Hi, I'm Akshay Shahi

Backend & Systems Engineering Student

I enjoy building infrastructure from scratch and understanding how systems work under the hood.

What I'm Building

• Reverse Proxy in C++ using epoll and non-blocking sockets
• Redis-like Key-Value Store (VoidStore)
• Concurrency & Thread Pool Systems in Rust
• Backend Services with Node.js, PostgreSQL, and Docker

Current Focus

• Data Structures & Algorithms
• Linux Systems Programming
• Networking & Concurrency
• Distributed Systems
• Backend Engineering

Featured Projects

hy-proxy

Nginx-style reverse proxy built in C++ using epoll, TCP sockets, and event-driven architecture.

VoidStore

Redis-inspired in-memory key-value store with RESP parsing, TTL expiration, and AOF persistence.

SaffronAI

National Finalist project at HCL × GUVI AI Buildathon 2026. AI-powered scam-call intelligence extraction system.

Tech Stack

Languages C++, Rust, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, C

Backend Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, REST APIs, WebSockets

Systems Linux, epoll, TCP/IP, POSIX Sockets, Concurrency, Multi-threading

Tools Docker, Git, GitHub Actions

Achievement

🏆 National Finalist — HCL × GUVI India AI Impact Buildathon 2026 Top 200 teams out of 15,000+ teams (40,000+ participants)

Looking For

Backend Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Systems Engineering, and Distributed Systems opportunities.