Headline

Engineering@Licious | IIT Hyderabad CSE

About

I’m a Software Engineer passionate about building scalable, reliable, and high-performance backend systems. With 3+ years of experience, I’ve worked across distributed systems, microservices, and large-scale platforms—designing solutions that power real-world business needs. My expertise spans Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, and JavaScript, with hands-on experience in API design, database optimization, caching, event-driven architectures, and cloud-native deployments. I’ve architected and optimized systems to handle scale, resiliency, and maintainability—improving response times, enabling asynchronous workflows, and ensuring fault tolerance at production scale. Beyond backend development, I bring a strong foundation in Data Structures & Algorithms (DSA). I enjoy solving complex problems, applying algorithmic thinking to distributed coordination, concurrency, and performance optimization—delivering systems that are both functional and efficient. --- Key strengths: Distributed systems & microservices architecture Backend engineering with Java, Spring Boot, Node.js REST & event-driven API design (Kafka, Redis, Bull Queue) Database design & optimization (MySQL/SQL/NoSQL) Algorithms, problem-solving & performance optimization Cloud-native deployments (Azure, Kubernetes, Docker) --- I thrive at the intersection of system design and problem-solving—whether it’s diving deep into performance bottlenecks, simplifying distributed workflows, or leading backend initiatives that demand both precision and innovation.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

SDE 2 at Licious, Oct 2025 - Present · 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Software Engineer at Es Magico Tech Studio, Aug 2023 - Jul 2025 · 2 yrs, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Led development of a gamification and rewards platform - gratify which helped enabling client organizations to create custom offers, rules, and loyalty programs, resulted in boosting user engagement by 14%. - Architected & led development of admin panel for rewards platform which resulted in reduction of offer’s go-live time by 5x. - Optimized loyalty processing APIs, cutting response times by 8x through caching of frequently accessed data and a revamp of system architecture by introducing asynchronous flows. - Created ETL jobs for populating Analytics datastores using Bull Queue and redis for message broker. - Mentored junior developers and interns by guiding onboarding, conducting code reviews, and promoting engineering best practices across the team.

Associate in Engineering Development Group at MathWorks, Jul 2022 - Jul 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Resolved 30+ complex support cases for MATLAB/Simulink users by debugging code and providing software patches, achieving a good customer satisfaction rating. Worked on building a Web Application for helping new hires onboard easily and to get used to processes quickly. Developed a feature to enable cut, copy, paste features on Simulink components using ContextMenu & Keyboard shortcuts.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, Indian institute of technology Hyderabad

Public links

github: https://github.com/Khalid6468