About
Backend-focused Staff Engineer with 11+ years of overall software engineering experience, including 8+ years of hands-on backend engineering experience building scalable backend systems, distributed platforms, event-driven architectures, and real-time analytics solutions. I specialize in Java, Spring Boot, Apache Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes, and Apache Pinot, with deep hands-on experience designing and developing highly available, high-performance backend systems that support mission-critical business operations. At 7-Eleven, I have led the architecture, hands-on engineering, and delivery of real-time sales and inventory platforms serving 2,000+ retail stores. My work includes modernizing legacy batch systems into event-driven microservices, building Kafka-based streaming pipelines, enabling near real-time analytics, and developing backend services capable of handling 10K+ requests per second. I have also driven initiatives around performance optimization, caching, fault tolerance, observability, cloud infrastructure, and production reliability, including reducing AWS infrastructure costs by approximately $100K annually. Beyond hands-on development, I drive technical direction through architecture and design reviews, engineering standards, code reviews, and technical mentorship. I have mentored 15+ engineers and worked closely with product, engineering, and DevOps teams to deliver reliable, maintainable platforms. Core Expertise • Java 8/17/21, Spring Boot, Spring-based backend development • REST APIs, Microservices & Distributed Systems • Event-Driven Architecture & Apache Kafka (MSK) • Real-Time Analytics & Apache Pinot • PostgreSQL, Redis & Caching • AWS (EKS, MSK, RDS, SQS, SNS) • Kubernetes & Docker • Multithreading, Concurrency & Performance Optimization • Scalability, Fault Tolerance & High Availability • Observability, Reliability Engineering & Monitoring • System Design & Technical Architecture • Technical Leadership & Engineering Mentorship I enjoy solving complex backend and distributed-systems problems, building platforms that operate reliably at scale, and helping engineers grow while turning business requirements into simple, scalable, and maintainable technical solutions.
Work experience
Staff Engineer at 7-Eleven Global Solution Center – India, Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Lead Engineer at 7-Eleven Global Solution Center – India, Oct 2021 - Apr 2025 · 3 yrs 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Technical Lead at Karo Sambhav, Apr 2020 - Sep 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Team Lead at Karo Sambhav, Jan 2018 - Mar 2020 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area
Senior Software Engineer at KAHO LABS PRIVATE LIMITED, Mar 2017 - Dec 2017 · 10 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area
Software Developer at KAHO LABS PRIVATE LIMITED, Jul 2014 - Feb 2017 · 2 yrs 8 mos, Bangalore
