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Engineer building AI & Distributed Systems | Ex-Founding Engineer | Scaled FinTech, Gaming & SaaS Platforms to Millions

About

I’m a Senior Backend Engineer with 8 years of experience building distributed systems across fintech, gaming, SaaS, and AI products. I like working on problems where backend architecture, infrastructure, and product decisions come together. Taking unclear problems and turning them into systems that work reliably at scale is what I enjoy most. At Zupee • Built backend services used by millions of users • Worked on infrastructure improvements and system reliability • Shipped AI chatbot workflows to production • Replaced legacy systems to improve developer productivity Founding Engineer at Spenny (YC W20) • Built the backend platform from the ground up • Scaled systems processing ₹1Cr+ daily transactions • Supported 30K+ active users on fintech infrastructure Areas I work with: • Distributed systems and microservices • Go, Node.js, TypeScript • AWS, Kafka, Redis • AI agents, RAG workflows, and automation • System design and platform engineering I enjoy building simple systems that handle messy real-world problems.

Location

Bengaluru

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Work experience

Senior Software Engineer at Zupee, Aug 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo, At Zupee, I worked within the Platform Engineering team, building highly scalable backend systems that supported a user base of over 150 million. Alongside this, I developed internal AI tools that elevated PR quality and automated major user support workflows. I partnered closely with product and engineering leaders to shape core platform architecture, improve reliability, and drive measurable impact across teams.

Senior Software Engineer at Bolster AI, Mar 2023 - Aug 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Founder in Residence (EF SG12) at Entrepreneurs First, Oct 2022 - Mar 2023 · 6 mos, Singapore, - Selected into EF, a global talent investor and accelerator, through a highly competitive process with a∼2% acceptance rate out of thousands of applicants. - Built and shipped a fintech product prototype end to end, validating it with users through customer-discovery interviews before the venture wound down.

Senior Software Engineer at BrowserStack, Feb 2022 - Oct 2022 · 9 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Founding Engineer at Spenny, Jan 2020 - Feb 2022 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, As part of the founding team at Spenny, I built the entire backend, financial engine, and DevOps foundation that powered the micro-investment platform from day zero. I worked closely with the founders on product strategy and system architecture, helping scale the platform to ~500K registered users.

Education

BCA, Computer Science, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

Public links

github: https://github.com/irishabh96