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Rohit Khatri

Tech Lead | Golang Expert

Noida

5+ years of work experience

Monk Commerce
Jun 20242 yrs 3 mosPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

●Hired, mentored, and currently leading a 5-member backend team managing the entire stack, while owning system design, unit testing, and code reviews in close coordination with product, frontend, and support teams. ●Established a spec-driven AI development framework that enabled LLM coding agents to autonomously build production-ready features, reducing review overhead and accelerating feature delivery. ●Designed a multi-layer caching architecture using in-process memoization (L1), Redis with distributed locking (L2), and Cloudflare CDN edge caching (L3), with SQS-driven cache invalidation to prevent stale data. ●Refactored a 9000+ line monolithic service into 10+ modular components following SOLID principles, reducing code complexity by ~70% and enabling parallel feature development. ●Introduced Rust for performance-critical modules, driving a 10× scale increase from 35 to 400 cart items. ●Spearheaded the interface based architecture across MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis, enabling Test-Driven Development (TDD), increasing testability, and growing test coverage to 130+ unit tests across 37 test suites. ●Reduced a few critical API's response times from ~800ms to ~50ms and cut daily bug-related support tickets by 70%
HYPD
Apr 20231 yr 2 mosMay 2024

● Led the exclusive backend team, driving innovation, and consistently optimizing system architecture for enhanced performance and efficiency. ● Led a cost-effective transformation, reduced EC2 instances, streamlining operations and adopting modern technologies for sustainable growth. ● Led the design and optimization of checkout/payment systems for a seamless and scalable user experience. ● Boosted user interaction by integrating social media platforms like facebook and instagram, automating messaging, and enhancing overall engagement. ● Successfully completed migration between cloud platforms, ensuring uninterrupted services and improved data management. ● Accelerated business capabilities through the swift integration of third-party services, facilitating seamless collaboration for content creators. ● Implemented creative approaches to kafka message processing, significantly enhancing system efficiency and performance.
HYPD
Apr 20221 yrMar 2023

● Spearheaded the rapid development of multiple microservices from scratch, demonstrated adaptability and efficient implementation. ● Integrated multiple Order Management Systems, amplifying the system's capabilities and adaptability. ● Enhanced database query efficiency, resulting in a significant boost to API response time and the optimization of data retrieval processes. ● Team recruitment and mentorship, nurturing skill development and fostering effective teamwork. ● Implemented an automated solution, streamlining order management for substantial cost savings and operational efficiency.
Infosys
Aug 20219 mosApr 2022

Chandigarh, India

● Collaborated on the JCI-AHU project, utilizing C# and Angular to develop calculator services, APIs, and address bugs and UI enhancements for the application.
Decentro
Apr 20214 mosJul 2021

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

● Utilized Python to develop and enhance the performance of REST APIs, as well as coded cron jobs.
GitHub
@rohitkhatri1st

Rohit’s AI Stack

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antigravity
codex
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Education

jaypee institute of information technology

Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science

jaypee institute of information technology

20174 yrs2021

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Headline

Tech Lead | Golang Expert

About

Technical Lead with 5+ years of experience designing scalable backend systems for e-commerce, creator-commerce, and Fintech using Golang, Kafka, MongoDB, and AWS. Currently leading a 5-engineer team with deep expertise in systems design, event-driven architectures, multi-layer caching strategies, fault-tolerant microservices, and serverless compute (AWS Lambda + SQS) with a strong focus on API performance optimization, and CDN-layer caching. Proven engineering leader experienced in driving SOLID principles, TDD adoption, technical debt reduction, and pioneering AI agent-assisted development workflows that accelerate team delivery end-to-end.

Location

Noida

AI stack

antigravity

codex

Work experience

Technical Lead at Monk Commerce, Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, ●Hired, mentored, and currently leading a 5-member backend team managing the entire stack, while owning system design, unit testing, and code reviews in close coordination with product, frontend, and support teams. ●Established a spec-driven AI development framework that enabled LLM coding agents to autonomously build production-ready features, reducing review overhead and accelerating feature delivery. ●Designed a multi-layer caching architecture using in-process memoization (L1), Redis with distributed locking (L2), and Cloudflare CDN edge caching (L3), with SQS-driven cache invalidation to prevent stale data. ●Refactored a 9000+ line monolithic service into 10+ modular components following SOLID principles, reducing code complexity by ~70% and enabling parallel feature development. ●Introduced Rust for performance-critical modules, driving a 10× scale increase from 35 to 400 cart items. ●Spearheaded the interface based architecture across MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis, enabling Test-Driven Development (TDD), increasing testability, and growing test coverage to 130+ unit tests across 37 test suites. ●Reduced a few critical API's response times from ~800ms to ~50ms and cut daily bug-related support tickets by 70%

Lead Backend Engineer at HYPD, Apr 2023 - May 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos, ● Led the exclusive backend team, driving innovation, and consistently optimizing system architecture for enhanced performance and efficiency. ● Led a cost-effective transformation, reduced EC2 instances, streamlining operations and adopting modern technologies for sustainable growth. ● Led the design and optimization of checkout/payment systems for a seamless and scalable user experience. ● Boosted user interaction by integrating social media platforms like facebook and instagram, automating messaging, and enhancing overall engagement. ● Successfully completed migration between cloud platforms, ensuring uninterrupted services and improved data management. ● Accelerated business capabilities through the swift integration of third-party services, facilitating seamless collaboration for content creators. ● Implemented creative approaches to kafka message processing, significantly enhancing system efficiency and performance.

Software Development Engineer II at HYPD, Apr 2022 - Mar 2023 · 1 yr, ● Spearheaded the rapid development of multiple microservices from scratch, demonstrated adaptability and efficient implementation. ● Integrated multiple Order Management Systems, amplifying the system's capabilities and adaptability. ● Enhanced database query efficiency, resulting in a significant boost to API response time and the optimization of data retrieval processes. ● Team recruitment and mentorship, nurturing skill development and fostering effective teamwork. ● Implemented an automated solution, streamlining order management for substantial cost savings and operational efficiency.

POWER PROGRAMMER at Infosys, Aug 2021 - Apr 2022 · 9 mos, Chandigarh, India, ● Collaborated on the JCI-AHU project, utilizing C# and Angular to develop calculator services, APIs, and address bugs and UI enhancements for the application.

BACKEND INTERN at Decentro, Apr 2021 - Jul 2021 · 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, ● Utilized Python to develop and enhance the performance of REST APIs, as well as coded cron jobs.

Education

Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science, jaypee institute of information technology

Public links

github: https://github.com/rohitkhatri1st