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Software engineer · 12+ years

Sanket
Joshi.

Engineering ideas into digital experiences.

I'm a software engineer with 12+ years of experience building modern web applications, solving engineering challenges, and turning complex ideas into practical solutions.

My expertise spans frontend engineering, modern web architecture, and backend integrations. I'm also exploring the possibilities of Generative AI and intelligent applications.

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Sanket JoshiPune, IN · Remote

Currently into

  • Founding tech lead, Proxta
  • Generative AI & LLM apps
  • System architecture

01 / About

Understand the problem.
Then write the code.

I believe good software engineering is about more than writing code. It's about understanding problems, making thoughtful decisions, and building solutions that work for people.

Over the years, I've worked across frontend engineering, backend integrations, and modern web technologies. My journey has taught me the importance of clean architecture, collaboration, continuous improvement, and keeping things simple without compromising quality.

I'm particularly interested in frontend architecture, engineering best practices, and the evolving world of Generative AI.

Outside the code editor, I'm a curious learner, an occasional writer, and someone who enjoys exploring ideas from different perspectives.

There's always something new to build, learn, or question.

// the short version

git commit -m "make it work, make it fast, then teach it"

years building for the web
12+
years building for the web
tech-debt initiatives led at EPAM
20+
tech-debt initiatives led at EPAM
engineers led as team lead
5
engineers led as team lead
training programs delivered
3
training programs delivered

02 / Technical expertise

What I work with.

Every technology is a tool. Knowing when and how to use it makes the difference.

Here's what I work with to design, develop, and deliver modern web applications.

Frontend Engineering

  • React.js
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Next.js
  • Redux Toolkit

Backend Development

  • Node.js
  • GraphQL
  • REST APIs

Cloud and Data

  • AWS
  • MongoDB

Engineering Practices

  • System Design
  • Performance Optimization
  • Testing
  • Code Quality
  • CI/CD

03 / Experience

Where I've built.

Full profile on LinkedIn
  1. Now

    Jul 2026 – Present

    Proxta Global Systems

    UtilConnect, a cloud-native utility billing platform

    • Founding Technical Lead
    • Own the technical architecture, product development and release management of UtilConnect end to end.
    • Shape cloud, security and scalability decisions, and lead technical discovery and solution design with customers.
    • Set engineering standards and mentor the team as it grows toward a larger leadership structure.
    • Architecture
    • Cloud
    • Leadership

  2. Jan 2026 – Jul 2026

    Freelance

    • Software Engineering Consultant
    • Gave React and Angular front ends a maintainable structure and set up CI/CD pipelines to ship them.
    • Set up deployments, monitoring and telemetry, then guided client teams to run them independently.
    • Supported pre-sales with project estimates, delivery flows and engineering artifacts.
    • React
    • Angular
    • CI/CD

  3. Jun 2022 – Aug 2025

    EPAM Systems

    Insurance domain client

    • Senior Software Engineer III
    • Led an engineering pod independently, owning sprint planning, stakeholder handoffs, 1:1s and coaching.
    • Drove 20+ tech-debt initiatives to make an existing codebase faster, more secure and more accessible.
    • Moved paper forms to a digital workflow, adding Cypress E2E tests and performance optimisations along the way.
    • React
    • TypeScript
    • Cypress

  4. Jan 2021 – Jun 2022

    May 2019 – Jan 2022

    Excellarate

    • Team Lead
    • Senior Software Engineer
    • Led a team of 5 full-stack developers through a resource crunch, also acting as Scrum Master.
    • Resolved security concerns with a façade microservice, built APIs for PDF export and Excel import, and managed AWS environments.
    • Built React features with MobX and GraphQL, a Node.js PDF microservice, and a real-time Angular dashboard with Socket.IO.
    • React
    • Node.js
    • AWS

  5. Jan 2022 – Nov 2022

    Apr 2021 – Apr 2022

    Apr 2016 – Aug 2019

    Training & mentoring

    Skill-Lync · Monjin · Cybage

    • Frontend & cloud track trainer, Skill-Lync
    • JavaScript SME & interviewer, Monjin
    • Technical trainer, Cybage
    • Designed and delivered frontend and cloud training with live sessions and project-based mentoring.
    • Ran technical interviews and candidate evaluations as a JavaScript subject-matter expert.
    • Trained graduates and lateral hires for production work and built a talent pipeline.
    • Teaching
    • Hiring
    • JavaScript

  6. Mar 2016 – Apr 2019

    Oct 2012 – Mar 2016

    Cybage Software

    athenahealth · TravelClick

    • Senior Software Engineer
    • Software Engineer
    • Led a team of 4 developers delivering complex UI modules in Angular 5.
    • Built reusable JavaScript libraries and data-heavy UI with Canvas, SVG, D3.js and Chart.js.
    • Started as a Perl developer on web applications for athenahealth.
    • Angular
    • JavaScript
    • D3.js

Education

  • C-DAC

    Postgraduate diploma, Computer Science

    2011 – 2012

  • Pune University

    B.E., Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering

    2007 – 2011

Certifications

  • Scrum Master Certificate of Proficiency
  • JavaScript: Patterns
  • HackerRank React (Basic)
  • Learning the OWASP Top 10

04 / Selected work

Shipped, not just sketched.

All projects

05 / Currently exploring

Curiosity doesn't compile.
It needs exploration.

Technology never stands still, and neither should we.

I'm currently exploring Generative AI, LLM-powered applications, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Agentic AI, modern system architecture, and engineering leadership.

I enjoy experimenting with emerging technologies and understanding how they can solve real-world problems.

  • Generative AI
  • LLM-powered applications
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation
  • Agentic AI
  • System architecture
  • Engineering leadership

The goal isn't to chase every new technology. It's to understand what is genuinely useful.

06 / Technical blog

Notes from the world of code.

All writing

Some things are best learned by building. Others by breaking things, asking questions, and figuring out why they didn't work.

This is where I share practical insights, technical explorations, lessons from real-world engineering, and things worth understanding beyond the documentation.

No unnecessary complexity. Just ideas, experiments, and learnings worth sharing.

More notes from the workbench
Sanket Joshi performing stand-up

@laugh_with_sanket

07 / Beyond the keyboard

From the IDE
to the stage.

On stage I'm a Marathi stand-up comic: a stand-up set on ZEE5, appearances on Zee Marathi's Chala Hawa Yeu Dya, plus short films, podcasts and an audiobook.

Visit the artist side

Contact

Have an interesting idea?
Let's talk.

Whether it's a technology discussion, an engineering challenge, a collaboration, or simply exchanging ideas, I'm always open to meaningful conversations.

Good ideas often start with a simple conversation.

Let's connect.

Get in touch