About Me
Back to HomeRishi Kumar Chawda
Senior Software Engineer II, Chef team at Progress
I'm a Senior Software Engineer with a passion for building robust software systems. When I'm not coding, I enjoy photography, exploring new technologies, and contributing to open-source projects. I value clean code, thoughtful architecture, and creating software that solves real problems.
Skills
Certifications
Strategic Innovation: Building and Sustaining Innovative Organizations
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
SAFe Agilist Certification
Scaled Agile, Inc.
Work Experience
Progress Chef
4 years 8 months
Unleash the Power of AI for Your Business | Progress Software
Progress provides AI-powered software solutions to automate processes to develop, deploy and manage apps, and make critical data more accessible and secure.
www.progress.com
Chef Software DevOps Automation Solutions | Chef
Chef Software's DevOps automation tools enable the coded enterprise to overcome complexity with infrastructure, security and application automation for your technology.
www.chef.io
Senior Software Engineer II
June 2024 - Present (11 months)
Related Links:
Configuration Management System Software - Chef Infra | Chef
Chef Infra automates the process of managing configurations, ensuring that every system is configured correctly and consistently. Learn more and get started today!
www.chef.io/products/chef-infra
Chef Courier | Chef Community
community.chef.io/tools/chef-courier
Senior Software Engineer
December 2022 - June 2024 (1 year 7 months)
Software Engineer II
September 2020 - December 2022 (2 years 4 months)
Related Links:
Infrastructure Automation Tools - Chef Infrastructure Management | Chef
Chef Infrastructure Management enables DevOps to model and deploy secure infrastructure automation at scale across any cloud, VM, & physical infrastructure.
www.chef.io/products/chef-infrastructure-management
Configuration Management System Software - Chef Infra | Chef
Chef Infra automates the process of managing configurations, ensuring that every system is configured correctly and consistently. Learn more and get started today!
www.chef.io/products/chef-infra
Codebrahma
2 years 2 months
Software Engineer Project Lead
August 2019 - August 2020 (1 year 1 month)
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Responsibilities:
- Handled complete software development cycle
- Regular communication with clients, understanding requirement specifications, planning, development, code reviews, testing, deployment, and maintenance
- Mentored new hires and worked with the recruitment team to interview candidates
- Developed Web Applications with React, Redux, and NodeJS
- Built Progressive Web Applications with Gatsby
- Developed Mobile Applications with React Native for Android and iOS
- Worked with several libraries, SDKs, tools for CI, logging, analytics, crash reporting, and OTA updates
- Developed applications for IOT based hardware and Bluetooth Low Energy devices
- Worked with Firebase services and various deployment platforms
Software Development Engineer
January 2019 - July 2019 (7 months)
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Responsibilities:
- Web application development with React, Redux, and other libraries
- Mobile application development using React Native
- Server-side development with NodeJS and PostgreSQL
- Built performant mobile applications with various tools
- Client interactions and communication
- Code reviews and building scalable, maintainable codebases
Software Engineer Intern
July 2018 - December 2018 (6 months)
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Responsibilities:
- Developed UI libraries and components
- Built a Progressive web application for an E-Commerce website using Gatsby
- Translated UI designs to live webpages
- Worked with web sockets
- Learned testing and maintaining web and mobile applications
Freelance
Full stack web developer
October 2016 - June 2018 (1 year 9 months)
Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, India
Responsibilities:
- Full-stack web development
- Worked with ReactJS, Redux, NodeJS, Express, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB
Education
Siksha 'O' Anusandhan University
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science
2014 - 2018
Extra-Curricular Activities
CODEX
Co-Founder & Chief Coordinator
September 2016 - May 2018 (1 year 9 months)
Bhubaneshwar Area, India
Codex is the first coding club of the Institute of Technical Education and Research, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
Responsibilities:
- Formed the club in 2016 in collaboration with other college students
- Conceived future intentions, laid out strategies, and formed agenda for club activities and community building
- Planned actions to target specific groups for more engagement
- Mentored and presented lectures on programming concepts, web development, and tech
- Organized project collaboration activities, talks, and hackathons
Let's Connect
Whether you're interested in working together or just want to say hello, I'd love to hear from you!