Software Engineer & CS Graduate Student

Purushottam Panchal

Building resilient .NET and cloud-backed systems with a DevOps mindset.

CS graduate student at DePaul University (4.0 GPA) with 2+ years at Persistent Systems designing scalable APIs, cloud architectures, and automated deployment pipelines. I focus on backend and cloud engineering.

Backend & Cloud Engineering Open to: Backend / Full - stack / SDE roles Chicago, IL • Open to relocation / remote
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$ focus

> APIs/.NET/C#/Azure/SQL/CI/CD

$ currently && exp

> CS grad@DePaul|2+ yrs software engineer

$ looking

> Backend/Fullstack/cloud roles

About Me

A snapshot of my background and what I like to build

I'm a Computer Science graduate student at DePaul University (4.0 GPA) with 2+ years at Persistent Systems designing scalable .NET APIs, cloud architectures, and automated DevOps pipelines. I focus on backend and cloud engineering—building reliable systems with clean design and pragmatic collaboration.

  • What I enjoy: Solving ambiguous backend and infrastructure problems, designing resilient systems, and mentoring teammates.
  • How I work: Iteratively, with attention to code quality, automation, and pragmatic trade-offs. I value clear communication and shared ownership.
  • I'm looking for: Backend engineer, platform engineer, or full-stack SDE roles where I can build scalable systems and grow with the team.
2+
Years Experience
4.0
GPA at DePaul
2
Azure Certifications
10+
Technologies Mastered

Currently: CS grad student at DePaul, exploring backend and cloud engineering roles.

Technical Skills

Technologies used to build scalable .NET and cloud systems

I focus on designing resilient backend services, REST APIs, cloud-native systems, and CI/CD pipelines that scale. My primary stack combines .NET/C# with Azure cloud and SQL databases.

Core Stack

.NET Core C# Azure SQL Server CI/CD Jenkins
  • Design and deploy RESTful APIs and microservices on Azure
  • Automate deployments and monitoring with Jenkins and CI/CD pipelines

Backend & Frameworks

.NET Core Spring Boot .NET Web API Entity Framework Hibernate REST APIs Microservices Architecture

Languages

C# Java SQL Python Shell scripting

Cloud & DevOps

Azure CI/CD Jenkins Git

Databases

SQL Server MySQL

Testing

NUnit MSTest Postman JUnit Selenium

Tools & IDEs

Visual Studio VS Code GitHub JetBrains

Projects

Selected work focused on backend, cloud, and systems engineering

Featured
Persistent Systems 2023-2024

Data Load Pipeline

  • Problem: Manual data transfers from AWS S3 to EC2 were slow and error-prone
  • Solution: Engineered Jenkins automation with Python handlers for secure cross-account, cross-region S3 access
  • Impact: Cut load time by 80%, reduced manual errors, drove 85% drop in load failures via scripted safeguards
Jenkins AWS Python Shell CI/CD Bitbucket
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Featured
Persistent Systems 2022-2023

Persistent Trainee Calendar

  • Context: Calendar system for managing training schedules across 1,000+ interns
  • Built: JWT-secured .NET Web APIs with SQL backend, achieved 95% unit test coverage with NUnit and Moq
  • Delivery: Co-designed Azure DevOps CI/CD pipeline to streamline releases and accelerate deployment
.NET Web API C# Azure SQL Postman Git CI/CD
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Course Project 2023

Hot Properties - Real Estate Management System

  • Built: Role-based real estate marketplace with advanced filters, favorites, and in-app messaging
  • Backend: JWT-secured Spring Boot APIs with MySQL database and JPA for data persistence
  • Features: Buyer-agent communication, property search/favorites, role-based access control
Java Spring Boot MySQL Thymeleaf JWT JPA
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Systems Project 2023

Distributed File Retrieval Engine

  • Architecture: Multi-threaded client-server system with dispatcher/worker pattern for scalable processing
  • Features: Inverted index for fast search, word-frequency analysis, concurrent client support
  • Focus: Concurrency, socket programming, and efficient data structures in Java
Java Multithreading Sockets Maven Data Structures
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OOP Project 2022

Stock Trading System Simulator

  • Built: Object-oriented trading simulator with order book management and matching engine
  • Features: Quote handling, market data publishing, support for multiple trading products
  • Design: Implemented Singleton, Factory, and Observer patterns for maintainable OOP architecture
Java Design Patterns OOP Data Structures
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My Journey

Experience & Education Timeline

  1. June 2025 - Present

    Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Present

    DePaul University

  2. Aug 2024 - June 2026 (Expected)

    Master of Science in Computer Science

    Present

    DePaul University · Chicago, IL

  3. June 2022 - June 2024

    Software Engineer

    Persistent Systems · Pune, India

  4. Jan 2022 - June 2022

    Software Engineer Intern

    Persistent Systems · Pune, India

  5. Aug 2019 - July 2022

    Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science

    Sinhgad Institute of Technology · Pune, India

  6. Aug 2016 - May 2019

    Diploma in Computer Engineering

    Government Polytechnic · Pune, India

Get In Touch

Open to backend, platform, and SDE roles

Best way to reach me is by email; LinkedIn works too.

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