Bipin Gowda
Software Engineer & DevOps Specialist
Building scalable distributed systems and high-performance infrastructure. 4 years of professional experience across Tokyo and Bangalore. Currently pursuing MS in Computer Science at NC State.
π Graduating May 2026. Available for Co-Op immediately and Full-Time roles from May 1st, 2026.
Professional Journey
A global timeline of engineering and research.
Software Development Engineer - DevOps
Rakuten India
Aug 2020 β Oct 2022
Software Development Engineer
Rakuten Mobile Inc. (Tokyo)
Nov 2022 β July 2024
Research Assistant & Grader
NC State University
Aug 2024 β Present
Key Responsibilities & Achievements
- Delivered a Java Spring Boot microservices platform (59 REST APIs) for Rakuten's Parental Control app, integrating with internal services to improve user safety, scalability, and reliability.
- Built a Node.js Auto Configuration Server implementing TR-069 for device provisioning, reducing manual setup time by 40%.
- Managed CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Docker, ensuring 99.9% deployment success.
Work
Selected Projects
High-performance systems, engines, and infrastructure work.
Featured Work
Game Engine / Networking
Graduate Project (Game Engine Foundations).
Built a real-time 2D engine in C++ supporting client-server and P2P modes with ZeroMQ.
Featured Work
Movie Recommendation Engine
Graduate Project (Automated Learning & Data Analysis).
Developed a recommendation engine using collaborative filtering (KNN, SVD, RBM) on 100M+ entries.
Featured Work
Drone Surveillance System
Bachelorβs Capstone (BNM Institute of Technology).
Identified violent posture analysis using YOLOv3 with 90% accuracy.
Connect
Skills
Capabilities at a glance
Systems, cloud, and applied AI toolset tailored for DevOps and backend work.
Programming
Python, Java, C/C++, JavaScript, TypeScript
AI & Machine Learning
LangChain, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, SpaCy
Web Development
React, Node.js, TypeScript, FastAPI, Flask
Tools & Cloud
AWS, Docker, Git, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kubernetes
Certifications
Validated expertise
Cloud, Kubernetes, and AI credentials that back the hands-on work.
- CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator
- CKAD: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations
- LFS169: Introduction to GitOps
- PCEP β Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer