Developer. Architect. Tifosi.

Software Engineer

Yo! Darshan Here

I'm a software engineer passionate about backend engineering, system architecture, and applied AI. Currently, I'm a Software Engineer at Indihood, where I focus on architecting complex workflows and designing APIs. We build scalable banking and enterprise systems that allow clients to effortlessly deploy solutions while we handle the secure, high-throughput infrastructure under the hood.

Previously, I was a QA/Automation Engineer at Dassault Systèmes, where I managed 2 product suites implementing critical automated workflows and maintaining comprehensive and detailed test suites. The experience drove me to understand and deep dive on how things work under the hood. On the side, I love to explore new engineering concepts and implement them in work or side projects.

In 2024, I took a leap of faith and started my Master's journey in Computer Science with Scaler Academy and Woolf University. This pivot allowed me to specialize in building resilient, high-throughput systems that simply don't break. It's where I truly grew into backend engineering, learning how to take a product from 0 to 1 and scale it beyond.

I love deep-diving into backend concepts through books, articles and YT videos, constantly exploring how to build systems at scale which doesn't break. On the side, I enjoy exploring new engineering concepts — whether that's wiring up new AI workflows, squeezing more performance out of a heavily modded Minecraft setup, or getting that extra tenth of a second out of the lap at Suzuka.

When I'm not exploring system internals, I'm a massive motorsport fan. I'm a dedicated Tifosi to the core, and you'll usually find me stressing over Ferrari, analyzing chess moves with Gotham Chess or ChessBrah India, or just kicking back watching tech videos and listening to modern/classic rock and 90s Bollywood music.

Timeline

Experience

Software Developer

Indihood · Bengaluru

Feb 2025 — Present

Architecting complex workflows and designing APIs for a creator-first ecosystem. Maintaining oversight of project reliabilities across distributed backend services powered by Spring Boot, Kafka, and Redis.

QA/Automation Engineer

Dassault Systèmes · Pune

2022 — 2024

Automated 50+ high-priority test cases using CAFET (JavaScript), achieving a 30% reduction in testing time. Contributed to 9 major releases across 2 product suites with near-zero bug slippage.

Education

MS in Computer Science

Woolf University (Scaler Neovarsity) · Remote

Completed Dec 2025 · 3.9/4.0 GPA

Specialised in System Design, distributed computing, and full-stack development. Deep-diving into data structures, algorithms, and project management.

B.Tech in Mechatronics

MIT ADT University · Pune

Completed 2022

Created a LiDAR-based crash avoidance system for automobiles. Hands-on with 3D modelling, CFD, embedded systems, and product design.

Technical Arsenal

Tools and technologies I work with daily.

Languages

JavaGoPythonTypeScriptJavaScript

Runtimes & Frameworks

Spring BootNext.jsNode.jsExpress.js

Infrastructure

KubernetesDockerKafkaRedis

Databases

PostgreSQLMongoDBMySQL

Cloud

AWS (ECS, S3, RDS)GCP