Headline

📈problem solving

About

Software Engineer with 4+ years of experience building scalable backend systems, fintech platforms, credit management solutions, and business automation products. Currently working as an SDE-2 at Aditya Birla Pivot, designing and delivering high-impact solutions across order management, financing, risk management, portfolio analytics, and customer engagement platforms. Passionate about solving complex business problems through technology, I have led the development of mission-critical systems that reduced manual effort by up to 80%, improved operational visibility, and enabled large-scale automation across multiple business teams. My experience spans microservices, distributed systems, event-driven architectures, cloud-native applications, and financial workflows. I specialize in Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, and modern backend engineering practices. Beyond enterprise software, I actively explore AI and LLM technologies, building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems and experimenting with practical applications of Generative AI. I enjoy designing systems from first principles, optimizing performance, and transforming ambiguous business requirements into scalable products that create measurable impact. Core Interests: • Backend Engineering • Distributed Systems • FinTech & Credit Platforms • Microservices Architecture • Event-Driven Systems • Artificial Intelligence & LLMs • Cloud Computing • System Design & Scalability Always open to connecting with engineers, product leaders, founders, and technology enthusiasts who enjoy building meaningful products and solving challenging problems.

Location

India

AI stack

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Work experience

SDE II at Birla Pivot, Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru · Hybrid, • Leading the design and development of business-critical platforms across order management, credit management, financing, risk analytics, and customer engagement. • Delivered 10+ platform features and workflows that reduced manual effort by approximately 80% across multiple business functions. • Built WhatsApp-based communication systems and stakeholder notification frameworks, improving order visibility and operational transparency. • Developed Portfolio Management, Hawkeye Trends, and Nudge platforms, enabling data-driven decision-making through business insights, risk identification, and opportunity tracking. • Implemented financing integrations supporting invoice reverse factoring and channel financing workflows. • Collaborate with product, business, operations, and finance teams to translate complex requirements into scalable solutions using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, PostgreSQL, and cloud-native technologies.

SDE I at Birla Pivot, Aug 2024 - Mar 2025 · 8 mos, Bengaluru · Hybrid, • Developed and enhanced credit management, document management, and checkout platforms supporting critical business workflows. • Automated financial validation processes including advance payments, overdue checks, and credit balance verification. • Built internal dashboards and reporting systems used across multiple teams to improve operational visibility and efficiency. • Contributed to scalable microservices and event-driven architectures supporting high-volume business transactions.

SDE I at JSW One Platforms Ltd., Jul 2022 - Aug 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Mumbai, • Developed and enhanced Order Management and Payment systems serving thousands of transactions and users. • Implemented shipment, cancellation, confirmation, and payment reconciliation workflows, significantly improving transaction accuracy and operational efficiency. • Contributed to a centralized notification platform processing 50,000+ event-driven messages daily. • Built APIs and backend services using Java, Spring Boot, CommerceTools, PostgreSQL, and microservice-based architectures. • Worked closely with product and business teams to deliver customer-facing and internal platform enhancements.

GET at JSW One Platforms Ltd., Jul 2022 - Dec 2022 · 6 mos, Mumbai, • Contributed to backend services supporting order processing, payment workflows, and finance-related business operations. • Gained hands-on experience in enterprise application development, microservices architecture, and distributed systems. • Participated in production support, debugging, feature implementation, and code reviews.

GET at Tvarana, Jan 2022 - Jun 2022 · 6 mos, Hyderabad, • Delivered custom NetSuite solutions for finance and operations teams through SuiteScript development and workflow automation. • Developed custom scripts and integrations to automate record processing, reducing manual effort by up to 70%. • Built dashboards and reporting solutions that improved financial visibility and business decision-making. • Collaborated with clients to understand business requirements and implement scalable ERP customizations.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, Institute of Aeronautical engineering

Public links

github: https://github.com/Mshashikanth1