About

Apurva Nandan is a Senior Software Specialist at CSC with over 8 years of experience in backend development and data engineering. He is proficient in Java, Python, Cloud, web frameworks, Microservices, Big data technologies (Spark, Kafka, Airflow), DevOps and Openshift/Kubernetes. Apurva's passion for coding and learning new technologies has allowed him to be proactive and enjoy his work. He possesses a hunger for latest cutting-edge technologies and fascinating real-world use-cases. Apurva is a versatile professional who can work across a variety of domains and roles, depending upon the project. His key competencies include backend development, DevOps, Big Data / Data engineering, and project management. He has experience working with Java, Python, REST (Spring, Flask), Javascript, Message Queues, SQL, Openshift/Kubernetes, Docker, Cloud, Shell scripting, Ansible, Linux, Spark, Kafka, NoSQL, Jupyter, S3, Git, Agile, and Travis. At CSC, Apurva functions as a Backend Engineer / Data Engineer. He has worked on various projects, including Notebooks.csc.fi, where he worked as a cloud-based backend engineer with emphasis on cloud technologies, containers, and system design. He has also built big data stack / pipelines on Openshift, analyzed real-time streaming data from sensors, and deployed services on Kubernetes/Openshift. Apurva has also developed Spark applications, worked on ETL processes for a variety of structured / unstructured data, and interacted with customers to create more awareness for bleeding-edge technologies. Before joining CSC, Apurva worked as a Research Assistant at Aalto University and as a Solution Architect (Java) at Indicus Analytics. He has a Master of Science (MS) degree in Information Technology from Tampere University of Technology and a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degree in Electrical Engineering (Specialization: Computer Science) from National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra. Apurva's tech stack includes Backend, Data Engineering, Spark, Kubernetes, Java, SQL, Big Data, Kafka, DevOps, Apache Airflow, Web, Python, Docker, Ansible, Spring, Search, Jupyter, Frontend, Javascript, Research Scientist, NoSQL, ETL, Redis, ML, MongoDB, Spring Boot, Microservices, Flask, Postgres, MySQL, Elastic Search, Senior Software Engineer, infra, Parts-of-speech, test,