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Shivam Jha

Software Engineer | Ex - Amazon, Samsung, Scale AI | IIIT Lucknow | Backend | Full-Stack Development |

Bengaluru

4+ years of work experience

GoKwik
Aug 20251 yr 1 moPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Backend Engineering @GoKwik-KwikChat
Scale AI
Dec 20231 y 8 moAug 2025

Remote

Samsung R&D Institute India
Mar 202310 mosDec 2023

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Introduced a React Web-Chat App for 10,000+ users, improving internal communication and user experience. • Revamped backend infrastructure with Node.js, Socket.IO, and Express, resulting in a 25% improvement in application performance. • Led containerization and deployment of 15+ microservices using Docker and Kubernetes, attaining 98% service availability on AWS EKS clusters, efficiently handling 2x peak traffic volume. • Implemented robust deployment, replication, auto-healing, and auto-scaling strategies for Kubernetes clusters, leveraging Kong gateway for API rate limiting and decreasing API latency by 15%. • Enhanced application security by integrating Bcrypt, JWT, OAuth, and upgrading encryption with Libsodium, significantly reducing unauthorized access attempts and addressing security vulnerabilities.
Amazon
Jan 20226 moJul 2022

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• Reduced computation time for large datasets (800 TB - 1.5 PB), boosting service efficiency and scalability. • Improved Amazon’s Data Quality Standards, contributing to 13% monthly cost savings. • Collaborated with a team of 7 to develop and optimize end-to-end services using Java, Python, React, and TypeScript. • Streamlined Data Quality Standards/Statistics calculation with Ray and enhanced data accessibility with Amazon DynamoDB. • Developed a React-based front-end user interface to enhance decision-making processes and user experience.

Shivam’s AI Stack

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Education

Indian Institute of Information Technology Lucknow

Bachelor of Technology - B.Tech, Information Technology

Indian Institute of Information Technology Lucknow

20184 yrs2022

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Headline

Software Engineer | Ex - Amazon, Samsung, Scale AI | IIIT Lucknow | Backend | Full-Stack Development |

About

As an experienced Software Engineer, I specialise in developing scalable and secure solutions using Cloud, Backend and Full-Stack development. My technical expertise includes C++, Python, Java, SQL, React.js, Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, and RESTful APIs. Additionally, I possess hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes, enabling me to optimise deployment and performance on AWS EKS clusters. My previous stints at Samsung R&D Institute India and Amazon as an SDE Intern honed my skills in pioneering and transforming web-based products and services, resulting in significant user engagement, cost savings, and computation improvements. I hold a B.Tech in IT from IIIT Lucknow, which has equipped me with a strong foundation in computer science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, OOPS, and Agile methodologies. I am passionate about driving innovation in the tech realm and eager to explore opportunities to add value to your organization through cutting-edge projects. If you're looking for a Software Engineering professional with a strong skill set and a vision that aligns with your company's goals, look no further. I encourage you to reach out to me via email at Shivamjha.1299@gmail.com or through LinkedIn and let's discuss how I can contribute to your team's success.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

anthropic apis

antigravity

claude code

claude

codex

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Work experience

Software Engineer at GoKwik, Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Backend Engineering @GoKwik-KwikChat

Software Engineer at Scale AI, Dec 2023 - Aug 2025 · 1 y 8 mo, Remote

Software Development Engineer at Samsung R&D Institute India, Mar 2023 - Dec 2023 · 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Introduced a React Web-Chat App for 10,000+ users, improving internal communication and user experience. • Revamped backend infrastructure with Node.js, Socket.IO, and Express, resulting in a 25% improvement in application performance. • Led containerization and deployment of 15+ microservices using Docker and Kubernetes, attaining 98% service availability on AWS EKS clusters, efficiently handling 2x peak traffic volume. • Implemented robust deployment, replication, auto-healing, and auto-scaling strategies for Kubernetes clusters, leveraging Kong gateway for API rate limiting and decreasing API latency by 15%. • Enhanced application security by integrating Bcrypt, JWT, OAuth, and upgrading encryption with Libsodium, significantly reducing unauthorized access attempts and addressing security vulnerabilities.

Software Development Engineer at Amazon, Jan 2022 - Jul 2022 · 6 mo, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, • Reduced computation time for large datasets (800 TB - 1.5 PB), boosting service efficiency and scalability. • Improved Amazon’s Data Quality Standards, contributing to 13% monthly cost savings. • Collaborated with a team of 7 to develop and optimize end-to-end services using Java, Python, React, and TypeScript. • Streamlined Data Quality Standards/Statistics calculation with Ray and enhanced data accessibility with Amazon DynamoDB. • Developed a React-based front-end user interface to enhance decision-making processes and user experience.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - B.Tech, Information Technology, Indian Institute of Information Technology Lucknow

Public links

github: https://github.com/NIGHTMARE09

leetcode: https://leetcode.com/Nightmare9