hi there, I'm

Jaya Meena

Software Engineer

I build scalable systems and turn complex, messy problems into clean, reliable solutions — lately exploring where backend engineering meets AI / ML.

Backend & Distributed Systems
AI / ML curious
Painter 🎨
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About me

I'm a software engineer who loves building scalable systems and turning complex problems into clean, reliable solutions. I've worked across microservices, distributed systems, and data pipelines — and lately I've been exploring the intersection of backend engineering and AI / ML. Most of all, I enjoy building things that actually make an impact.

Distributed Systems Microservices Data Pipelines AI / ML Backend Engineering Scalability
where I've

Experience

Software Developer Intern
HubSpot
May 2025 – Aug 2025

Built backend systems that directly impacted revenue and scalability.

  • Designed and built a subscription migration system from scratch, letting customers seamlessly move from Stripe / PayPal to HubSpot's native subscription platform — owning the end-to-end architecture from data ingestion to migration workflows and validation.
  • Migrated 1,000+ active subscriptions in a month, contributing to increased revenue and system consolidation.
  • Built Spark data pipelines processing 1M+ records daily, optimizing query performance by ~30%.
  • Engineered Kafka-driven communication for reliable, scalable, fault-tolerant data flow across services.
Software Developer
Amazon Web Services
Oct 2022 – Aug 2024

Worked on Amazon EMR Serverless — large-scale distributed systems powering interactive data workloads.

  • Designed and implemented the resource allocation & orchestration layer enabling interactive, low-latency Spark workloads on EMR Serverless.
  • Built an asynchronous container orchestration system that dynamically provisions resources by workload demand, balancing fast startup with efficient utilization.
  • Implemented DNS-based networking for seamless communication between distributed containers, and built microservices orchestrating resource provisioning for Spark.
  • Designed centralized logging & debugging with S3 and CloudWatch, and cut redundant validation logic to increase validation speed by ~70%.
Software Developer Intern
Walmart Global Tech
Jan 2022 – Jun 2022

Combined machine learning with developer tooling to improve design workflows.

  • Built an ML-powered design validation platform for Figma, reducing manual review effort by ~90%.
  • Designed graph-based algorithms to extract UI components and hierarchical relationships from design files.
  • Trained a deep-learning model achieving 98% accuracy detecting UI inconsistencies in color, layout, and typography — enabling scalable validation across screens.
what I

Education

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M.S. in Computer Science

University at Buffalo
2024 – 2025
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B.Tech in Information Technology

IIIT Allahabad
2018 – 2022
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When I'm not coding

I love painting realistic scenery — capturing light, landscapes, and quiet moments. It's where I slow down and make something thoughtful and intentional, just for the joy of it. 🎨

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Let's build something ♡

I'm always happy to chat about backend systems, AI / ML, or a good landscape. Drop me a line — or grab my résumé below.