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Abhay Upadhyay

SWE @PocketFM | Fullstack & Gen AI | Ex-Yugabyte | Knight @leetcode | Expert @Codeforces | Amazon ML Summer School ’25 | Semifinalist @Amazon HackOn 5.0 & @Flipkart Grid 6.0 | IIITA@26

Greater Bengaluru Area

3+ years of work experience

Pocket FM
Jul 20264 mosPresent

Pocket FM
Jan 20267 mosJul 2026

Built an OIDC/SSO provider in Go (Gin) securing 100+ dashboards for 500+ users across 15 teams. Engineered a distributed ScyllaDB event routing microservice across 4 ad platforms with 92% test coverage. Delivered a full-stack VDP feature in Next.js 16 + React 19 with Zustand, i18n, and automated Jest tests.
Yugabyte
Jul 20256 mosDec 2025

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Architected a Kafka + ClickHouse logging pipeline processing 20M+ logs/day with 95% cost reduction. Built a Node.js event routing system for 300+ platform agents via SSE, reducing MySQL queries by 90%. Orchestrated a Kubernetes/AWS/Azure failover mechanism routing 20% of daily transactions with zero downtime.
Aparoksha, IIIT Allahabad
Mar 20242 mosApr 2024

Mentored and guided number of coding and webinar events.
Google Developer Student Clubs, IIIT-Allahabad
Jan 20241 yr 5 mosMay 2025

Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad

Effervescence, IIIT Allahabad
Oct 20234 mosJan 2024

Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India

Aparoksha, IIIT Allahabad
Apr 20231 yrMar 2024

Google Developer Student Clubs, IIIT-Allahabad
Jan 20231 yr 1 moJan 2024

Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India

Effervescence, IIIT Allahabad
Nov 20221 yr 3 mosJan 2024

Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad

Abhay’s AI Stack

antigravity
antigravity
claude code
claude code
codex
codex
cursor
cursor
elevenlabs
elevenlabs
gemini
gemini

Education

Indian Institute Of Information Technology allahabad

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Indian Institute Of Information Technology allahabad

20224 yrs2026

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Headline

SWE @PocketFM | Fullstack & Gen AI | Ex-Yugabyte | Knight @leetcode | Expert @Codeforces | Amazon ML Summer School ’25 | Semifinalist @Amazon HackOn 5.0 & @Flipkart Grid 6.0 | IIITA@26

About

🎓 I am a B.Tech student in Electronics & Communication Engineering at IIIT Allahabad, currently working as a Software Developer at Pocket FM, building scalable backend systems and distributed services. 💻 I specialize in backend engineering, distributed systems, and full-stack development, with hands-on experience in Go, Node.js, TypeScript, Redis, ScyllaDB, Kubernetes, and REST/gRPC services. At Pocket FM, I built a production-grade OIDC authentication system and scalable event-routing pipelines used across multiple internal platforms. Stack: Go · Python · TypeScript | Kafka · ClickHouse · ScyllaDB · Redis · Kubernetes · AWS · Docker | PyTorch · CLIP · LangChain 🔍 Currently seeking Backend Software Engineering / Distributed Systems / Full-Stack roles where I can build scalable systems and contribute to high-impact engineering teams.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

antigravity

claude code

codex

cursor

elevenlabs

gemini

Work experience

Software Engineer at Pocket FM, Jul 2026 - Present · 4 mos

Software Engineer Intern at Pocket FM, Jan 2026 - Jul 2026 · 7 mos, Built an OIDC/SSO provider in Go (Gin) securing 100+ dashboards for 500+ users across 15 teams. Engineered a distributed ScyllaDB event routing microservice across 4 ad platforms with 92% test coverage. Delivered a full-stack VDP feature in Next.js 16 + React 19 with Zustand, i18n, and automated Jest tests.

Software Engineer Intern at Yugabyte, Jul 2025 - Dec 2025 · 6 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Architected a Kafka + ClickHouse logging pipeline processing 20M+ logs/day with 95% cost reduction. Built a Node.js event routing system for 300+ platform agents via SSE, reducing MySQL queries by 90%. Orchestrated a Kubernetes/AWS/Azure failover mechanism routing 20% of daily transactions with zero downtime.

Executive at Aparoksha, IIIT Allahabad, Mar 2024 - Apr 2024 · 2 mos, Mentored and guided number of coding and webinar events.

Senior Web Developer at Google Developer Student Clubs, IIIT-Allahabad, Jan 2024 - May 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos, Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad

Executive at Effervescence, IIIT Allahabad, Oct 2023 - Jan 2024 · 4 mos, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India

Volunteer at Aparoksha, IIIT Allahabad, Apr 2023 - Mar 2024 · 1 yr

Web Developer at Google Developer Student Clubs, IIIT-Allahabad, Jan 2023 - Jan 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India

Volunteer at Effervescence, IIIT Allahabad, Nov 2022 - Jan 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos, Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad

Education

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Indian Institute Of Information Technology allahabad