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Akash Goyal

Senior Software Engineer(P4) (Backend) at Zuora | Ex-Paytm | Ex-Airtel Payment Bank

Bengaluru

7+ years of work experience

Zuora
Dec 202511 moPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Working as a Senior Software Engineer (P4), I am responsible for developing scalable, distributed backend applications using my expertise.
Paytm Payments Bank
Jan 20224 yrsDec 2025

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Working on project near real-time transaction history (UTH), contact management and beneficiary systems (COMS), bank statement generation, Notification System and identifying root causes of anomalies. In UTH, we handle more than 10K TPS with ingestion TPS exceeding 20K.
Paytm Payment Bank
Jan 20224 yrsDec 2025

Leading a team of 3 engineers to develop and deliver highly scalable distributed backend services. Hiring, Mentoring, and developing talent within the organization. Collaborating with business stakeholders and engineering teams to create roadmaps and visions. Currently working on multiple projects, including COMS(Contact Management and Beneficiary System), UTH, Statement, and Notification Services. End-to-End DR setup for COMS and Notification Service, and participated in individual and full Bank DR. Key projects: Migration from Java 8 to Java 17, Amazon Elasticsearch to self-managed Elasticsearch, and AWS to a self-managed data center, reducing costs by ~$20,000/month. Development of modules like beneficiary systems, phonebook systems, transaction history services, and notification services. Tech Stack: Java (8, 11, 17), Spring Boot, ORM Framework(Hibernate), Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, Kafka Connect(CDC), Schema Registry, Aerospike, Redis, Livy jobs, MySQL, Elasticsearch, S3, ELK Stack, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Maven, NewRelic, Uptrace, glowroot(POC), PagerDuty, Github Copilot, ChatGpt, Jenkins(CI/CD), Docker, Kubernetes, Junit.
Airtel Payments Bank
Apr 20201 yr 10 mosJan 2022

Gurugram, Haryana, India

Worked on merchant and retailer onboarding, as well as merchant settlement microservices. Redesigned merchant and retailer onboarding services from a monolith to microservices. Outcome: Achieved fully automated onboarding for merchants and retailers after the redesign.
Paytm First Games
Dec 20181 yr 5 mosApr 2020

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Worked on multiple microservices, including Rule and Task Engine, and Reward Management microservice.

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Education

Bachelor's degree, Programming language specific

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY &SCIENCE

20114 yrs2015

certification, Blockchain Architecture Design and Use Cases

Nptel

20182018

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Headline

Senior Software Engineer(P4) (Backend) at Zuora | Ex-Paytm | Ex-Airtel Payment Bank

About

As a Polyglot Engineer with a passion for designing, coding, and developing robust systems, I currently serve as a Backend Technical Lead. My expertise spans a diverse range of technologies and tools, enabling me to deliver high-performance solutions tailored to various business needs. Technical Proficiencies: Programming Languages: Java (Java 7, Java 8, Java 17) Python R shell script Java Frameworks: SpringBoot Hibernate Databases: RDBMS: MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL NoSQL: Elasticsearch,Mongo,cassandra Cache Frameworks:Redis,Ehcache,Aerospike Streaming Frameworks:Apache Kafka, ActiveMQ, JMS, Apache Flink, Apache Spark Blockchain Frameworks: Bitcoin Ethereum Ripple Monitoring Tools: Grafana New Relic Uptrace GlowRoot Deployment Tools: Jenkins My goal is to leverage these skills to build efficient, scalable, and reliable backend systems that drive innovation and business success.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Staff Software Engineer at Zuora, Dec 2025 - Present · 11 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Working as a Senior Software Engineer (P4), I am responsible for developing scalable, distributed backend applications using my expertise.

Development Team Lead(BackEnd) at Paytm Payments Bank, Jan 2022 - Dec 2025 · 4 yrs, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, Working on project near real-time transaction history (UTH), contact management and beneficiary systems (COMS), bank statement generation, Notification System and identifying root causes of anomalies. In UTH, we handle more than 10K TPS with ingestion TPS exceeding 20K.

Technical Lead at Paytm Payment Bank, Jan 2022 - Dec 2025 · 4 yrs, Leading a team of 3 engineers to develop and deliver highly scalable distributed backend services. Hiring, Mentoring, and developing talent within the organization. Collaborating with business stakeholders and engineering teams to create roadmaps and visions. Currently working on multiple projects, including COMS(Contact Management and Beneficiary System), UTH, Statement, and Notification Services. End-to-End DR setup for COMS and Notification Service, and participated in individual and full Bank DR. Key projects: Migration from Java 8 to Java 17, Amazon Elasticsearch to self-managed Elasticsearch, and AWS to a self-managed data center, reducing costs by ~$20,000/month. Development of modules like beneficiary systems, phonebook systems, transaction history services, and notification services. Tech Stack: Java (8, 11, 17), Spring Boot, ORM Framework(Hibernate), Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, Kafka Connect(CDC), Schema Registry, Aerospike, Redis, Livy jobs, MySQL, Elasticsearch, S3, ELK Stack, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Maven, NewRelic, Uptrace, glowroot(POC), PagerDuty, Github Copilot, ChatGpt, Jenkins(CI/CD), Docker, Kubernetes, Junit.

Senior Software Engineer at Airtel Payments Bank, Apr 2020 - Jan 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, Worked on merchant and retailer onboarding, as well as merchant settlement microservices. Redesigned merchant and retailer onboarding services from a monolith to microservices. Outcome: Achieved fully automated onboarding for merchants and retailers after the redesign.

software engineer at paytm (paytm first game) at Paytm First Games, Dec 2018 - Apr 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, Worked on multiple microservices, including Rule and Task Engine, and Reward Management microservice.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Programming language specific, MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY &SCIENCE

certification, Blockchain Architecture Design and Use Cases, Nptel