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Senior Software Engineer @Razorpay | AiBrief.in | Car-PDI.app

About

👋 Hi there! I'm a Senior Software Engineer with 5 years of experience building scalable backend systems, APIs, and distributed services in fast-paced, high-growth environments. I enjoy turning ideas into real products. Over the years, I've built and shipped multiple applications from scratch, and there's nothing more exciting than watching users adopt something you created. AiBrief.in & Car-PDI.app Above are the two products I've built that are now gaining traction. Many more are currently in the pipeline. 💻 I'm currently working as a Senior SDE at Razorpay (via Recro), where I contribute to backend systems powering financial workflows at scale. My work focuses on system design, distributed architectures, API development, performance optimization, and building reliable infrastructure that serves millions of requests. While backend engineering is my strongest area, I enjoy wearing multiple hats. I love exploring UI/UX, product strategy, automation, AI, developer tools, and data-driven decision making. I believe the best engineers understand not just how to build software, but why they're building it. 🚀 Outside of work, I'm actively building the below: - Devfolio.fyi - An interview preparation platform designed to help software engineers prepare smarter with practical resources and real-world experiences. (Updates coming soon!) - WhatsCooking.dev - A public build log where users can share what they are building, lessons learned, experiments, wins, failures, and the journey behind shipping products in public. (Updates coming soon!) I'm passionate about startups, side projects, and the entire journey from idea → MVP → product → users. I enjoy solving real problems, validating ideas quickly, and continuously learning through building. 🎯 Long-term, I want to build impactful products, create successful businesses, make it big in tech, and eventually own a piece of farmland where I can slow down and enjoy life. 🌾🤭 (Lets be honest here, we all dream about this right? 😉) If you're building something interesting, hiring great engineers, or simply enjoy talking about technology, startups, or product development, I'd love to connect. Always happy to exchange ideas, collaborate, and learn from fellow builders.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude code

claude

codex

kimi

langchain

langgraph

Work experience

Senior Software Development Engineer at Razorpay, Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Currently working in the Partnerships team, focusing on building backend services and APIs that enhance the partner experience. Contributing to the development of integration-friendly solutions that help partners view and track their KPIs, enabling them to monitor their own performance and metrics.

Software Developer at Rakuten, Mar 2022 - May 2025 · 3 y 2 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Product Engineer at Brillio, Aug 2021 - Mar 2022 · 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, At Brillio, I worked on building and enhancing web applications with a focus on improving user experience and product performance. I collaborated closely with product managers, designers, and cross-functional teams to deliver features that aligned with business goals and user needs. Key focus areas included: Delivering impactful features that enhanced customer engagement. Optimizing product performance to improve usability and responsiveness. Participating in agile development cycles, ensuring timely and quality releases. This experience helped me develop a strong understanding of product thinking, collaboration, and ownership beyond just technical delivery.

Co-Founder at NEWSIO, Jul 2020 - Jan 2021 · 7 mos, Remote, As a co-founder, I wore multiple hats with a strong focus on product ownership and execution. I led the end-to-end development of a mobile app that uses AI to summarize news articles into concise, easy-to-consume updates, solving the problem of information overload for everyday users. Key contributions: Owned the product lifecycle: from ideation, market research, and MVP definition to launch and iteration. Conducted user research to validate pain points around news consumption, shaping core product features. Collaborated with the tech team to integrate AI models while ensuring the product remained user-friendly and accessible. Launched the app to a strong market response, achieving 750+ installs in the first week with organic traction. Led continuous feedback loops, prioritized feature improvements, and managed the product roadmap for post-launch growth. Focused on delivering a seamless user experience and high retention by refining UX and solving critical pain points. This experience deepened my skills in product thinking, customer-centric design, and agile execution, blending technical know-how with strategic decision-making.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science and Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University

2nd PUC, PCMCs, Narayana PU College - India

Public links

github: https://github.com/lokesh2021