Headline

AI Workflows, Distributed Systems, Identity, Open-source | SDE2 @ OKTA

About

Backend engineer with 4 years building infrastructure and systems that operate at scale. Currently SDE2 at Okta, where I maintain nextjs-auth0, an open-source authentication SDK with 21M+ monthly installs used across production applications worldwide. Previously built Mirage, a token exchange service handling 4,000 TPS in production, and led the migration of critical systems from AWS to GCP with zero downtime. My work spans distributed systems, API design, and platform reliability — the kind of infrastructure that other engineers and millions of end users depend on without ever seeing it directly. I care about systems that are correct under load, debuggable in production, and built to outlast the person who wrote them. Recent focus areas include distributed systems design, config management platforms, and AI-assisted development workflows (I built Forge, an internal tool that automates the requirements → design → implementation → review pipeline). Currently exploring backend and infrastructure engineering roles at companies building serious technical platforms at scale. Tech: Java, TypeScript, Node.js, distributed systems, Kafka, GCP/AWS

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude code

langchain

mcp

ollama

opencode

Work experience

Software Engineer 2 at Okta, Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, Primary maintainer of Auth0's open-source auth SDKs. TypeScript, Next.js, Node. All work open-source. https://github.com/tusharpandey13 Owned features across 11 repositories. Major milestones: - Heavy work on AI workflows and skills, everything open-source - Shipped `auth0-hono` SDK for the Hono ecosystem from 0 to 1. - Major OAuth2 RFCs, extensions, features across auth0 products (MFA, DPoP, MCD, Token Exchange)

SDE-1 at ZEE5, Nov 2023 - Jul 2024 · 9 mos, Platforms services division. Working on GCP, Kubernetes, Spring Webflux, Redis, Highly available - high performace architectures.

ASDE at ZEE5, Aug 2022 - Nov 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos, Worked on the design and development of various microservices in the subscriptions orchestration system for ZEE5 B2B partners. Orchestration: Redesigned a legacy partner orchestrator service that used NodeJS and developed a newer, reactive Java based microservice uses Kafka and Spring Webflux to handle partner registrations and subscriptions, increasing the performance of the partner API calls upto 2x. Auth: Designed a high performance, Single Sign On identity provider service capable of handling 5000 TPS making the system capable of handling upto 10x of the average traffic. Worked with OAuth 2.0 provided by Ory Kratos. Deployments: Implemented a mature branching strategy based on trunk based development and Github Flow, reducing dev effort spent in managing code versions by 3x. Successfully migrated the orchestration microservice from ECS to Kubernetes, using features like canary deploys and autoscaling with Istio service mesh. Monitoring: Set up advanced logging and monitoring through Kibana and Newrelic dashboards to monitor and mitigate downtime. Enabled proactive investigation of ZEE5 internal services 5XXs and provided active support to stakeholders during on call weeks.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science, Bms institute of technology and management

High School Diploma, Computer Science, Delhi Public school, Dhanbad

Public links

github: https://github.com/tusharpandey13