Priyanka Bhandare

• Developed large-scale Python/Django applications for a global shipping & logistics Fortune 500
client.
• Designed real-time shipment tracking and data processing modules, handling large-scale
transactional data.
• Designed and implemented features for the Smart Interview Assessment platform using OpenCV
and HuggingFace, improving candidate assessment accuracy by 40%.
• Developed a system for measuring and visualizing candidate confidence using speech and
face recognition, increasing hiring decision accuracy by 30%.
• Created and maintained scripts for data migration in WordPress VIP, achieving a 95% data accuracy
rate.

• Developed large-scale Python/Django applications for a global shipping & logistics Fortune 500 client.
• Designed real-time shipment tracking and data processing modules, handling large-scale transactional data.
• Led backend development using Python, Django, and Flask for a media processing platform handling
large-scale audio and video files.
• Over the past 2 years, integrated AI capabilities into the product — connected Whisper for automated
speech recognition (ASR), significantly reducing manual transcription effort.
• Built OpenCV-based modules for video frame extraction, scene analysis, and metadata generation, feeding
results into Django REST APIs.
• Worked with HuggingFace Transformers for text classification and summarisation tasks, integrating model
inference into existing API workflows.
• Experimented with OpenAI API and LangChain for prompt-based summarisation and Q&A features on
internal tooling.

• Designed new features and optimized database queries, resulting in an improvement in
system performance.
• Integrated third-party APIs and used Gearman for background processing tasks, reducing
processing time by 40%.
• Achieved a 90% client satisfaction rate by resolving client issues and enhancing system
stability.
Technologies: PHP, Symfony, RabbitMQ, Gearman, AngularJs etc

• Built and maintained web applications for Japanese clients, delivering reliable and scalable
solutions.
• Developed features like email modules, job search workflows, renovation
management, and secure data handling.
• Communicated directly with clients to gather requirements, clarify scope, and
deliver aligned solutions.
• Managed end-to-end deployment, debugging, and functional testing to ensure
stable releases.

• Built and maintained Python/Django REST APIs as the primary backend stack for a SaaS product.
• Began integrating Python-based ML tooling — used HuggingFace pipelines and Scikit-learn for early text
processing and classification experiments.
• Wrote data processing scripts using Pandas and NumPy for reporting and ETL automation.
• Built web applications for Japanese clients, delivering reliable and scalable solutions and maintenance
alongside the primary Python work.
• Participated in Agile sprint planning, grooming, and estimation for a team of 12.
• Improved system reliability through debugging, refactoring, and adding unit test coverage.
• Designed REST APIs with validation, error handling, and rate-limiting to support long-running processing
jobs reliably.
• Improved system stability via multithreading and subprocess management for batch workloads.
• Communicated directly with clients to gather requirements, clarify scope, and deliver aligned solutions.

• Designed new features and optimized database queries, resulting in an improvement in system
performance.
• Integrated third-party APIs and used Gearman for background processing tasks, reducing processing time
by 40%.
• Achieved a 90% client satisfaction rate by resolving client issues and enhancing system stability.