Headline

Software Engineer | Go, Ruby, Python, Microservices | AI Agents | Ex - Apollo.io, Walmart, Quizizz

About

Backend Software Engineer with 4+ years of experience building robust, scalable backend services and optimizing AI evaluation workflows. Skilled in Go, Ruby, NodeJS, Python, and modern DevOps tools with a strong foundation in cloud infrastructure, microservices, and data pipelines. Proven track record of delivering high-impact features such as reducing core API latency by 70% and automating complex data ingestion and AI workflows. Currently working as Software Development Engineer II at Wayground (formerly Quizizz) on the Search and Discovery team, designing scalable backend architectures and driving AI-powered content curation pipelines. Previously contributed as SDE II at Apollo.io on data catalog projects focusing on user intent signals and handled 1M+ requests per week. Also experienced in transactional communication systems at Walmart with modern technologies including Spring Boot, Cassandra, Kafka, React, and NodeJS. Active participant in competitive programming communities with maximum ratings of 1587 on Codeforces and 1926 on Codechef, and represented college in ACM ICPC regionals (2020). Adept at working asynchronously in remote distributed teams, with excellent communication and ownership skills. Passionate about continuous learning, open-source contributions, and mentoring emerging engineers.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

anthropic apis

claude code

claude

hermes agent

obsidian

openclaw

Work experience

Software Engineer II at Wayground (formerly Quizizz), Jun 2025 - Jul 2026 · 1 yr 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Search & Discovery | Growth, GTM & Monetization - Migrated 120M+ records to a dedicated search service via a pointer-based alias strategy enabling zero-downtime rollbacks, powered by MongoDB CDC and Airflow. - Led HQRL backend architecture for scalable content discovery, automating high-volume MongoDB ingestion and integrating microservices such as VoyageMath. - Collaborated on an agentic signal-extraction pipeline converting signals from board meetings, CIP docs, and conversations into a unified dashboard that drives higher-intent BDR/AE outreach. - Increased coverage of Board Meetings and CIP from 60% to 75% and 55% to 75% across all U.S. states. Architected a third-party integrations SDK with a complete OAuth2 flow, connecting Wayground MCP with ChatGPT and Grammarly. - Cut core API latency from 4s to 1.2s through query refactoring, pagination, and microservice tuning. - Hardened AI-safety evaluation by refactoring profanity detection to remove redundant processing and reduce expensive LLM API calls. Technologies/Frameworks: Go (Gin), Python, MongoDB, Redis, AWS, Airflow, Pinecone, Qdrant, LLMs, Claude Code, Openclaw, Agent Orchestration

Software Engineer 2 (Backend) at Apollo.io, Jun 2023 - Jun 2025 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Collaborated with the CTO to lead quality initiatives for intelligent place alias detection, enhancing search query coverage by 10%. • Spearheaded the First Party Intent Project, managing over 1 million requests weekly. • Focused on improving core data quality through the application of LLMs. • Utilized technologies such as Ruby on Rails, MongoDB, and Docker to drive project success.

Software Engineer II at Walmart Global Tech India, Jul 2022 - Jun 2023 · 1 yr, Hybrid, • Managed transactional communications at scale across multiple SmartComms teams, enhancing operational efficiency. • Reduced latency of commlet services by implementing bulk APIs, significantly minimizing network calls. • Independently integrated various connectors with backend email services, improving system interoperability. • Utilized technologies such as ReactJS, Redux, NodeJS, ExpressJS, Java, and Spring Boot to deliver robust solutions.

Software Engineer Intern at Walmart Global Tech India, Jan 2022 - Jul 2022 · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Frontend Developer Intern at Wonderhood, Oct 2021 - Dec 2021 · 3 mos

Software Engineer Intern at Games24x7, May 2021 - Jul 2021 · 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Developed a Proof of Concept (POC) for Vitess to enable horizontal scaling of MySQL databases. • Successfully integrated a backend stage application with Vitess, enhancing database performance. • Utilized technologies such as AWS EC2, Git/Github, and Spring Boot to streamline development processes. • Contributed to Games24x7, a dynamic startup focused on innovative gaming solutions in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra

Heliger borden education centre, Kanpur

Public links

github: https://github.com/ishuu7

leetcode: https://leetcode.com/ishuu7

codeforces: https://codeforces.com/profile/ishuu7