Prakhyat Kulkarni

Software Engineer

Urbana, Illinois, United States4 yrs 9 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in scalable backend systems and microservices.
Led development of systems managing millions in transactions.
Passionate about cloud infrastructure and performance optimization.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Engineer specializing in scalable systems for the Gaming and SaaS industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

JavaSpring BootLangchainFastapiReactAwsNode.jsDistributed SystemsMysqlKafkaRest ApisData Monitoring

Other Skills

Amazon DynamoDBLarge Language Models (LLM)PostgreSQLPython (Programming Language)React.jsReal-time ProcessingSQLSocket.ioSystems Design

About

CS Graduate @ UIUC with 4 years of experience in building and maintaining high-scale, robust backend systems at a high-growth startup. Previously a Senior Software Engineer, I played a key role in architecting scalable microservices and distributed systems. 🔹 Primary Owner of the Wallet Manager microservice, handling high-throughput micro-transactions with reliability and efficiency. 🔹 Skilled in Java, Spring Boot, Python, Node.js, React, MySQL, Postgres, Redis, Apache Kafka, AWS, and more. 🔹 Passionate about scalable system design, distributed computing, and backend performance optimization. Currently pursuing my graduate studies at UIUC, exploring cutting-edge technologies and deepening my expertise in backend engineering and cloud infrastructure.

Experience

Paypal

Senior Software Engineer

Jun 2025 – Present · 9 mos · San Jose, California, United States

Fulloop (formerly prepto)

Founding Engineer

Jun 2024 – Aug 2024 · 2 mos · San Jose, California, United States · On-site

Designed and developed the backend system from scratch using Java Spring Boot and PostgreSQL.
Built REST APIs for bulk resume uploads to AWS S3, processing ~30 resumes per minute.
Developed automated interview workflows, integrating OpenAI using LangChain built on FastAPI to generate follow-up questions, supporting 1.5K+ automated interviews.
Created a React-based UI for client onboarding and integrated backend APIs.
Implemented an email service using AWS (SQS, Lambda, DynamoDB, SES) to streamline candidate communication.

JavaSpring BootPostgreSQLAWSLangChainFastAPI+1

Gameskraft

3 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2022 – Oct 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

Designed and built large-scale distributed systems handling 7K+ requests per minute, from market research to high- and low-level design.
Led the development of critical accounting features managing $12M+ in daily transactions, ensuring accuracy and robust monitoring.
Implemented real-time game elements using Node.js and socket.io, supporting 20K+ user interactions per minute.
Lead the development of an invoicing system for tournaments, used by 1M+ daily players.
Mentored junior engineers and interns, guiding development best practices and task planning.

Node.jsSocket.ioDistributed SystemsReal-time Processing

Software Engineer

Jul 2020 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

Led a zero-downtime MySQL database migration, handling 2K+ IOPS to enhance system scalability.
Developed an org-wide Java SDK on Spring Boot, enabling multi-tenancy and reducing development time by 5 months.
Designed a Kafka-based retry mechanism, automating reconciliation and saving 3+ hours of manual effort daily.
Engineered a mission-based event system powered by Kafka, boosting user acquisition and retention for millions of players.
Conducted infrastructure setup and load testing for the world’s largest online rummy tournament (200K+ players).
Evaluated and conducted a POC for database selection (Cassandra, MySQL, TiDB) for a large-scale ledger service.

MySQLJavaKafkaAWS

Software Engineer Intern

Jan 2020 – Jul 2020 · 6 mos

Developed REST APIs for automated rewards management, significantly reducing manual workload for the tech team.
Built a generalized data monitoring system allowing teams to set alerts for critical data conditions.
Assisted in the seamless migration of a high-throughput feature between microservices, ensuring zero production bugs.
Gained hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2, RDS, S3, SQS, Lambda, CloudWatch, and ElastiCache.

REST APIsAWSData Monitoring