Arjun Govindan

Senior Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India5 yrs 10 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Expert in building low-latency backend systems.
Proven track record in scaling production-grade services.
Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Engineer specializing in E-commerce and SaaS solutions.

Contact

arjungovindan98@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Backend DevelopmentDistributed SystemsApi DesignMicroservices

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesCloud ComputingContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)DevOpsDockerFastAPIFront-End DevelopmentFull-Stack DevelopmentGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)JavaScriptKubernetesMicrosoft AzureMongoDBMonitoring & AlertingMySQL

About

Senior Software Engineer with experience building and scaling production-grade backend systems, APIs, and distributed services across startup and enterprise environments. I specialize in designing low-latency, scalable backend architectures and owning systems end-to-end — from system design and implementation to testing, deployment, and long-term reliability in production. In my recent roles, I have: - Built and scaled backend services powering user-facing experiences with sub-100ms latency - Designed APIs and distributed systems used by the majority of active customers in production - Led improvements in backend test infrastructure, significantly increasing coverage and deployment confidence - Owned cloud-native services deployed on Kubernetes across Azure and GCP - Improved system reliability through better monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes I enjoy solving complex backend and system design problems involving scale, performance, reliability, and developer productivity, and I’m interested in senior backend or platform roles where ownership and engineering depth matter.

Experience

Quarks

Senior Software Engineer

Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 6 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · On-site

Working as a Senior Backend Engineer on the Recommendations platform, building and scaling low-latency, production-grade backend systems for user-facing experiences.
Key responsibilities and impact:
Designed and delivered the “Shop the Look” experience, powering dynamic product bundles with sub-100ms latency in production.
Driving the development of V2 Ranking APIs for the Widget Service, improving contextual ranking of product recommendations across multiple placements.
Built and maintained high-performance backend services using Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and Redis in a distributed system environment.
Led a revamp of the backend test infrastructure, increasing code coverage from ~73% to 97%, significantly improving reliability and confidence in deployments.
Worked on cloud-native deployments using Docker and Kubernetes on GCP, following best practices for scalability, observability, and maintainability.
Collaborated closely with product, data, and frontend teams to deliver features end-to-end, from design to production.

Agile MethodologiesMySQLPythonFastAPIPostgreSQLRedis+4

Kyro

Software Development Engineer

May 2022 – Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Founding backend engineer responsible for designing, building, and scaling core product features and backend systems from early-stage to production.
Key responsibilities and impact:
Led the end-to-end design and development of a Forms & Reports platform, enabling customers to create custom forms, collect submissions, and generate reports; this feature was critical in onboarding the first paying customer.
Built and scaled backend systems that processed 150,000+ form submissions and 230,000+ images, ensuring reliability and performance in production.
Designed and developed microservices for project and task management, owning the complete lifecycle including development, testing, deployment, and operational readiness; these services were used by 95%+ of customers.
Took full ownership of backend services built with Python and FastAPI, while also contributing to frontend functionality where required to deliver features end-to-end.
Implemented robust permissions and access control systems, strengthening security and improving data isolation across customers.
Collaborated closely with DevOps to streamline CI/CD pipelines, deployments, monitoring, and alerting, improving release reliability and operational confidence.
Built internal developer tools and automation (service templates, scripts, onboarding utilities), reducing development and onboarding time and accelerating feature delivery.
Actively participated in production issue resolution and root cause analysis, working across backend and infrastructure layers to improve system stability.

Agile MethodologiesMonitoring & AlertingPythonFastAPIBackend DevelopmentMicroservices

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Programming Analyst

Dec 2020 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

Agile MethodologiesTesting

Google

Explore ML Facilitator

Jul 2019 – Mar 2020 · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka

Explore Machine Learning (ML) is a Google-sponsored program for university students to get started with Machine Learning. The curriculum offers 3 tracks of Machine Learning Content (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced) and relies on university student facilitators to train other students on campus.