Data Engineer / Software Engineer

Rishi Desai

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Technical Skills

Languages: Python, Java, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, SQL, TypeScript, R, VBA, Latex Developer Tools: Pycharm, PowerBI, Tableau, Linux, Jira Software, GraphQL, Apache Spark, Airflow, Kafka, Flink Frameworks: React.js, GitHub, Jupyter Notebook, Microsoft Suite/Office, Anaconda, Postman, Pytorch Libraries: NumPy, Pandas, DeepDiff, React Bootstrap Experience

Intact Apr 2025 - Dec 2025

Software Engineer Toronto, ON

• Designed and optimized end-to-end ETL workflows in Snowflake and Databricks using PySpark, Kafka, and SQL to build scalable, reliable data pipelines supporting analytics, reporting, and downstream data engineering initiatives

• Leveraged AWS services (S3, RDS) and CI/CD practices to automate data transformation in Oracle packages, reducing manual intervention while improving data quality, deployment speed, and system resilience across teams

• Optimized large-scale data pipelines from enterprise data warehouses using Python, SQL, Java, and PySpark on Oracle, supporting minor ETL processes and enabling advanced analytics workflows across distributed systems

• Parsed XML to Snowflake layers, implemented Java-based testing, and maintained GitHub CI/CD pipelines to reduce release times by 60% and manual testing errors by 98% through automated test, and deployment workflows MedMe Health (YC W21) Sep 2024 - Dec 2024

Software Engineer Toronto, ON

• Automated appointment-type deployments in Python and TypeScript using Windmill, cutting setup times by 94%, and developed authentication management tools in Postman along with GraphQL query automation to streamline script creation, reduce manual work, and improve overall workflow efficiency

• Enhanced JavaScript reliability using error handling to avoid duplicates and API failures, and wrote SQL profiling scripts in Metabase and MySQL to validate schema integrity and detect anomalies in production data environments Health Canada Jan 2024 - Apr 2024

Software Engineer Toronto, ON

• Developed custom UI components in Microsoft Power Apps using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript while automating ETL processes with Java to transform and load data, improving application usability and data accessibility

• Optimized Power BI dashboards by enhancing SQL query performance through CI/CD, partitioning, and indexing in PostgreSQL, leading to faster reporting, more accurate analytics, and improved decision-making capabilities

• Conducted unit testing, integration testing, and user acceptance testing to identify and fix bugs, and ensured the application functions correctly and meets quality standards, along with improving query performance through CI/CD Software for Love May 2023 - Aug 2023

Software Engineer Markham, ON

• Designed and developed responsive, mobile-friendly user interfaces using React.js, GatsbyJS, HTML, and CSS, translating wireframes and prototypes into performant production components that improved usability, accessibility, load times, and engagement across browsers, reducing release times by 80%

• Created interactive prototypes, wireframes, and high-fidelity mockups in Figma, enabling early stakeholder UI feedback while contributing to a scalable design system with reusable UI components for faster implementation Education

University of Waterloo September 2021 - April 2026 Bachelor of Mathematics in Computational Mathematics and Computer Science Waterloo, ON

• Relevant Coursework: Algorithmic Problem Solving, IM Systems, Probability, Neural Networks, Networks and Distributed Computer Systems, Data Types and Structures, Statistics, Data Distributed Systems Projects

Fake News Detection Neural Network Python, PyTorch, Talos, Flask, Numpy, Pandas April 2025

• Developed end-to-end pipeline training Bi-LSTM and 1D-CNN models on the Kaggle Fake News dataset (headlines + full text), automating hyperparameter tuning with Talos to reach 95% accuracy Staff Management Integration Front End Replit, React, HTML, CSS, Typescript, JSON, Git December 2024

• Engineered responsive and interactive UI components, optimized user experience, implemented modular code architecture with Replit to build a better management platform for pharmacists, while adhering to modern design principles Spotify Song Searcher React, VS Code, Spotify API, CSS, JavaScript March 2024

• Used React-bootstrap to create a basic front-end that handles incoming song, album, and artist data, and implemented search functionality for specific artists upon requests made to Spotify using Javascript Fetch API

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