening both further with a Master's in Information Systems at Northeastern.

10M+

Records processed daily

100+

Systems integrated into Azure

99.9%

System reliability achieved

02 / Experience

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EXPERIENCE

Software Engineer Co-op

Practical Software Solutions, Concord, NC

Jul 2025 — Dec 2025

Built an AI-powered purchase order application from proof of concept to a production-ready system, partnering directly with stakeholders to translate business needs into decision-ready features.
Integrated AI, voice recognition, speech-to-text, and computer vision to convert unstructured inputs into structured, analysis-ready data.
Designed and shipped features across the full lifecycle using JavaScript, React, Node.js, Express, and SQL Server.

Software Engineer

HDFC Bank, Mumbai, India

May 2023 — Jun 2024

Spearheaded a software-driven migration that integrated 100+ source systems into an Azure Data Lake, boosting data availability and processing speed by 35% for millions of transactions.
Led a team of 7 in developing over 1,000 stored procedures, optimizing backend query performance by 25%.
Engineered scalable modules in Databricks using Python and PySpark, processing over 10 million records daily.
Optimized cloud-based pipelines on Azure, reducing failure rates by 25% and achieving 99.9% system reliability.

Executive Analyst

HDFC Bank, Mumbai, India

Jul 2022 — Apr 2023

Developed a Denodo-based data virtualization framework, improving data accessibility by 40% and reducing reporting errors by 30%.
Designed role-based access controls securing sensitive information for over 5 million customers.
Executed comprehensive SIT/UTA testing, improving deployment accuracy by 20% and cutting downtime from 3 hours to under 1 hour.

03 / Education

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EDUCATION

MS in Information Systems

Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Sept 2024 — Dec 2026

Program Structures & Algorithms, Application Engineering & Development, Data Management & Database Design, Web Design & UX

BE in Electronics & Telecom

I2IT, Pune University, India

Aug 2018 — Jun 2022 · CGPA 3.56

Data Structures and Algorithms, Object Oriented Programming, Artificial Intelligence

04 / Selected Work

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PROJECTS

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[ 01 ]

MBTA Commuter System

JavaSwingOOPAuthentication

A Java Swing-based commuter management system with 7 role-based access levels, secure authentication, real-time issue tracking, and automated notifications — cutting operational bottlenecks by 40%.

[ 02 ]

Quack-Code

ReactNode.jsExpressWebSockets

A real-time collaborative code editor supporting simultaneous editing for 10+ users with 99.9% synchronization accuracy and sub-200ms update latency.

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Serverless ETL Pipeline

AWS LambdaGlueS3Serverless

An automated serverless ETL pipeline for YouTube data analysis using AWS Lambda, Glue, and S3 — cutting processing time from 15 to 10 minutes, resolving 200+ runtime errors, and processing 500,000+ records per execution with encrypted, compliant data handling.

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Athlete Data Analysis

Apache SparkSpark SQLAzure Data Lake

Improved athlete dataset processing with Apache Spark, cutting transformation time from 8 to 5 minutes across 10,000+ records, and uncovered medal-performance trends by country and gender using Spark SQL and DataFrame operations across 100+ countries.

Cracking open the code

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