Software Engineering
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12+ years building and running large-scale distributed systems, mostly around high-volume data. I’ve led projects end to end, worked closely with engineers at all levels, and built platforms that reliably handle billions of events every day.
Languages Java, JavaScript / Node.js, Python
Databases BigQuery, Cassandra, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, MongoDB
Messaging Kafka
Infra / DevOps Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, GitLab, ArgoCD
Principal Software Engineer (Full-time) Apr 2022 – Nov 2024
Tech: Java, Kafka, BigQuery, Redis, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP
- Led development of multiple projects from ideation to production in collaboration with Product, QA, CTO, and DevOps.
- Managed and mentored teams of 3–12 engineers (fresh graduates to senior engineers).
- Architected and delivered dozens of production systems from scratch — several handling billions of events daily.
- Contributed hands-on to coding, maintenance, and infrastructure upgrades across distributed systems.
Senior Software Engineer (Full-time) Mar 2013 – Apr 2022
Tech: Java, Kafka, BigQuery, Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis
- Built and scaled systems processing 5B+ events per day with high reliability.
- Designed update-heavy user profile pipelines handling 800M+ updates per day.
- Designed and built end-to-end event ingestion pipelines from Kafka to BigQuery.
- Implemented real-time statistics processing using Redis for aggregated metrics.
- Built conversion attribution and reporting services delivering 800+ reports daily.
- Developed Cassandra-based latest-event services consumed by personalization engines.
- Led PoC and initial migration pipelines for moving a 100+ TB BigQuery warehouse to StarRocks.
- Contributed to frontend, PHP, and Android initiatives as needed.
Co-Founder Sep 2011 – Aug 2012
- Bootstrapped and built two products from scratch.
- Developed a remote-managed ad management platform for large-screen outdoor advertising.
- Built a wireless tablet-based restaurant ordering and billing system.
Software Engineer (MMI) Aug 2010 – Jul 2011
- Customized and developed mobile device features for multiple brands on the MTK platform.
- Worked on Plutommi and Venus MMI frameworks.
Embedded Software Developer Feb 2009 – Mar 2010
- Developed measurement flows, data storage, and UART communication for gas chromatography systems on ARM Linux.
- Designed ATMega-based sensor board firmware supporting calibration and display interfaces.
Customizable database load-testing framework with real-time in-browser statistics.
Zero-dependency Java 8 templating engine with Nunjucks-compatible syntax.
Condition evaluation engines using MongoDB-like query syntax for JavaScript and Java.
Java library providing retries, circuit breakers, and fallback strategies.
Node.js Express server mimicking OpenAI APIs for local testing.
Electron desktop application enabling plain-English querying of CSV, JSON, Excel, and Parquet files.
CDAC Pune
Post Graduate Diploma in Embedded Systems (2008 – 2009)
MJPRU Bareilly
B.Tech. in Electrical, Electronics & Communications Engineering (2004 – 2008)