Allen Y

Product Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India2 yrs 7 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Expert in building scalable backend systems.
Led team to Second Runner Up at national hackathon.
Active speaker and contributor in open-source community.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Engineer with expertise in Fintech and Cloud Computing.

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Skills

Core Skills

MicroservicesKubernetesDatabase ManagementBackend DevelopmentCloud ComputingFull-stack Development

Other Skills

API DevelopmentAWS LambdaAndroidAndroid DevelopmentAndroid JetpackAndroid StudioApache KafkaApollo GraphQLAutomationC (Programming Language)CSEComputer NetworkingContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Data StructuresDatabase Management System (DBMS)

About

Hello I’m Allen, a Backend Engineer at Strollby, passionate about building scalable, high performance backend systems. I specialize in Python, GraphQL, Java, Ruby, C++, and Kubernetes, with hands-on experience in cloud platforms (GCP, AWS) and databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB). My work spans: Designing and optimizing microservices and distributed systems Managing critical services like orders and payment flows Implementing event-driven architectures with Kafka and gRPC Building reliable, scalable, and performant applications using async programming Automating infrastructure with Terraform and containerizing services using Docker I’m also an active speaker and open-source contributor, with presentations at: PyCascades 2025 — “Unlocking Concurrency in Python with AsyncIO and ASGI” FOSSASIA Summit 2025, Bangkok — “Kubernetes Kung Fu: Mastering Containers and Microservices” PyCon India 2025 — “From Stress to Success: Load Testing Python Apps & Visualizing Performance” Additionally, I led my team to Second Runner Up at UST D3Code 2022, a national hackathon with 840+ applicants. I’m always seeking opportunities to push boundaries, innovate, and deliver impact at scale. Tech Stack: Python, GraphQL, Java, Ruby, C++, Kubernetes, Kafka, gRPC, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Docker, Terraform, AWS, GCP

Experience

Ust

Associate II Product Engineer

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Trivandrum, Kerala, India · On-site

1. Designed & deployed a custom payment microservice, integrating multiple payment processors, increasing transaction success rate and improving scalability.
2. Developed a communication microservice to process data from multiple sources, automating email delivery.
3. Optimized database pipelines, improving query response time and enabling faster data retrieval.
4. Automated integration testing, reducing critical errors and improving release reliability
5. Provisioned and managed production grade Kubernetes clusters using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for multi service deployments across environments

KubernetesMicroservicesPayment ProcessingDatabase Optimization

Inflection.io

Product Engineer

Aug 2023 – Jan 2024 · 5 mos · Kochi, Kerala, India · On-site

1. Deployed Kafka consumers to trigger gRPC calls, boosting data efficiency by 40%.
2. Developed AWS Lambda monitoring scripts, reducing SingleStore pipeline downtime by 40%.
3. Wrote migration scripts for production SingleStore schema updates and cleaned legacy MongoDB data.
4. Designed AWS Lambda functions to manage feature flags across multi-tenant systems, enabling granular feature rollout.
5. Integrated delayed retries and DLQ, reducing failure handling time by 50%.
6. Demonstrated ownership in delivering end-to-end backend features with high code quality and thorough reviews.

KafkagRPCAWS LambdaMongoDBSingleStoreBackend Development+1

Ust

Academic Intern

Feb 2023 – Apr 2023 · 2 mos · Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India · On-site

1. Contributed to the work of the product development team at UST,
which is a travel application for booking flights, hotels, etc.
2. Worked with the Mobile team for Android application development.

Techfunic

Full-stack Developer

May 2021 – Jan 2022 · 8 mos · Jersey City, NJ 07302 · Remote

1. Built & deployed RESTful APIs with Node.js & MySQL, enabling efficient data handling & storage.
2. Collaborated in an Agile team to develop a ReactJS front-end, improving UI responsiveness and performance.
3. Deployed web applications on Google Cloud, automating deployment processes for improved scalability.

Node.jsMySQLReactJSGoogle CloudFull-Stack DevelopmentCloud Computing