About

Sanchay Pahalwani is a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with over 5 years of experience in the field. He is currently working at BrowserStack and has previously worked at Coinswitch and Musewearables. Sanchay is a BE graduate in Information Technology and is a full-stack developer with expertise in backend technologies, server-side scripting, and DevOps. He has a keen interest in Data Science, Machine Learning, and its applications. His key strengths include Python/Django, Node.js/Express.js, React/React Native, Bootstrap, Typescript, Javascript, HTML, CSS, PostgreSQL, MySQL, AWS, Microsoft Azure, DigitalOcean, Java, ScraPy, and Data Mining. He has experience with Requirements Gathering, Client interactions & development, creating specification documents, and with SDLC (waterfall and Agile). Sanchay is proficient in data structures, algorithms, analytical thinking, and problem-solving. During his time at Coinswitch, Sanchay took the initiative of moving their server architecture to Docker & ECS which reduced deployment time by 60%, reduced server cost by 20%, and made it easier to spin up architecture for new products. He also developed the CRUX Protocol, its suite of SDKs, and CruxPay, a User Experience Layer between Users and the world of cryptocurrencies. It is an open-source project with many major industry-wide stakeholders. Sanchay led the authorization security module which oversees critical functionality of CoinSwitch (such as Crypto or Fiat Withdrawals, adding KYC, Resetting User PIN, etc.) [At both ends, react native app as well as flask backend]. He worked closely with the product managers to develop the CoinSwitch iOS app (React Native) along with the team. At Musewearables, Sanchay was part of the team building chatbots using NLP for MuseWatch companion app using Rasa. He developed a pattern recognition algorithm for differentiating between different physical activities like walking, running, swimming, idle, sleeping, etc. based on the metrics coming in from the MuseWatch. He also developed the backend services of the game PlanetWatch using cloud functions over serverless architecture. Sanchay's tech stack includes Software Engineer, test, Javascript, Backend, AWS, Bitcoin, Web3, Blockchain, Typescript, ML, Data Scientist, MySQL, DevOps, Azure, Frontend, ECS, React Native, Docker, iOS, Flask, Python, NodeJS,