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Paras Kumar

Senior Software Engineer | Distributed Systems, AI/LLM, Java | Ex-PhonePe, IIT Ropar

Bengaluru

6+ years of work experience

Krista
Dec 20241 yr 9 mosPresent

Remote

Working on agentic AI capabilities within Krista's conversational platform, including LLM-backed automation and backend systems supporting enterprise messaging integrations.
PhonePe
Aug 20204 yrs 5 mosDec 2024

India

• Designed and owned end-to-end backend systems using Java and Dropwizard for Motor, Health, and Life Insurance products, driving a 30–40% increase in sales across categories. • Led API integration and standardisation, negotiating contracts and onboarding multiple insurance providers, enabling a 15% increase in conversions from the PhonePe homepage to health insurance. • Sole designer and implementer of a mandate reversal system handling non-recoverable payment errors such as premium mismatches — covering error classification, a provider approval console, and automated refund processing, reducing average customer refund time from 2 weeks to 1 hour. • Reduced orchestrator service deployment time by 50% by redesigning CI/CD pipelines, and cut alert false positives by 40% through observability improvements. • Mentored junior developers and contributed to hiring.
Health Tick
Dec 20192 mosJan 2020

Rupnagar, Punjab, India

• Built the entire backend from scratch using Firebase and Node.js, laying the foundation for the startup’s infrastructure. • Authored the software requirements document, detailing all functionalities to be supported and ensuring clear project scope. • Designed and implemented the database, ensuring efficient data storage and retrieval. • Negotiated API contracts with frontend developers to establish seamless integration between backend and frontend systems. • Led the hiring process for the initial set of developers, building a strong technical team. • Developed a working prototype, which played a crucial role in helping the startup secure funding.
Inddev
Oct 20182 mosNov 2018

Banglore, India

• Developed an internal portal using Ruby on Rails for MyMernio, a leading company in the laminates market. • Optimised the product catalog and database, enabling employees to efficiently search and preview relevant products from a catalog of thousands of items. • Improved the sales team's efficiency by creating features that allowed quick access to product details, saving them significant time. • Deployed the project on AWS, ensuring robust security measures and managing server costs effectively.
Hasura
Jun 20172 mosJul 2017

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Secured the internship at Haura, a SaaS company, after clearing a national-level exam conducted by IIT Madras. • Developed a student performance management system that allowed comparison of students' performance using graphical representations. • Utilized Hasura's SaaS to run and deploy the project, which was built using HTML and JavaScript. • Authored blogs that documented each step of the process, from system setup to final deployment.
GitHub
@parasKumarSahu
Medium
@2016csb1047
LeetCode
@paraskumardavhehal1

Paras’s AI Stack

claude code
claude code
langchain
langchain
langgraph
langgraph
langsmith
langsmith
mcp
mcp
PydanticAI
PydanticAI

Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar

Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science

Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar

20164 yrs2020

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Headline

Senior Software Engineer | Distributed Systems, AI/LLM, Java | Ex-PhonePe, IIT Ropar

About

Backend engineer with 5+ years of experience building distributed systems across fintech and AI platforms. Currently at Krista AI, working on agentic AI capabilities within a conversational platform. Previously at PhonePe, where I designed and owned backend systems for Motor, Health, and Life Insurance products, and led API integration with multiple insurance providers. Strong foundation in Java, distributed systems, microservices, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes), with hands-on experience across the full backend lifecycle — system design, performance optimization, and CI/CD. B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT Ropar. Enjoy mentoring junior engineers and have been involved in technical hiring.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude code

langchain

langgraph

langsmith

mcp

PydanticAI

Work experience

Senior Software Engineer at Krista, Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos, Remote, Working on agentic AI capabilities within Krista's conversational platform, including LLM-backed automation and backend systems supporting enterprise messaging integrations.

Software Engineer at PhonePe, Aug 2020 - Dec 2024 · 4 yrs 5 mos, India, • Designed and owned end-to-end backend systems using Java and Dropwizard for Motor, Health, and Life Insurance products, driving a 30–40% increase in sales across categories. • Led API integration and standardisation, negotiating contracts and onboarding multiple insurance providers, enabling a 15% increase in conversions from the PhonePe homepage to health insurance. • Sole designer and implementer of a mandate reversal system handling non-recoverable payment errors such as premium mismatches — covering error classification, a provider approval console, and automated refund processing, reducing average customer refund time from 2 weeks to 1 hour. • Reduced orchestrator service deployment time by 50% by redesigning CI/CD pipelines, and cut alert false positives by 40% through observability improvements. • Mentored junior developers and contributed to hiring.

Software Developer Internship at Health Tick, Dec 2019 - Jan 2020 · 2 mos, Rupnagar, Punjab, India, • Built the entire backend from scratch using Firebase and Node.js, laying the foundation for the startup’s infrastructure. • Authored the software requirements document, detailing all functionalities to be supported and ensuring clear project scope. • Designed and implemented the database, ensuring efficient data storage and retrieval. • Negotiated API contracts with frontend developers to establish seamless integration between backend and frontend systems. • Led the hiring process for the initial set of developers, building a strong technical team. • Developed a working prototype, which played a crucial role in helping the startup secure funding.

Software Developer Internship at Inddev, Oct 2018 - Nov 2018 · 2 mos, Banglore, India, • Developed an internal portal using Ruby on Rails for MyMernio, a leading company in the laminates market. • Optimised the product catalog and database, enabling employees to efficiently search and preview relevant products from a catalog of thousands of items. • Improved the sales team's efficiency by creating features that allowed quick access to product details, saving them significant time. • Deployed the project on AWS, ensuring robust security measures and managing server costs effectively.

Software Developer Internship at Hasura, Jun 2017 - Jul 2017 · 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Secured the internship at Haura, a SaaS company, after clearing a national-level exam conducted by IIT Madras. • Developed a student performance management system that allowed comparison of students' performance using graphical representations. • Utilized Hasura's SaaS to run and deploy the project, which was built using HTML and JavaScript. • Authored blogs that documented each step of the process, from system setup to final deployment.

Education

Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar

Public links

github: https://github.com/parasKumarSahu

medium: https://medium.com/@2016csb1047

leetcode: https://leetcode.com/paraskumardavhehal1