Headline

Backend & Platform Engineer | 3+ Years | Node.js, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Grafana | Cost Optimization & Observability

About

Backend/Platform Engineer with 3+ years of experience building and scaling backend systems using Node.js, MongoDB, and InfluxDB. Skilled in designing microservices architecture, implementing database sharding and RabbitMQ-based async messaging, and setting up monitoring and alerting pipelines with Grafana, Prometheus, and Alertmanager. Proven track record of reducing infrastructure costs, improving query performance, and cutting incident response times through hands-on system optimization and cross-functional leadership.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

claude code

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Work experience

Platform Engineer at Faclon Labs, Sep 2024 - Present · 2 yrs, Developed and deployed InfluxDB sharding across multiple VMs and InfluxDB instances, eliminating the need for vertical scaling and reducing cloud infrastructure costs, while improving query performance and data distribution, reducing query latency by 40%. Set up Node Exporter, Prometheus, Alertmanager, and Grafana for real-time system monitoring and alerting, enhancing infrastructure visibility and reducing incident response time by about 70%. Integrated Grafana OnCall and set up multiple escalation chains for alerts through Teams webhooks for message logging and Plivo for automated call alerts, improving incident response efficiency and reducing downtime by about 30%. Implemented role-based authentication and authorization in MongoDB, strengthening data security and reducing unauthorized access risks by 30%. Split a microservice into reader and writer services to enable independent horizontal scaling, resulting in monthly cloud cost savings of around 20%. Led a team of 3 juniors to rewrite and refactor a microservice, removing duplicate code to improve readability, and enhancing performance by about 60%.

Back End Developer at Faclon Labs, Sep 2023 - Present · 3 yrs, Andheri East, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Backend Developer building robust and scalable systems. Proficient in Node.js, I design and implement complex functionality and optimised solutions with MongoDB for flexible data storage, InfluxDB for time-series data, and Redis for caching and real-time applications. My expertise in Nginx ensures efficient load balancing and web server configuration. I also excel in message queuing systems, utilizing RabbitMQ for asynchronous communication. I also actively contributed to system monitoring and alerting using Prometheus and Grafana, ensuring that our systems operated smoothly and were responsive to changing conditions. I also set rules and set up alert enviroment for microsoft teams using webhooks. Let's collaborate to streamline your backend infrastructure for optimal performance and reliability

Backend Developer Intern at Faclon Labs, Jun 2023 - Sep 2023 · 4 mos, Andheri East, Mumbai, Maharashtra, I gained knowledge of time series databases, gaining hands-on experience with data storage and analysis. With a strong foundation in data structures and algorithms, I effectively tackled complex problems, optimizing performance and efficiency. I also delved into load balancing, honing my skills in distributing workloads across servers for enhanced scalability and reliability. As I delved into testing methodologies, I fine-tuned applications to ensure their robustness, stability, and security.

Frontend Developer at InfuzeX Ventures, Jun 2022 - Jul 2022 · 2 mos, Designed and developed the Login Page for a student portal website, including backend integration, leading to about a 10% increase in student registration. Developed several components of landing pages for multiple company websites. Improved the UI and overall look of many web projects, leading to a 20% increase in traffic.

Education

Bachelor of Technology, Computational Science, jaypee institute of information technology