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title: "Vipul Dunde - Software Engineer 2 in Pune | Tal"
description: "Meet Vipul Dunde, SDE II @Avalara, prev-AppDirect, TomTom | Backend Engineer | FinTech | Distributed Systems | System Design (HLD/LLD) | Java/Spring Boot • AWS • NodeJS/NextJS • LangChain | GenAI/LLM Integrations | DSA based in Pune. AI stack includes claude code, claude, and cursor. Explore public..."
image: "https://tal.club/meet/vipul-dunde/share-image"
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# Vipul Dunde on Tal

## Headline

SDE II @Avalara, prev\-AppDirect, TomTom \| Backend Engineer \| FinTech \| Distributed Systems \| System Design \(HLD/LLD\) \| Java/Spring Boot • AWS • NodeJS/NextJS • LangChain \| GenAI/LLM Integrations \| DSA

## About

I’m a Backend Software Engineer \(SDE II\) with 3\+ years of experience building scalable, distributed backend systems in FinTech and AI/GenAI integrations\. My core strength is end\-to\-end ownership of low\-level design \(LLD\)—turning ambiguous requirements into clean APIs, solid data models, reliable async workflows, and production\-grade services\. I also contribute to high\-level design \(HLD\) for distributed systems, focusing on scalability, fault tolerance, and operability\. What I bring to teams: • System Design \(HLD/LLD\): microservices, distributed systems, API design, data modeling, concurrency, idempotency, caching, rate limiting • Reliability & Scale: performance tuning, capacity thinking, incident\-driven hardening, zero\-downtime changes, strong observability \(metrics/logs/traces\) • Backend Engineering: Java/Spring Boot, AWS, Kafka, MySQL; clean architecture and testable code • AI/Platform Integrations: LLM/agent workflows and enterprise integrations that improve automation and developer productivity I’m also strong in problem solving with 800\+ DSA problems solved \(Top 16% on LeetCode, peak contest rank \~350\), which I apply to designing robust systems and debugging complex production issues\. I enjoy roles where I can own designs, build reliable services, and solve scale \+ performance problems\. Open to connecting with engineers and recruiters hiring for Backend/Platform, Distributed Systems, FinTech, and AI\-integrations roles\.

## Location

Pune

## AI stack

claude code

claude

cursor

langgraph

notion

claudecode

## Work experience

Software Engineer 2 at Avalara, Apr 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 5 mos, India

Software Development Engineer II at AppDirect, Apr 2024 \- Apr 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo, India, Building Appdirect AI \- Built Slack App \- AppDirect AI integration\. \- Built Confluence, Jira \- AppDirect AI integration\. One of the Presenters at the Tech\-MeetUp\. Experience with RAG pipeline, and building applications on top of it\.

Software Engineer at Devs\.ai, Apr 2024 \- Apr 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

Software Development Engineer I at AppDirect, Jul 2022 \- Mar 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos, Hybrid, Product Reliability Engineering \(PRE\) \- Microsoft Integrations Team: \- Implemented features and engineered CIMs\. Global Hackathon Winner 2023 \(Solo Participant\): \- Developed a Slack App that integrates with Jira and OpenAI to streamline workflow\. \- Introduced summary features for Jira Issues and Slack discussions/threads\. \- Utilised OpenAI's APIs to match Jira issues for better problem resolution and suggestions\. \- Plain Query to JQL query converter with custom field support and report generation\.

Software Engineer at TomTom, Jul 2021 \- Dec 2021 · 6 mos, India, Responsible for QA Rules analysis, development and testing in an agile environment\. \- Checking feasibility of karate framework automation for the team\. \- Worked on project Jira Streaming Events which involves Azure functions, Spring, Jira Webhooks and SQL database\. \- Worked on NLP application to group similar content and created REST API gateway for downloading output data\.

Software Development Intern at Ideaction Business Consultants, Apr 2021 \- May 2021 · 2 mos, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, Computer Science and Engineering, MIT World Peace University

## Public links

- leetcode: https://leetcode\.com/vipul\-dunde

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