About

Vishal Shirke is a highly skilled Software Development Engineer II at Fynd with almost 5 years of experience in the e-Commerce and Fintech domains. He is a tech enthusiast with a passion for backend development and has worked with startups and mid-scaled organizations. Vishal has expertise in programming languages such as Python and Go and has worked with popular web frameworks like Django, Flask, and Sanic. He is also proficient in working with databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL server, as well as caching systems like Redis and message queues like celery and SQS. Vishal has hands-on experience working with microservices and SOA architectures and has a good understanding of cloud technologies. He has worked extensively with AWS services like S3, Serverless (lambda), SQS, RDS, and EMR. Vishal has also worked on several personal projects, including Q/A platform, Email-tracking, and Authentication systems, which are available on his Github profile. In his previous role at Anand Rathi, Vishal was part of the Private Wealth Management team, where he took ownership of independent modules and worked on various tasks such as migrating an existing Big Data (Hadoop) system into a serverless architecture, designing and deploying various modules for calculating the financial rate of returns, and curating a client reporting service. He also worked on the migration of various components from on-premises to cloud (AWS) and implemented various AWS services ranging from S3, EMR, SQS, RDS to Serverless (Lambda). At Upwards, Vishal was responsible for architecting and owning various products/features. He developed an In-App utility to register for E-mandate, integrated the facility of fetching and analyzing credit bureau (CIBIL) reports of individuals in the in-house Loan Management System, built a Fraud Detection System by integrating third-party fraud control services, and integrated various NBFC's (lenders) systems for a smooth transition of leads from various sources on to their system. Vishal holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science from the University of Mumbai. He is a highly skilled software engineer with expertise in AWS, SQL, Backend, Redis, Python, Django, MySQL, Microservices, Flask, Web, Big Data, and Hadoop. With almost 5 years of relevant experience, Vishal is a valuable addition to any team.