Shantanu R Desai — Senior Software Engineer

About Me

Who I Am

I'm a Senior Software Engineer at EY GDS, and for the past 3+ years I've shipped enterprise systems in financial services and media. My home turf is Salesforce platform engineering: Apex, LWC, REST integrations, and secure SDLC. I've built production systems trusted by names like Northern Trust and Warner Music Group.

I hold 13 Salesforce certifications and the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional. Beyond the badges, I'm hooked on Generative AI, cybersecurity, and automation that kills busywork. The results speak plainly: 35% fewer production incidents, 15+ hours of manual effort saved every week, and 25% more operational throughput.

When a problem won't leave me alone, it usually ends up as an open source DevOps, cloud, or security tool on my GitHub.

Skills

Technical Expertise

Platforms, languages, and disciplines I deliver with daily.

Salesforce

ApexLWCFlowsSOQLREST IntegrationSales CloudService CloudData Modelling

Security & IAM

IAMZero TrustSOX ComplianceSecure SDLCDevSecOpsField-Level Security

AI & GenAI

Prompt EngineeringLLM IntegrationRAG ArchitectureAI AgentsMCPPython for AI

DevOps & Cloud

GitGitHub ActionsTeamCityCI/CDAWSAzureLinuxTDD

Experience

Career Journey

Parent employers and the client contracts delivered under each.

Current Oct 2022 – Present

EY GDS

Senior Software Engineer → Salesforce Developer

EY GDS

Warner Music Group

Oct 2025 – Present

Shipped secure Salesforce automation with Apex, LWC, and REST APIs, powering legal and media operations across 50+ global markets.
Built a real-time Google Drive to Salesforce integration that automated document sync, lifting throughput 25% and clawing back ~3 hours every week.
Engineered a reusable LWC component library on clean OOP and GoF patterns, cutting onboarding time 30% and speeding up every feature that followed.
Hunted down a critical production race condition in LWC that had stalled 2 straight sprints, and restored reliability within one.
Drove testing and peer reviews that slashed regression incidents 40%, and authored design docs across 6 milestones with zero scope creep.
Mentored 3 junior engineers through hands-on reviews and workshops, trimming code review cycle time by ~20%.

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ApexLWCREST APIGoogle APIGoF Patterns

EY GDS

Northern Trust

Aug 2024 – Oct 2025

Architected modular Salesforce security automation for a global asset manager running $1.2T+ in assets, locking down IAM controls for 50,000+ users across 20+ jurisdictions under SOX.
Stood up CI/CD in TeamCity with 200+ automated regression scenarios, driving production incidents down 35% through secure SDLC and TDD.
Wired Salesforce into 3 external financial platforms over REST APIs, giving 500+ financial advisors real-time two-way data sync.
Automated away 15+ hours of manual ops every week and cut defect leakage 25% across 4 cross-functional workstreams.
Owned end-to-end delivery across 8 major releases, squashed 120+ production defects, and documented 15+ integration modules along the way.

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SecurityIAMTeamCitySOXCI/CD

Certifications