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Nilesh Prasad

SSE@Walmart | ex-Couchbase(NoSQL) | ex-Epicor(ERP) | ex-42Gears(MDM) RestAPI,SQL,NoSQL,Cloud,Unit/Integration Testing,WebSockets,Java/Type Script,MultiThreading,Queue,MicroServices,Design Patterns,Observability

Bengaluru

7+ years of work experience

Walmart Global Tech India
Dec 20259 mosPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Led development of scalable Profile microservices managing customer address, personal, and payment metadata for multi-million user base, enabling seamless integration with checkout, order management, and loyalty platforms while maintaining 99.9%+ API availability.
Couchbase
Aug 20241 yr 5 mosDec 2025

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Led the design and rollout of a next-gen, pull based V2 observability platform using Go and Thanos, improving cluster metrics reliability by 60% and scaling support from 1K to 10K+ clusters, reducing metric loss by 45% - critical to ensuring SLO compliance at scale. - Drove a 40% reduction in alert-related incident response times by developing a consistent and centralized alert-routing framework integrated with Prometheus, Slack, PagerDuty, boosting both internal SRE efficiency and external customer satisfaction. - Enabled 30% faster production release readiness by creating self-service dashboards and automated health checks for control and data plane components - empowering QA and Product teams to validate observability and reliability in pre-prod environments..
Epicor
Jan 20248 mosAug 2024

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Spearheaded the development and implementation of customer-centric solutions within the Kinetic ERP platform, ensuring alignment with Manufacturing department needs across the entire product lifecycle, from quotation to sales. - Innovatively designed and integrated a feature enabling the inclusion of Supplied Cost within the PartLot of products, optimizing the efficiency of customer receipt process. - Implemented automated deployment pipeline utilizing PowerShell scripting, reducing manual effort by 50% and ensuring seamless delivery of the latest builds to production environment
42Gears Mobility Systems
Apr 20221 yr 9 mosDec 2023

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Developed Integrated API Testing framework using Xunit and TestNG, facilitating early identification of critical issues before staging, thereby reducing bugs by 50%. - Successfully upgraded the environment to Kubernetes Cluster, ensuring smooth transitions to the latest version, resulting in a notable 7-9% increase in revenue due to enhanced application availability. - Orchestrated seamless customer onboarding with the Customer Success Support Team, leading to a significant 5-6% revenue growth. - Spearheaded cross-functional collaboration initiatives between development teams and stakeholders, resulting in a 20% increase in project efficiency and alignment with business objectives and timely execution of projects. - Played a key role in driving innovation by continuously exploring and implementing cutting-edge technologies to enhance product offerings and improve efficiency. - Led the design and implementation of scalable and secure RESTful APIs, adhering to industry best practices and standards for web service, resulting in 25% improvement in API performance metrics..
42Gears Mobility Systems
Apr 20202 yrsMar 2022

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Engineered a BigQuery system to efficiently transmit device data, significantly reducing data latency to generate 1 lakh devices report. - Implemented Kafka producer and consumer within micro-services architecture, enhancing server throughput and empowering customers to seamlessly manage and enroll devices, thereby increasing product adoption. - Executed a seamless migration from MySQL to MongoDB, optimizing data retrieval and handling large data volumes. - Developed an API endpoint facilitating device enrollment for Beta Testing, enabling customers to preview application upgrades prior to deployment, enhancing user experience and product reliability. - Enhanced Long Polling and FCM methodologies to bolster data consistency and customer access to device status promptly and efficiently. - Demonstrated strong problem-solving skills by effectively troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues, contributing to a 30% reduction in system downtime, enhanced product stability and improving customer satisfaction by 25%. - Actively participated in Agile sprint planning and retrospectives, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and team collaboration, resulting in 10% increase in team productivity. - Mentored junior team members, fostering a deeper understanding of product workflows and guiding them towards more efficient coding practices to uphold product quality and team effectiveness, leading to 50% reduction in onboarding time.
42Gears Mobility Systems
Jul 20199 mosMar 2020

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Engineered AWS CloudWatch metrics, empowering developers with efficient application debugging capabilities. - Spearheaded the design and development of a Diagnostic Portal to monitor server health using WebSocket.. - Implemented an Application Versioning system using powershell scripting to dynamically update static files.

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Education

RV College of Engineering

B.E., Information Science and Engineering

RV College of Engineering

20154 yrs2019
Delhi Public School, Siliguri

AISSCE

Delhi Public School, Siliguri

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Headline

SSE@Walmart | ex-Couchbase(NoSQL) | ex-Epicor(ERP) | ex-42Gears(MDM) RestAPI,SQL,NoSQL,Cloud,Unit/Integration Testing,WebSockets,Java/Type Script,MultiThreading,Queue,MicroServices,Design Patterns,Observability

About

Engineering robust backend systems at scale | Focused on reliability, efficiency & customer success I'm a results-driven Backend Software Developement Engineer with 6+ years building scalable, distributed systems and cloud-native platforms that power impactful user experiences. My work spans across designing robust observability frameworks, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and delivering production-grade solutions that support thousands of clusters and real users. I take pride in writing clean, modular, and extensible code while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into reliable software. Whether it's improving metrics reliability by 60%, reducing deployment time by 50%, or scaling a system from 1K to 10K+ clusters — I thrive on solving real-world problems at scale. 🔹 Proven expertise across cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) 🔹 Skilled in distributed architectures, monitoring, and automation 🔹 Passionate about mentoring, system design, and continuous improvement Let’s connect if you're building systems that need to scale, support, or just get better every day. GitHub Link : https://github.com/Kakashi54321

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Senior Software Engineering at Walmart Global Tech India, Dec 2025 - Present · 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Led development of scalable Profile microservices managing customer address, personal, and payment metadata for multi-million user base, enabling seamless integration with checkout, order management, and loyalty platforms while maintaining 99.9%+ API availability.

Senior Software Engineer at Couchbase, Aug 2024 - Dec 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Led the design and rollout of a next-gen, pull based V2 observability platform using Go and Thanos, improving cluster metrics reliability by 60% and scaling support from 1K to 10K+ clusters, reducing metric loss by 45% - critical to ensuring SLO compliance at scale. - Drove a 40% reduction in alert-related incident response times by developing a consistent and centralized alert-routing framework integrated with Prometheus, Slack, PagerDuty, boosting both internal SRE efficiency and external customer satisfaction. - Enabled 30% faster production release readiness by creating self-service dashboards and automated health checks for control and data plane components - empowering QA and Product teams to validate observability and reliability in pre-prod environments..

Product Developer at Epicor, Jan 2024 - Aug 2024 · 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Spearheaded the development and implementation of customer-centric solutions within the Kinetic ERP platform, ensuring alignment with Manufacturing department needs across the entire product lifecycle, from quotation to sales. - Innovatively designed and integrated a feature enabling the inclusion of Supplied Cost within the PartLot of products, optimizing the efficiency of customer receipt process. - Implemented automated deployment pipeline utilizing PowerShell scripting, reducing manual effort by 50% and ensuring seamless delivery of the latest builds to production environment

Senior Software Engineer at 42Gears Mobility Systems, Apr 2022 - Dec 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Developed Integrated API Testing framework using Xunit and TestNG, facilitating early identification of critical issues before staging, thereby reducing bugs by 50%. - Successfully upgraded the environment to Kubernetes Cluster, ensuring smooth transitions to the latest version, resulting in a notable 7-9% increase in revenue due to enhanced application availability. - Orchestrated seamless customer onboarding with the Customer Success Support Team, leading to a significant 5-6% revenue growth. - Spearheaded cross-functional collaboration initiatives between development teams and stakeholders, resulting in a 20% increase in project efficiency and alignment with business objectives and timely execution of projects. - Played a key role in driving innovation by continuously exploring and implementing cutting-edge technologies to enhance product offerings and improve efficiency. - Led the design and implementation of scalable and secure RESTful APIs, adhering to industry best practices and standards for web service, resulting in 25% improvement in API performance metrics..

Software Engineer at 42Gears Mobility Systems, Apr 2020 - Mar 2022 · 2 yrs, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Engineered a BigQuery system to efficiently transmit device data, significantly reducing data latency to generate 1 lakh devices report. - Implemented Kafka producer and consumer within micro-services architecture, enhancing server throughput and empowering customers to seamlessly manage and enroll devices, thereby increasing product adoption. - Executed a seamless migration from MySQL to MongoDB, optimizing data retrieval and handling large data volumes. - Developed an API endpoint facilitating device enrollment for Beta Testing, enabling customers to preview application upgrades prior to deployment, enhancing user experience and product reliability. - Enhanced Long Polling and FCM methodologies to bolster data consistency and customer access to device status promptly and efficiently. - Demonstrated strong problem-solving skills by effectively troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues, contributing to a 30% reduction in system downtime, enhanced product stability and improving customer satisfaction by 25%. - Actively participated in Agile sprint planning and retrospectives, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and team collaboration, resulting in 10% increase in team productivity. - Mentored junior team members, fostering a deeper understanding of product workflows and guiding them towards more efficient coding practices to uphold product quality and team effectiveness, leading to 50% reduction in onboarding time.

Member of Technical Staff I at 42Gears Mobility Systems, Jul 2019 - Mar 2020 · 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Engineered AWS CloudWatch metrics, empowering developers with efficient application debugging capabilities. - Spearheaded the design and development of a Diagnostic Portal to monitor server health using WebSocket.. - Implemented an Application Versioning system using powershell scripting to dynamically update static files.

Education

B.E., Information Science and Engineering, RV College of Engineering

AISSCE, Delhi Public School, Siliguri

Public links

github: https://github.com/Kakashi54321

leetcode: https://leetcode.com/nileshprasad54321

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