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Akash Chhabra

Engineering @Atlassian | Gojek | Oracle | Backend

Bengaluru

5+ years of work experience

Atlassian
Sep 20251 yrPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Building an AI/LLM-driven retrieval and recommendation pipeline over an existing Knowledge Base dataset, using OpenSearch/Turbopuffer–backed indexing for efficient semantic retrieval. • Integrating performance recommendations into Jira System Admin Hub, enabling admins to resolve degradation issues without raising support tickets. • Led upgradation of the Asset Discovery app from .NET Framework 4.7.2 to .NET 10, transitioning from Windows-only to cross-platform support and improving maintainability. • Reduced CI/build time by ~60% (≈50 → 20 minutes) through parallelization and removal of inefficient blocking logic, improving developer velocity and release reliability.
GoTo Group
Apr 20241 yr 6 mosSep 2025

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• Implemented sharding of the Order Management Service, a core component handling 80K requests per minute of load, to improve performance and scalability. • Built a robust Subscription Engine from scratch to enable scheduled recurring payments and programs, allowing flexible scheduling of deductions at user/driver levels. • Managed an urgent wallet migration project within a week due to compliance requirements from Bank of Indonesia (BI), ensuring a seamless transition for 3 million drivers without disrupting the service. • Designed a cashback revert mechanism for refunds process, resulting in annual cost savings of nearly 1 million dollars. • Led the development of a Workflow Management Tool that streamlined developer/testers workflows, saving significant time, and won a company-wide hackathon.
GoTo Group
Aug 20221 yr 9 mosApr 2024

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• Built highly performant, feature-loaded & reliant promotions engine for 15M+ daily transactions. • Implemented voucher allocation systems for giving vouchers & direct cashbacks via promo codes. • Collaborated with Product, Designers, and Business teams to strategize and implement product initiatives on enhancing promotions visibility.Collaborated with Product, Designers, and Business teams to strategize and implement product initiatives on enhancing promotions visibility. • Engaged in proactive production support activities and developed performance dashboards on platforms such as Grafana and New Relic, enhancing service level transparency and operational visibility.
Oracle
Jan 20227 mosJul 2022

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Working with Cloud Native Session Border Controller and Session Initiation Protocol. • Making library for Q/A Team using Robot Framework. • Writing flexible and clean code.
Cobalt
Oct 202110 mosJul 2022

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Building REST APIs for the various Microservices. • API Integrations of Google Drive, Calendar, Docs and Slack. • Worked with Cronjobs ,Caching and Message Queues. • Improved the performance of APIs by optimizing MongoDB queries.
Freecharge
May 20213 mosJul 2021

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Created a event logging service for Axis Products. • Improved query time using Elastic Search. • Connected to AWS Elastic Search. • Used Kibana for Data Visualization. • Fixed Session API of a project in production.

Akash’s AI Stack

antigravity
antigravity
cursor
cursor
opencode
opencode

Education

Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar

Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Communications Engineering

Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar

20184 yrs2022

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Headline

Engineering @Atlassian | Gojek | Oracle | Backend

About

Experienced Software Engineer specializing in scalable, high-performance backend systems. Currently at Gojek Tech, where I've improved core services handling millions of daily transactions. Proficient in Java, Clojure, Node.JS with expertise in microservices and distributed systems, with Kafka, Redis. Key achievements: - Implemented sharding for a service managing 80K requests/minute. - Led urgent wallet migration for 3M drivers. - Designed cost-saving cashback mechanism ($1M annually). - Developed award-winning Workflow Management Tool. Previously contributed to VoIP at Oracle and workflow automation at Breakout. Skilled in PostgreSQL, Kafka, MongoDB, Redis, Kubernetes, and AWS. Passionate about solving complex problems and enhancing security. Created projects like Logsafe (email privacy) and Asset Discovery Tool (company asset monitoring). Always eager to tackle new challenges in innovative tech solutions.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

antigravity

cursor

opencode

Work experience

Software Engineer II at Atlassian, Sep 2025 - Present · 1 yr, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Building an AI/LLM-driven retrieval and recommendation pipeline over an existing Knowledge Base dataset, using OpenSearch/Turbopuffer–backed indexing for efficient semantic retrieval. • Integrating performance recommendations into Jira System Admin Hub, enabling admins to resolve degradation issues without raising support tickets. • Led upgradation of the Asset Discovery app from .NET Framework 4.7.2 to .NET 10, transitioning from Windows-only to cross-platform support and improving maintainability. • Reduced CI/build time by ~60% (≈50 → 20 minutes) through parallelization and removal of inefficient blocking logic, improving developer velocity and release reliability.

Software Engineer 2 at GoTo Group, Apr 2024 - Sep 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid, • Implemented sharding of the Order Management Service, a core component handling 80K requests per minute of load, to improve performance and scalability. • Built a robust Subscription Engine from scratch to enable scheduled recurring payments and programs, allowing flexible scheduling of deductions at user/driver levels. • Managed an urgent wallet migration project within a week due to compliance requirements from Bank of Indonesia (BI), ensuring a seamless transition for 3 million drivers without disrupting the service. • Designed a cashback revert mechanism for refunds process, resulting in annual cost savings of nearly 1 million dollars. • Led the development of a Workflow Management Tool that streamlined developer/testers workflows, saving significant time, and won a company-wide hackathon.

Software Engineer at GoTo Group, Aug 2022 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid, • Built highly performant, feature-loaded & reliant promotions engine for 15M+ daily transactions. • Implemented voucher allocation systems for giving vouchers & direct cashbacks via promo codes. • Collaborated with Product, Designers, and Business teams to strategize and implement product initiatives on enhancing promotions visibility.Collaborated with Product, Designers, and Business teams to strategize and implement product initiatives on enhancing promotions visibility. • Engaged in proactive production support activities and developed performance dashboards on platforms such as Grafana and New Relic, enhancing service level transparency and operational visibility.

Software Developer at Oracle, Jan 2022 - Jul 2022 · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Working with Cloud Native Session Border Controller and Session Initiation Protocol. • Making library for Q/A Team using Robot Framework. • Writing flexible and clean code.

Backend Developer at Cobalt, Oct 2021 - Jul 2022 · 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Building REST APIs for the various Microservices. • API Integrations of Google Drive, Calendar, Docs and Slack. • Worked with Cronjobs ,Caching and Message Queues. • Improved the performance of APIs by optimizing MongoDB queries.

Software Developer at Freecharge, May 2021 - Jul 2021 · 3 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, • Created a event logging service for Axis Products. • Improved query time using Elastic Search. • Connected to AWS Elastic Search. • Used Kibana for Data Visualization. • Fixed Session API of a project in production.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar