Sakshi Thapliyal

Backend Software Developer with 3.8 years of experience in Python, Django, and FastAPI, specializing in designing and developing scalable RESTful APIs and backend systems. Proven experience in building high-performance API-driven applications, implementing JWT-based authentication, and optimizing database performance. Hands-on experience building production-ready Generative AI applications using LLMs, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), LangChain, LangGraph, AI Agents, and vector databases.

Passionate about designing scalable AI-powered backend systems and intelligent automation solutions.

Software Engineer at Databook Pvt Limited (2025-01 – 2026-04)

• Developed automated Python tools to generate dynamic PowerPoint presentations from Excel data using python-pptx, improving reporting efficiency.
• Built production-grade AI backend services using FastAPI, LangGraph, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to deliver enterprise conversational intelligence.
• Designed document ingestion pipelines including parsing, chunking, embeddings generation, and PGVector indexing for semantic retrieval.
• Designed LangGraph-based agent workflows with conditional routing and tool invocation for intelligent query processing.
• Developed structured JSON-based prompt frameworks to ensure consistent and explainable AI responses.
• Designed and deployed scalable REST APIs using FastAPI with async endpoints, JWT authentication, and AWS deployment.
• Integrated structured and unstructured data sources to generate accurate context-aware responses from LLM-based systems.

Software Developer at Manupatra Information Solutions Pvt Ltd (2022-08 – 2024-10)

• Developed and maintained scalable web applications using Django and FastAPI, improving system performance by 40%.
• Designed and implemented REST API endpoints to extract and deliver structured data from PDFs and documents to frontend dashboards.
• Built custom Django admin panels to streamline internal data management workflows.
• Implemented JWT-based authentication and authorization to secure API endpoints.
• Optimized SQL queries and database indexing, reducing query execution time from 2.5 minutes to 3 seconds.
• Developed Python-based web scraping pipelines using BeautifulSoup and Requests for automated data extraction.
• Implemented data ingestion workflows to upload CSV files into MySQL using Python automation scripts.
• Deployed API services using AWS Lambda for scalable serverless data delivery.
• Created Bash scripts to automate Docker container management and simplify deployment processes.
• Developed automated UI testing scripts using Selenium to improve testing reliability.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams and product managers to deliver scalable backend solutions.

Intern at FORSK TECHNOLOGY Pvt Limited (2020-08 – 2021-03)

• Created a resume parsing application which parses the resume according to HR requirements and also creates a word cloud with the help of NLP.
• Devised and engineered web scraping solutions using JustWatch, TMDB, Amazon, Flipkart etc.

B.Tech in Computer Science And Engineering – HNB Garhwal Central University (SOET) (2018-08 – 2022-06)

Class XII (2017-01 – 2018-12)

Class X (2015-01 – 2016-12)