Headline

Software Developer | Engineering @ Razorpay | Go | Python | PHP | Ruby on Rails | Fast developer delivering high-quality, scalable applications aligned with best practices.

About

💻 Backend Developer | Ruby, Go, Python Enthusiast | Problem Solver I’m a backend developer passionate about building efficient, scalable solutions. From my time at Razorpay, working on mission-critical features for both internal teams and customers, to my current freelance projects, I thrive on solving real-world problems using a variety of languages and frameworks. I specialize in Ruby on Rails, Go, and Python, with a strong foundation in database management. My work spans web scrapers, APIs, and backend optimizations, always focusing on performance, security, and user experience. 🔧 Tech Stack: Languages: Ruby, Go, Python, PHP, C, C++ Frameworks: Ruby on Rails, Gorm, Laravel Tools: Docker, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Apache, Schema.org, RSpec 🏆 Key Accomplishments: - Reduced on-call engineers' workload by 30% at Razorpay through internal feature development. - Boosted Hotstar’s sales with a customer-facing feature. - Migrated services from Ruby 2.x to 3.x, improving security and performance. - Enhanced code coverage by 10% through unit testing. - Led a team to win Razorpay’s internal hackathon with a treasure-hunting app, recognized for creativity and technical execution. 🎯 Current Projects: - blr.today: Developed Python web scrapers for schema.org-compliant data, improving SEO and data structuring. - infesports: Created backend APIs in Go for tournament and match data, including CRUD operations and MySQL integration. - Is My Food Healthy: Automated data extraction using Python, feeding the Is My Food Healthy app with schema.org-compliant JSON to assess food product healthiness. 📚 Beyond Code: Outside of coding, I enjoy reading, writing, and adding humor to everyday life. I’m also a badminton enthusiast—nothing beats a good game after a day of coding! I also run a personal newsletter where I share insights on backend development, automation, and new technologies (although it's not very active currently). Feel free to check it out here: https://tilincode.substack.com/ .

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

obsidian

openai

claudecode

Firecrawl

Wispr Flow

Zed

Work experience

Software Engineer at Razorpay, Feb 2026 - Aug 2026 · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - End-to-end owner (DRI) of UDIR, NPCI's real-time UPI refund-dispute resolution: shipped resolution semantics across 3 Go microservices with 6 Prometheus alerts, authored the retry design doc, and ramped 10 merchants via feature-flag rollout — replacing a batch flow with P95 ~3.1 hours. - Mentored 3 interns and a new joiner across refund-resolution and gateway-expiry workstreams. - Overhauled UPI alerting (~620 lines of Prometheus/PromQL rules): denoised 19 success-rate (SR) alerts — ~2,267 customer-failure events/week removed, ~1pp SR correction — fixed a double-paging rule, and closed a zero-coverage gap on a live DR cell. - Root-caused UPI late-auth failures (payments authorized after expiry): fixed gateway expiry propagation and a wall-clock validation bug across 3 Go microservices — ~800/week across 8 merchants → 0 in post-deploy verification - built the Axis Pay Bridge gateway rate limiter; removed hot-path gRPC hops and added expiry jitter against thundering-herd load. - Built org-wide AI-agent infrastructure: a Trino/Querybook SQL agent skill (+985 lines, replaced 4+ duplicated integrations), a self- learning knowledge protocol where agents auto-raise correction PRs

Associate Software Engineer at Swiggy, Jan 2025 - Oct 2025 · 10 mos, Re-architected the cancel-refund order flow to v2 across Java and Go order services, maintaining backward compatibility for in-flight orders. Instrumented discount flows with structured logging and alerting to speed oncall triage of discount incidents. Authored the E2E test suite for the cancel-refund path in JUnit and Go's testing framework, establishing regression coverage for a previously untested critical flow.

Freelance Developer at Self-Employed, Aug 2024 - Jan 2025 · 6 mos, Built REST APIs in Go for an esports platform. Built a Python scraper producing Schema.org-structured event data for blr.today.

Software Development Engineer, Intern at Razorpay, Feb 2024 - Jul 2024 · 6 mos, On-site, • Developed internal features to streamline oncall engineer workload, reducing it by 30%. • Implemented customer-facing features for Hotstar, resulting in a significant boost in sales. • Successfully migrated services from Ruby 2.x to Ruby 3.x, enhancing security measures. • Created unit tests that improved code coverage by 10%.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Guru Jambheshwar University

Raman Munjal Vidya Mandir

Public links

github: https://github.com/surreal30

leetcode: https://leetcode.com/surreal30

youtube.com: https://youtube.com/@beingsurreal