About
Senior Backend Engineer with extensive experience in designing and developing distributed systems that power large-scale, high-availability applications. Skilled in building streaming and data-driven architectures leveraging technologies such as Apache Kafka, Samza, Couchbase, and other distributed storage and processing frameworks. My expertise lies in: Distributed System Design – architecting fault-tolerant, horizontally scalable backends for high-throughput workloads. Event-Driven Architectures – implementing real-time data pipelines and stream processing using Kafka and Samza. Data Stores & Performance – hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases, including data modelling, query optimization, indexing, and performance tuning. System Optimization – addressing challenges around latency, throughput, data consistency, fault tolerance, and reliability. Secure & Responsible Data Handling – designing systems that handle customer data securely, with an understanding of data governance, privacy, and compliance requirements. Code Quality & Automated Testing – building high-quality, maintainable, and testable code with comprehensive automated testing across unit, integration, contract, and performance tests, particularly for critical paths. CI/CD & Deployment – working with CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment practices, troubleshooting build and test flakiness, and improving pipeline reliability and developer productivity. Observability & Telemetry – designing metrics, logging, and distributed tracing to monitor feature health, diagnose production issues, and drive operational improvements. Technical Leadership & Mentorship – mentoring engineers, leading by example in code and design quality, and influencing engineering best practices across the team. End-to-End Development – from low-level design and APIs to production deployment, monitoring, and performance tuning. I focus on building backends that are resilient, observable, and easy to evolve, applying principles of distributed computing, concurrency, and scalability. Experienced in working across the full SDLC, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring production systems meet stringent SLAs. Passionate about solving complex engineering problems at scale, driving architecture discussions, and staying hands-on with the latest in distributed technologies.
Work experience
Senior Software Engineer at LinkedIn, Nov 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 10 mos, I played a pivotal role in enhancing LinkedIn's advertising ecosystem through innovative engineering solutions. • Designed and implemented an end-to-end invalid traffic protection system, filtering over 1% of invalid traffic at the source. • Developed scalable Samza/Kafka pipelines and dashboards for multiple advertiser trust systems, ensuring data integrity. • Delivered traffic filtering systems that blocked invalid clicks, improving overall ad performance.
Staff Engineer at Samsung Research Institute, Jun 2013 - Nov 2021 · 8 yrs 6 mos, Core Application & Framework Engineering: Developed user-centric applications and system-level frameworks for flagship Android and Wear OS devices. Performance Diagnostics & Tooling: Engineered performance optimization tools and diagnostics to improve UI responsiveness, analyze launch bottlenecks, and manage device heating using Systrace, Hierarchy Viewer, and Traceview. Global Software Delivery: Collaborated across distributed global teams in India and South Korea to build scalable launcher, widget, and wallpaper subsystems.
Developer at Mahindra Satyam, Jan 2012 - Jun 2013 · 1 yr 6 mos, Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area, Worked on Android, BlackBerry and SUP
Assistant System Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services, Aug 2010 - Jan 2012 · 1 yr 6 mos, Pune, Built hybrid mobile and healthcare applications for enterprise clients.
