Akshay A. — Product Manager

💼 Principal Engineer – Tech Leadership | Backend & Distributed Systems | Scalable Systems Architect Senior backend engineer with 9+ years of experience architecting and delivering scalable, high-performance systems in the financial services domain. Currently leading multiple Wealth & Investment modules at Upstox, where I’ve built distributed systems powering mission-critical financial workflows. 🔧 Tech Stack Expertise Languages & Frameworks: Java 11+, Spring Boot, Spring Batch, gRPC, REST APIs, Microservices Messaging & Eventing: Kafka, ActiveMQ, Event-driven architecture, Retry & Rate-limiting patterns Databases: MySQL, MongoDB (NoSQL), Redis (caching & pub/sub) Infrastructure & DevOps: AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, CloudWatch), Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD (Jenkins) Observability & Resilience: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Circuit Breakers, Fallback Design Architecture Focus: Scalable distributed systems, Fault tolerance, Latency optimization, Infra cost efficiency 🚀 What I Do Best • Design and deploy fault-tolerant architectures that scale to millions of users • Own end-to-end delivery — from requirement gathering to production rollout • Lead teams and cross-functional initiatives with deep system design and engineering rigor • Continuously optimize for latency, reliability, and infrastructure cost 🎯 Core Strengths • System Design, Data Structures, Algorithms • SOLID Principles, Design Patterns • Agile Execution & Project Ownership Beyond technical leadership, I actively mentor engineers, influence architecture direction across teams, and collaborate closely with Product, QA, and DevOps to ensure seamless delivery. I’m passionate about enabling engineers to grow, aligning team execution with business outcomes, and fostering a culture of technical excellence.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Backend Architect specializing in scalable systems and microservices.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 9 yrs 9 mos