Apr 2025 – Aug 2025 · 4 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Remote

• Worked on backend systems for extracting structured data from financial documents (bank statements, pay stubs, etc.).
• Contributed to public backend APIs used by clients, focusing on reliability and backward compatibility.
• Involved in services handling high-volume document processing and real-time workflows.
• Participated in gRPC-based service improvements to enhance performance and inter-service communication.
• Worked with Kafka-based event pipelines and collaborated with ML/Data teams to improve extraction quality.
• Actively participated in code reviews, monitoring, and incident retrospectives.

Sep 2023 – Mar 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Spearheaded initiatives within the Writers team for Pocket Novel Product, focusing on optimizing performance and enhancing functionalities.
• Developed and maintained multiple APIs, reducing latency by 40% through performance optimizations. These APIs served critical functions such as user authentication, content retrieval, analytics tracking, and payment processing.
• Implemented and scaled profanity and plagiarism checks using Kafka Event streaming for processing over 300k chapters daily. This system accurately flagged inappropriate content and copyright infringements, ensuring compliance with content quality standards and legal requirements.
• Designed and developed a Text Moderation Microservice for identifying and classifying profane, hateful, and inappropriate content in chapters using Hive APIs. This microservice processed content in real-time, ensuring compliance with content moderation standards while maintaining an average latency of less than 200ms per API call.
• Proactively identified and addressed technical debt, optimizing database queries, improving system architecture, and resolving performance bottlenecks to ensure the scalability and reliability of the platform.

Mar 2023 – Aug 2023 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Worked in the Backend Engineering team of Internal tool CMS (Content Management System)
• Enhanced CMS Dashboard and API features, boosting workflow efficiency and user experience.
• Developed a cost-effective MP4 to HLS conversion tool, reducing AWS processing costs while optimizing streaming.
• Created and optimized multiple APIs, seamlessly integrating with CMS dashboard, improving functionality.
• Led web scraping efforts, sourcing content from 100+ sites, enriching the app’s Audiobook and novel offerings.
• Built a streamlined YouTube copyright analysis tool for the content team, facilitating efficient and accurate copyright assessment processes.
• Resolved user-specific bugs pertaining to the app, resulting in improved functionality and a smoother user experience.

Feb 2021 – Jun 2021 · 4 mos · New Delhi, India · Remote

• Conducted regular doubt resolution sessions to address queries and clarify concepts in specific areas. These sessions provided students with the opportunity to seek clarification on complex topics, fostering a deeper understanding of the material.
• Assisted students in debugging their code by identifying and resolving errors, helping them overcome technical challenges in programming assignments and projects. This hands-on support facilitated students' learning process and improved their programming skills.
• Offered insights, suggestions, and practical advice to support students in completing assignments and project.