Akshay Gupta

Software Engineer

Jaipur, Rajasthan, India5 yrs 9 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Expert in building scalable backend systems.
Led teams to deliver high-performance data solutions.
Proficient in cloud-native architectures and best practices.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Engineer specializing in EnergyTech and data-intensive applications.

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Skills

Core Skills

Backend DevelopmentSystem ArchitectureData ProcessingData ValidationMicroservices DevelopmentData AnalysisProcess ImprovementAutomationData Analytics

Other Skills

AWS EKSAWS EMRAmazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR)Amazon SQSCSSData VisualizationDetail OrientedDjangoDjango REST FrameworkDockerGORMGinGin Web FrameworkGolangGoogle Apps Script

About

Senior Backend Engineer | 6 Yrs in Startups (EnergyTech, AgriTech, FinTech) | Go, Python, Kafka, Redis, AWS, PySpark I am a backend engineer with 6 years of experience in building highly scalable, distributed systems and data-intensive applications. My journey began at DeHaat, where I developed a highly configurable coupon service—the backbone of the offers engine serving both DeHaat centers and end customers. Currently, at Polaris Grids, I lead engineering for mission-critical products in the smart metering ecosystem. I designed and scaled HES (Head-End System) from scratch, which today executes 4M+ commands/day, collects data from 5L+ smart meters, and maintains 99.9% uptime with strict SLAs. I also lead the design of VEE (Validation, Estimation & Editing) pipelines, leveraging PySpark on AWS EMR to validate data at massive scale, processing tens of millions of records daily. Working as an SDE-3, I now manage two product lines (HES & VEE) and mentor a team of 8 developers. My focus spans from architecture & scale to team growth & industry best practices. What excites me? • Large-scale distributed systems & data throughput • EMR pipelines & event-driven architectures • AWS EKS, Lambda, and automation workflows • Problem solving, design reviews, and mentoring teams • Building resilient systems that balance scale, reliability, and performance

Experience

Polaris smart metering

2 roles

Software Development Engineer-III

Promoted

Apr 2025 – Present · 11 mos · Jaipur, Rajasthan, India · On-site

I have been at the forefront of building and scaling mission-critical systems for India’s smart metering ecosystem—handling millions of devices, massive data throughput, and strict SLAs.
Key Contributions
A. Head-End System (HES)
Architected and scaled HES from the ground up into a platform that today:
Executes 4M+ device commands per day with concurrency-safe design.
Collects and processes 25M+ data points daily from 5L+ meters.
Operates at 95%+ daily data SLA with 99.9% uptime (monitored via Zabbix).
Designed command execution schedulers with a rule-engine to balance throughput and RF mesh network stability.
Leveraged Golang, Kafka, Redis, Postgres, MQTT (EMQX), AWS EKS to build a high-throughput, resilient system.
B. Validation, Estimation & Editing (VEE)
Designed and delivered a PySpark-based validation engine on AWS EMR.
Built to handle tens of millions of records/day, applying advanced rule sets for cleansing, estimating, and validating data.
Laid down data pipelines that ensure accuracy, reliability, and trustworthiness of metering data for downstream analytics.
Engineering Practices & Leadership
Led end-to-end system design reviews, architecture discussions, and production scaling strategies.
Mentored developers across levels, instilling industry best practices in coding, testing, observability, and DevOps.
Highlights
Transformed Polaris’s smart metering platform into a nation-scale data engine, delivering scale + reliability + performance.
Balanced massive concurrency, autoscaling, and cost efficiency while keeping systems cloud-native and resilient.
Shaped product direction by combining deep backend expertise with real-world problem solving in the utilities domain.

GolangKafkaRedisPostgresAWS EKSBackend Development+1

Senior Backend Developer (SDE-II)

Nov 2023 – Mar 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos · Jaipur, Rajasthan, India · On-site

Dehaat

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Software Development Engineer II

Apr 2023 – Sep 2023 · 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Software Engineer

Oct 2021 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Responsible for developing microservices with complex business logic, high concurrency & low latency
Developed multiple services from scratch using Golang, with industry best practices
Proficient in Golang, Python, Django, PostgreSQL & RabbitMQ
Raster File Processing & Development of Advanced Map-Based Web Application with Django

GolangPythonDjangoPostgreSQLRabbitMQMicroservices Development+1

Rupeek

2 roles

Design Specialist

Aug 2020 – Oct 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bangalore Urban district, Karnataka, India

Machine Learning Model to segregate customer home locations in different clusters – to reduce agent travel time from 50+ mins to 30 mins
In-depth time & motion study of Operation Processes (Analysis) - to improve efficiency & reduce cost/transaction
Built a Lead-filtration model to facilitate sales team in achieving more efficiency & reduce cost/transaction
Built Tableau dashboards for high-precision tracking of collateral and easing-out reconciliation process by giving high level of visibility

Machine LearningTableauData AnalyticsData AnalysisProcess Improvement

Business Analyst Intern

Feb 2020 – Aug 2020 · 6 mos · Bangalore Urban district, Karnataka, India

Automation of affiliate partner-code generation - using Google App Scripts
Created a robust Incentive Structure for Sales Managers – to reward top performers & penalize underperformers
Web Scrapping (Python) – Wrote a script from scratch to extract contact details of any type of Enterprise within seconds from Justdial.com
In charge of conducting OKR reviews across org
Data Analytics on Daily/ Weekly/ Monthly Sales Funnel
Dashboarding of region-level metrics for consumption of Sales team

Google Apps ScriptPythonAutomationData Analytics

Neenopal intelligent solutions pvt ltd

Data Analyst Intern

Jun 2019 – Jul 2019 · 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Built numerous Tableau Dashboards
Automated an ‘RFM-Analysis’ dashboard
Worked on a Python-based algorithm to find duplicates aiming to remove redundant data
Refreshed MySQL Database through a python script

TableauPythonMySQLData Analysis