Hello, I'm

Darshan Ram V L

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  Washington D.C.  ·  Open to Relocate

About Me

I'm a Software Engineer with 3+ years of production experience building backend systems, financial integrations, and automation pipelines. Currently pursuing a Master of Engineering in Software Engineering at the University of Maryland (GPA: 3.9 / 4.0).

At Zenoti I owned end-to-end invoice and payment workflows, re-architected webhook processing into an async queue-driven system cutting failure rates by 87%, and delivered accounting integrations with NetSuite & Sage Intacct that directly onboarded 6 enterprise customers.

I'm passionate about writing reliable, maintainable code and enjoy working across the full engineering lifecycle — from design and implementation to CI/CD and production monitoring.

3+ Years Experience
87% Failure Rate Cut
6 Enterprise Customers
25% Processing Time Saved

Experience

Software Engineer

Zenoti  ·  Hyderabad, India

Feb 2022 – Aug 2025
  • Shipped production backend integrations with NetSuite and Sage Intacct via REST APIs and secure auth — enabling the Sales team to onboard 6 enterprise customers.
  • Owned invoice and payment workflows end-to-end, building idempotent, high-volume financial transaction systems.
  • Led a team of 3 to rebuild webhook processing into an async, queue-driven pipeline, cutting third-party failure responses by 87% and improving resilience.
  • Fixed concurrency issues and refactored legacy stored procedures, reducing invoice processing time by 25%.
  • Built Python-based API test automation, saving 6+ hours / week in manual QA.
  • Collaborated with Product, QA, and DevOps on CI/CD deployments, production monitoring, and incident response.

Software Engineering Intern

Wimera Systems  ·  Bangalore, India

Mar 2021 – Apr 2021
  • Automated cloud infrastructure provisioning with Bash scripts and AWS EC2, slashing environment setup time from 27 hours to 6 hours.

Research & Development Head

SEDS-VIT  ·  Vellore, India

Nov 2018 – Jun 2021
  • Developed a web-based teleoperation dashboard in JavaScript for a Mars Rover — live sensor data, camera streaming, and remote command execution.
  • Led end-to-end engineering design of a 6-DOF robotic arm prototype using OOP, embedded systems concepts, and real-time control logic.
  • Coordinated cross-functional teams across software, electronics, and mechanical design to deliver integrated prototypes and qualify for University Rover Challenge 2020 & 2021.

Education

University of Maryland

Master of Engineering in Software Engineering

GPA: 3.9 / 4.0 Sep 2025 – Present

Secure Coding  ·  Software Testing & Maintenance  ·  Data Storage & Databases

Vellore Institute of Technology

B.Tech in Information Technology

CGPA: 8.41 / 10.0 Jul 2018 – Jun 2022

Data Structures & Algorithms  ·  DBMS  ·  Operating Systems  ·  Network Security  ·  Web Technologies

Projects

Mar 2021

YouTube Video Recommender

End-to-end data pipeline applying K-Means clustering to user watch history to generate personalized video recommendations.

PythonPandasNumPyMatplotlib
Oct 2020

Image Steganography

Hides DES/RC4-encrypted ciphertext inside images using LSB steganography — focuses on data confidentiality and integrity.

PythonOpenCVCryptography
Mar 2019

Influencer Marketing Platform

Full-stack web app with REST-style backend APIs and Angular frontend for matching influencers with brands based on shared interests.

PHPAngularMySQL
Mar 2019

Home Automation Prototype

IoT system using NodeMCU and Firebase for real-time remote control and state synchronization of home appliances over the internet.

ArduinoNodeMCUFirebaseIoT

Technical Skills

Languages

PythonC#JavaScriptSQL JavaC++HTMLArduino

Libraries & Frameworks

ASP.NETReactAngularjQueryBootstrap

Tools

GitDockerPostmanJiraVS CodePowerBI

Certifications

Get In Touch

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