Utkarsh Bhatt

Software Engineer

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India8 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led large-scale re-architecture initiatives at Rebel Foods.
Doubled deployment efficiency through modernisation efforts.
Expert in building fault-tolerant platforms for logistics.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy SaaS Engineer with expertise in logistics and real-time systems.

Contact

utkarsh.bhatt@rebelfoods.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Node.jsReactKafkaApi DevelopmentRest ApiMicroservicesFirebase

Other Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS)CSSCascading Style Sheets (CSS)CloudWatchDatadogDockerECSGitGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Google Sheets APIsJavaScriptJiraLinuxNext.jsNoSQL

About

Principal Engineer with 8 years of experience designing and scaling distributed systems in Node.js. I specialise in building low-latency, fault-tolerant platforms for logistics, real-time delivery, and workforce automation. At Rebel Foods, I’ve led backend teams through large-scale re-architecture initiatives, introduced Kafka-driven asynchronous systems, and modernised legacy infrastructure to double deployment efficiency. I thrive on solving tough system design problems, driving engineering strategy, and building reliable, observable, and high-performing systems that move real business metrics. Core skills: Node.js, TypeScript, Kafka, MySQL, AWS, React, Microservices, Cloud Architecture, Observability, System Design.

Experience

Rebel foods

3 roles

Principal Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2025 – Present · 11 mos

Architected and led development of the Workforce Management System (WFM) — a full-stack app (Node.js backend, React.js frontend in Webview, Zing HRMS integration) that automated attendance, payroll, and workflow management for ~2500 employees, reducing manual HR salary-related queries to near zero.
Designed and implemented a real-time payroll data pipeline integrating internal Excel-based reports with Google Sheets APIs, enabling live salary data validation and visualisation across HR and finance dashboards.
Modernised the legacy Material Management System (MMS) — upgraded Node.js (v8 → v22), refactored core services, and introduced Docker multi-stage builds, reducing build size and deployment time by half, unblocking QAs and CD speed across dev and QA environments.

Node.jsReactGoogle Sheets APIsDocker

Lead Software Engineer

Promoted

Jul 2022 – Nov 2025 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Refactored the rider allocation engine reducing average assignment latency from over 5 minutes to under 2 minutes, unlocking higher order throughput during peak hours.
Transitioned critical path APIs from REST to Kafka-based asynchronous messaging, reducing P95 latencies during surge loads.
Architected and implemented real-time surge pricing (ribbon-ratio) logic, enabling dynamic rider incentives tied to regional supply-demand metrics.
Introduced Datadog dashboards and SLO monitoring giving product, engineering, and ops real-time visibility into API health and incident trends.
Worked with DevOps to build a disaster recovery environment for Rebel's production stack replicated critical services, databases, and Kafka clusters from the primary region (us-west-2) to ap-south-1 (Mumbai) to ensure business continuity during regional outages.
Managed IAM policies, CloudWatch alerts, and ECS service autoscaling configs in tandem with platform teams.

KafkaAPI DevelopmentDatadogECSCloudWatch

Senior Software Engineer

Feb 2020 – Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Built RESTful backend services for the in-house Trax delivery app, covering real-time location tracking, route assignment, and delivery lifecycle state machines.
Created React + Redux-based dashboards for internal fleet teams to manage escalations, assign backups, and override delivery states during critical ops windows.
Eliminated manual rider onboarding by designing a secure, self-serve KYC workflow (PAN, Aadhaar, license, etc.), enabling full automation of the registration process.
Led the design and rollout of a pluggable 3PL integration layer enabling rapid onboarding of partners like Dunzo, Rapido, and Careembox via modular microservices.
Built custom analytics dashboards using delivery and 3PL data, enabling ops teams to triage SLA breaches and partner performance in real time.

REST APIReactRedux

Growthfile

Backend Developer

Jan 2018 – Feb 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Hauz Khas, New Delhi · On-site

First engineer hired to take the platform from a prototype into a production-grade, multi-tenant SaaS platform used by 2000+ field employees across logistics and retail.
Wore multiple hats: backend, frontend, infra, and direct client interfacing, shipped features, fixed bugs, handled scale, and ran standups with founders.
Built backend services using Node.js + Firebase, including auth, dynamic task workflows, location-aware check-ins, and role-based access.
Designed REST APIs consumed by web/mobile clients built in React, covering attendance, task lifecycle, and reporting.
Managed entire cloud stack: Firebase Functions, Firestore, Hosting, and Authentication.
Built resilient workflows for field ops with offline-first support, local caching, and retry mechanisms to handle poor connectivity and network failures.

Node.jsFirebaseREST API