Ashish Arora

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India4 yrs 9 mos experience

Key Highlights

Expert in backend engineering with 3+ years of experience.
Proven track record of optimizing critical backend services.
Strong focus on system design and performance optimization.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Engineer specializing in SaaS solutions with a focus on system resilience and performance.

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Skills

Core Skills

Backend EngineeringMicroservices

Other Skills

C (Programming Language)C++Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)Data StructuresDynamoDBExpress.jsFirebaseGolangHTMLJavaJavaScriptKafkaKotlinMongoDBMySQL

About

👋 Hi, I’m Ashish, a Software Engineer with focus on backend engineering with 3+ years of experience building consumer-scale systems at companies like Zomato, InterviewBit, and Scaler. I thrive at the intersection of system design, performance optimization, and high ownership engineering. From leading projects, to optimizing critical backend services. I enjoy working on problems that demand both technical depth and real-world impact. 💻 Tech I work with includes: Golang, Ruby on Rails, Kafka, DynamoDB, gRPC, MySQL, Redis, Java, C++, and AWS Cloud Services, along with a solid grasp of DSA, concurrency, microservices, and debugging production issues under pressure. That said, I strongly believe that languages and stacks are tools not boundaries. You wouldn’t call someone a "screwdriver mechanic" just because they use one tool you’d call them a mechanic because they fix the vehicle. Similarly, as engineers, our job is to solve problems, not to stick to labels like frontend, backend, or a specific tech stack. The fundamentals matter the rest is transferable. I’m always open to learning and taking on new technical challenges, regardless of the domain or language. Let’s connect, I’m always up for chatting about backend systems, engineering design, or the occasional DSA puzzle.

Experience

Nutanix

Member of Technical Staff - II (SDE-2)

Jun 2025 – Present · 9 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Zomato

Software Development Engineer - 2

Jun 2024 – Jun 2025 · 1 yr · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Scaler

2 roles

Software Engineer

Jan 2022 – May 2024 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Implemented Circuit Breaker Architecture in External API clients, company-wide, to enhance system resilience by preventing cascading errors. Integrated into 80% of external API clients and adopted across teams.
Engineered Events Notification Engine, facilitating seamless communication with users by sending 100K Whatsapp reminders in 2 minutes.
Implemented API Throttler for external clients, optimizing resource allocation and enhancing developer efficiency by 20%.
Optimized Redis, fixing memory leaks and pub-sub model issues, slashing storage usage from 12GB to 700MB.
Led integration of Paid Masterclasses Feature, fueling significant revenue growth by seamlessly merging payment modules with Scaler events, resulting in 5.5K user registrations from January to February.
Led the Engineering Excellence initiative, capturing system information and performance benchmarks to enhance developer experience.
Engineered Firebase Topic On Fly Architecture, which helped scale the system to trigger 1M+ Mobile app notifications.
Successfully launched Scaler School of Technology (SST), playing a key role in designing and developing Workflow Architecture, Payment, and Entrance Test Functionality, now utilized by 121K users.
Developed API library for Gupshup integration, facilitating migration of Freshchat to Gupshup WhatsApp for Scaler growth vertical.
Launched Scaler Offline Events with a state machine-based registration approval system, content versioning, and improved events admin panel, leading to increased lead generation by 25% and better event visibility.
Fabricated Career Roadmap Tool (CRT) for Scaler Data Science vertical and added CRT Support to the Android app, increasing lead generation by 30%.
Enabled Attributions Framework for lead capture across Scaler, empowering data-driven decisions for business and analytics teams.
Developed APIs for video progress tracking allowing resume video functionality which improved video completion rate by 62%.

GolangRuby on RailsKafkaDynamoDBgRPCMySQL+5

Software Engineer - Intern

Aug 2021 – Jan 2022 · 5 mos

Fabricated Batch Changing Bot for community-ops, optimizing Slack member management with an 80% reduction in effort.
Built Interview Experiences Bot, enhancing ops-team efficiency by 40% by collecting and sharing Scaler mentee’s interview experiences.
Built Post Verification Flow, boosting traction by 83% in the Discussion Forum, leveraging React and Redux for frontend integration.
Implemented Help Request Filter Service to enhance the user experience by matching them with the most relevant teaching assistant.
Optimized Payment Details Module for Scaler platform, integrating Pan Card upload and Bank Details update services. Expanded system to capture US payment details, reducing ops team effort by 40%.

Interviewbit

2 roles

Software Engineer

Jan 2022 – May 2024 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Implemented Circuit Breaker Architecture in External API clients, company-wide, to enhance system resilience by preventing cascading errors. Integrated into 80% of external API clients and adopted across teams.
Engineered Events Notification Engine, facilitating seamless communication with users by sending 100K Whatsapp reminders in 2 minutes.
Implemented API Throttler for external clients, optimizing resource allocation and enhancing developer efficiency by 20%.
Optimized Redis, fixing memory leaks and pub-sub model issues, slashing storage usage from 12GB to 700MB.
Led integration of Paid Masterclasses Feature, fueling significant revenue growth by seamlessly merging payment modules with Scaler events, resulting in 5.5K user registrations from January to February.
Led the Engineering Excellence initiative, capturing system information and performance benchmarks to enhance developer experience.
Engineered Firebase Topic On Fly Architecture, which helped scale the system to trigger 1M+ Mobile app notifications.
Successfully launched Scaler School of Technology (SST), playing a key role in designing and developing Workflow Architecture, Payment, and Entrance Test Functionality, now utilized by 121K users.
Developed API library for Gupshup integration, facilitating migration of Freshchat to Gupshup WhatsApp for Scaler growth vertical.
Launched Scaler Offline Events with a state machine-based registration approval system, content versioning, and improved events admin panel, leading to increased lead generation by 25% and better event visibility.
Fabricated Career Roadmap Tool (CRT) for Scaler Data Science vertical and added CRT Support to the Android app, increasing lead generation by 30%.
Enabled Attributions Framework for lead capture across Scaler, empowering data-driven decisions for business and analytics teams.
Developed APIs for video progress tracking allowing resume video functionality which improved video completion rate by 62%.

Software Engineer - Intern

Aug 2021 – Jan 2022 · 5 mos

Fabricated Batch Changing Bot for community-ops, optimizing Slack member management with an 80% reduction in effort.
Built Interview Experiences Bot, enhancing ops-team efficiency by 40% by collecting and sharing Scaler mentee’s interview experiences.
Built Post Verification Flow, boosting traction by 83% in the Discussion Forum, leveraging React and Redux for frontend integration.
Implemented Help Request Filter Service to enhance the user experience by matching them with the most relevant teaching assistant.
Optimized Payment Details Module for Scaler platform, integrating Pan Card upload and Bank Details update services. Expanded system to capture US payment details, reducing ops team effort by 40%.

Moneyplanned ™

Software Engineer Intern - Backend

Jun 2021 – Aug 2021 · 2 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Xperia open source project (xosp)

Device Maintainer

Jul 2016 – Jan 2017 · 6 mos · XDA Developers · Remote

Maintained XOSP Custom Rom Device Tree for Redmi Note 3 (Kenzo) android device
https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-7-1-1-official-delta-xosp-rl7-rev1-kenzo.3538536/

Ground zero roms

Device Maintainer

May 2016 – Sep 2016 · 4 mos · XDA Developers · Remote

Maintained Tipsy-OS Custom Rom Device Tree for Redmi Note 3 (Kenzo) android device
https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-6-0-1-oms-official-tipsy-os-v4-8-kenzo-21-09-16.3465924/