Pooja Niranjan Shetty

ABOUT ME

Hi👋, I'm Pooja Shetty — a 28-year-old Software Engineer, wife, and proud mom to a beautiful baby girl.

I’m originally from Bangalore, India, and spent 3 amazing years living and working in the Netherlands. Professionally, I have a strong passion for data engineering and DevOps. Over the years, I’ve worked extensively with technologies such as Python, JavaScript, SQL, and AWS. My daily tech stack also included Pandas, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Jenkins, Artifactory, Git, Grafana, Splunk, and various testing frameworks (unit, smoke, and functional testing).

Currently, I'm on a maternity break after welcoming our daughter in February 2025. I made the decision to return to India during my 7th month of pregnancy due to limited support abroad and some family health concerns. Traveling beyond that point was medically restricted, so I relocated early in 7th month to ensure a safe delivery and better care.

Outside of work, I'm an avid traveler who has explored 24 countries so far. I truly enjoy immersing myself in different cultures, meeting people with diverse perspectives, and building meaningful connections around the world.

Bangalore, India

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Pregnancy & Maternity Break

Oct 2024 – Present

Software Engineer (DevOps | Data)

KPN, Netherlands

Apr 2022 – Oct 2024

ASP.NET Developer

Enrich Technosoft, Bangalore

Nov 2020 – Apr 2021

Programming Trainer

Capital Computers, Bangalore

Jul 2018 – Oct 2020

EDUCATION

Masters

Computer Applications

Bachelors

Computer Applications

DETAILED EXPERIENCES

Pregnancy & Maternity Break

Bangalore, India

Oct 2024 – Present

Relocated to Bangalore in my 7th month pregnancy due to family reasons and maternity support.

Software Engineer (DevOps | Data)

KPN, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Apr 2022 – Oct 2024

Engineered “Maxmind” geolocation service (Python, FastAPI) that validated 1M+ daily requests, ensuring 100% compliance with EU content broadcasting regulations.
Developed “Jafar” streaming integrity system that eliminated duplicate playback across devices, reducing customer complaints by 25%.
Automated VM storage cleanup with “Nasbclean”, cutting manual maintenance by 40+ hours/month and improving storage efficiency by 15%.
Spearheaded migration from GitLab/Jenkins to GitHub Actions, reducing deployment cycles from 2 days to 8 hours and improving CI/CD reliability
Managed customer operations requests through Opsgenie system
Collaborated on Reflector, TLSDB certificate renewal, and live-channel-generator, contributing to smoother live TV experiences for 500k+ users.
Engineered the “Console” front-end (Vue.js) with a Django backend, streamlining developer workflows and improving interface performance.
Developed “Katka-development” orchestration tool using Typer CLI for multi-repository management, reducing manual setup time by 50%.
Managed and optimized 100+ Jenkins instances across 12 EC2 servers, improving CI/CD pipeline reliability and uptime.
Maintained enterprise tools including Slack, Katka, LDAP, Jenkins, BitBucket, and SonarQube, ensuring seamless daily operations for developers.
Built asynchronous Python applications with automated CI/CD triggers, accelerating deployment frequency and reducing human error.
Implemented automated SNOW ticket creation and release versioning, cutting release preparation time and improving audit traceability.

ASP.NET Developer

Enrich Technosoft, Bangalore, India

Nov 2020 – Apr 2021

Engineered responsive front-end for hotel, car rental, and flight booking modules, enhancing user experience across desktop and mobile devices.
Developed robust RESTful APIs for booking transactions and payment processing, ensuring 99.9% uptime and secure data handling.
Implemented multilingual support (English/Arabic), expanding portal accessibility to a wider international audience.
Integrated PCI-compliant payment gateways, reducing transaction failures and boosting customer trust.
Designed and optimized SQL Server databases for bookings and user management, improving query performance by 30%.

Programming Trainer

Capital Computers, Bangalore, India

Jul 2018 – Oct 2020

Designed and delivered comprehensive programming curriculum across C, C++, Java, Python, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, SQL, and accounting tools, enhancing student proficiency and practical skills.
Conducted hands-on coding exercises and real-world projects, improving student problem-solving abilities and project readiness.
Implemented assessments, certifications, and career guidance programs, boosting student placement success and professional development.
Mentored 100+ college students, fostering technical knowledge, critical thinking, and industry-ready skill sets.

SKILLS

Programming Languages

Python (Django, Pandas, Pyspark, Scrapy, Pytest)
JavaScript (Vue.js)
SQL
Redis
Groovy
Ansible
Git

DevOps Tools

Jenkins
Docker
Kubernetes
Artifactory

Other Tools

Postman
Jira
ServiceNow
Selenium

Cloud Technologies

AWS
Databricks (Delta Live Tables, Workflow Jobs, Catalog)

PROJECTS

Maxmind IP Address Lookup

Technologies: Redis, Python

Started: Sep 2023

Maxmind maintains databases of IP address which KPN uses to classify if request is coming from EU or not.
Old approach: Copy maxmind database in our application, but the process was slow and cumbersome.
New approach: Load IP database in Redis using Zorder and use this for geospatial indexing for faster lookups.

Maxmind IP Database

Numbeo Scraper

Technologies: Python, Scrapy

Started: April 2025

Developed a web scraper using Scrapy to extract data from Numbeo, a crowd-sourced database of user-contributed data about cities and countries worldwide.

Code