Darshan Sawant
DELIVERY TECHNICAL LEAD
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Leading the AI team in establishing a Center of Excellence (COE) for AI, driving development of AI products and automation solutions across engineering workflows. Promoted to Technical Lead role, continuing leadership of the Helios XaaS program. Driving cross-functional architecture discussions and mentoring multiple engineering teams.
Experience
Technical Lead at WebMD (2025-04 – Present)
- Leading the AI team in establishing a Center of Excellence (COE) for AI, driving development of AI products and automation solutions across engineering workflows.
- Promoted to Technical Lead role, continuing leadership of the Helios XaaS program.
- Driving cross-functional architecture discussions and mentoring multiple engineering teams.
- Spearheading advanced DevOps practices and overseeing integration of cloud-native solutions.
Senior Software Engineer at WebMD (2023-05 – 2025-04)
- Lead the Helios XaaS program that provides Full Stack Training to employees of Internet Brands.
- Improved efficiency by 80% in the frontend generator that creates pages for webmd.com and medscape.com.
- Integrated Container Scanning to all projects for scanning Docker images.
- Integrated the following open-source projects: Directus, Commento, Trivy
- Implemented HIPAA architecture for
- Integrated Docker-Compose with multiple projects to increase productivity.
- Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) — Leveraged Kubernetes expertise to optimize cloud-native applications.
Software Engineer at WebMD (2022-04 – 2023-05)
- Created Vue Investigator platform to investigate issues related to all Vue.js pages.
- Integrated HashiCorp with WebMD clusters for managing environment variables and secrets.
- Developed a dashboard for monitoring logs of multiple Redis databases.
- Demonstrated Full Stack proficiency in developing applications with Vue.js, Node.js, and PostgreSQL, and ensured secure secret management in Kubernetes.
- Contributed to code reviews for Infrastructure as Code (IaC), created Helm charts, and collaborated with USA and European teams on DevOps initiatives.
Junior Software Engineer at WebMD (2021-12 – 2022-04)
- Honored and certified as a Software Engineer and Employee of the Year.
- Integrated the FormsFlow.Ai project to automate and regulate forms within the organization.
- Upgraded the WebMD Helios website to share technologies and CI/CD concepts with teams.
- Set up CI/CD pipelines for multiple projects.
React Developer at TryCatchGroup (2021-04 – 2021-12)
- Honored and certified as React Developer of the Year.
- Converted HTML, CSS, and JS webpages to the React stack for clients.
- Educated students on Full Stack Development.
Electrical Engineer at Sterling & Wilson (2019-10 – 2021-04)
- Managed multiple MV substations at Mumbai International Airport.
- Installed High Voltage Relays at Mumbai International Airport HVAC plant.
Education
B.E. in Electrical Engineering – Dilkap College (DRIEMS) (2019-04)
H.S.C. in Science – Pendharkar College (2012-02)
S.S.C – Matoshri Vidyalaya High School (2010-03)