Aditya Rajesh Sawant
Buffalo, US
arsawant09@gmail.com
+1 (716)-533-6533

Education


State University of New York at Buffalo
August 2025
 — 
December 2026
Master of Science in Computer Science (3.83 GPA)
University of Mumbai
August 2020
 — 
June 2024
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering (8.63 CGPA)

Experience


Software Development Intern
January 2026
 — 
Present
Safety Knights (CSE 611)
  • Designing and developing a full-stack job board platform with role-based access control, supporting admin job management, public job discovery with filtering, and a structured candidate application pipeline including resume storage and status tracking.
  • Building an MVP application management system enabling admins to filter candidates by location, experience, and certifications, with email notifications, duplicate detection, and scalable architecture designed for future ATS integration and map-based job discovery.
Software Development Engineer
August 2024
 — 
June 2025
CarWale [CarTrade Tech]
  • Engineered and maintained the 'Oxygen Design System', a core library of 70+ reusable components in React and React Native that directly supported 80 million monthly users while utilizing Redux, Jest, Grafana, and Agile methodologies.
  • Drove web performance optimization initiatives, achieving a 10% reduction in bundle size on critical pages by architecting and introducing a new counter-based hashing system.
  • Led the architectural design and implementation of a dark theme for 60+ React Native components, using React Context and custom hooks to achieve seamless, no-reload theme switching.
  • Accelerated project delivery by 85% by leveraging AI-driven automation and prompt engineering to update over 250 files in two days, beating a two-week estimate.
  • Created interactive templates for all platforms of CarWale and CarTrade application, ensuring cross-platform compatibility and achieving 5 million plus impressions over 2 weeks.
Software Development Intern
October 2023
 — 
April 2024
Indian Development Foundation (NGO)
  • Engineered a full-stack web application using Next.js, React, MySQL, and NextAuth to streamline and manage the 'Balgurukul' operations.
  • Implemented an automated grading system and role-based logins, which together improved overall efficiency by 80%.
  • Achieved an almost 90% reduction in grading time for over 50 students by designing an intuitive user interface that streamlined administrative workflows.

Projects


Beacon
June 2025
 — 
August 2025

Real-time location-sharing application with granular permission controls

  • Designed and implemented a comprehensive permission management system to handle 4 distinct relationship states, providing users with granular control over who can view their live location.
  • Engineered a Unified Native-Web Bridge to facilitate bi-directional communication between a WebView-based UI and native mobile modules, enabling web-based commands to control critical background services and retrieve real-time system diagnostics.
  • Architected and developed a web-based mobile application to replace a complete native solution, leveraging React Native's bridge to gain access to critical native features while accelerating development cycles and facilitating faster, more frequent updates.

Skills


Programming Languages:
JavaScript, Python, C#, TypeScript, Java, HTML/CSS
Frameworks:
ReactJs, NodeJs, NextJs, Angular, .NET, Flask
Databases:
MySQL, NoSQL
Tools & Platform:
Git, Docker, Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services
System Design:
Scalable architecture, Microservices, RESTful APIs, Event-Driven Architecture
Other:
Agile Methodologies, Unit Testing, Cross-Platform Development