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Systems Architecture | Technical Leadership | 6+ years Backend Engineering | Open Source Creator

About

Systems-oriented engineer with 6+ years designing and shipping scalable backend systems for banking and insurance platforms at scale. What I do: • Architect complex distributed systems (microservices, async processing, data pipelines) • Lead technical programs across multiple products and teams • Ship production infrastructure that enables team autonomy and business scaling • Open source: Published data_migration_for_rails gem (Ruby Rails engine for auditable data migrations) Current work: • Technical Lead at leading private bank, responsible for insurance platform architecture • Recently shipped: Configurable scheduler system (unlimited runtime job configuration), Remarketing microservice, technical compliance response and remediation across security/database domains What I'm looking for: Staff Engineer roles at FAANG, scale-ups, or strong Indian startups. Interested in systems thinking, technical leadership, and shipping infrastructure that scales. Background: 6+ years: Cloud infrastructure, microservices, distributed systems, payment processing, compliance programs Tech: Ruby on Rails, Python, Java/Spring Boot, AWS/Kubernetes, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, SQS Passion: Systems design, operational excellence, building frameworks others can build on top of Open to: Bengaluru or remote Let's connect if you're hiring for technical leadership roles or interested in systems architecture discussions.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude code

claude

cursor

gemini

Microsoft Copilot

Work experience

Technical Lead at Riskcovry, Apr 2026 - Present · 6 mos, Bengaluru, Architected and shipped configurable scheduler system enabling runtime job configuration from database records without code redeployment. Built Remarketing microservice (Spring Boot + Maven + MongoDB + Kubernetes) for customer re- engagement across multiple channels. Owned technical compliance response and remediation across security and database domains.

Senior Software Engineer at Riskcovry, Apr 2023 - Mar 2026 · 3 yrs, Bengaluru, Improved transaction reliability and data integrity across payment and policy lifecycle processing. Optimized large-scale data retrieval architecture. Investigated and resolved 200+ production issues across SIT, UAT, and production. Designed REST APIs and backend services and implemented robust data validation and access controls for sensitive information. Spearheaded embedded insurance vertical, leading rule-based product recommendation engine implementation in Ruby on Rails. Implemented rule-based commission engine in RoR to support calculations based on various premiums. Developed middleware service in Django to generate policy documents and SFQs for multiple insurance products. Proactively contributed to API development, guiding team members and ensuring timely project completion.

Cloud Infra Engineer at Riskcovry, Apr 2022 - Mar 2023 · 1 yr, Bengaluru, Ensured flawless performance of PaaS systems for high-traffic clients. Optimized load balancers and ECS clusters, achieving 50% cost reduction. Deployed and maintained AWS infrastructure with >99% uptime. Automated critical operational tasks and monitoring processes with custom scripts. Resolved 500+ incidents across 7 cloud infrastructures for 20+ partners, minimizing downtime and streamlining issue resolution.

Intern at Chhattisgarh Infotech Promotion Society, Jul 2018 - Jul 2018 · 1 mo, Raipur, Chattisgarh, India

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Information Science/Studies, Bangalore institute of technology

Higher Secondary (12th), Mother's Pride Hr. Sec. School

Public links

github: https://github.com/rokkamv