Avaneesa Basappa — Builder, Doer, Maker & Problem Solver

Avaneesa builds useful software products, tools, and systems, turning ideas into practical solutions, with professional software development experience at IBM Turbonomics, ChannelAssist, and Indellient.

Selected work includes Job Transparency, Arxiv Lens, Paper Pulse, Podparley, Mirror Real Estate, MangaKazoku, and open-source Go tools.

Avaneesa holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

Avaneesa Basappa

I make useful things — and solve hard problems.

See what I've built → Builder · Doer · Maker · Problem Solver

01 / EXPERIENCE

Where I've built things.

Jan 2022 — Present

Current

Software Developer

@ IBM Turbonomics

Builds and supports scalable analytics-platform architecture.
Works with Kubernetes, Docker, Protobuf, gRPC, Java, and Spring.

Apr 2020 — Dec 2021

Full Stack Developer

@ ChannelAssist Inc

Designed multi-application authentication using IdentityServer4, OAuth 2.0, and OpenID Connect.
Improved ASP.NET MVC performance by 15% and reduced memory use by 32%.
Built a multi-tenant Azure Functions payment system that reduced infrastructure costs by 80%.

Jun 2019 — Feb 2020

Full Stack Developer

@ Indellient Inc

Developed ASP.NET Core MVC and Spring Boot applications on AWS.
Delivered C# improvements with 50% lower memory use and a 3× speed increase.
Deployed applications with Docker, Terraform, Jenkins, and PowerShell.

02 / PROJECTS

Things I've shipped.

A closer look at the products I've built. Load a preview to explore the real site without leaving the page.

Job Transparency — salary-transparent job search, total-compensation comparison, and career tools.
Arxiv Lens — multi-database academic search with AI-assisted findings, comparisons, and research tools.
Paper Pulse — iPhone research discovery, summaries, reading, and offline access.
Podparley — podcast discovery and discussion.
Mirror Real Estate — an advertising-free real-estate search experience.
MangaKazoku — anime and manga discovery and favorites.
Text Classify — sentiment analysis, summarization, and keyword extraction.
Awesome Go Libs — discovery for Go libraries and developer tools.
FiberStarter — Go Fiber authentication and server-side-rendering starter.
CCA — command-line code comparison and metrics.
Job Data API — job-listing data for application developers.
Real Estate Data API — real-estate search data for applications.

03 / ABOUT // builds & ships // fast & lean

I like to build things and see them come alive. I have always been curious about mechanical, electrical, and software systems, and I carry that need to understand how things work into every product I build.

04 / EDUCATION

Foundations.

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

University of Ontario Institute of Technology