Akanksha Agrawal

Senior Software Engineer

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India11 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

10+ years of experience in software engineering
Expert in building scalable web and backend systems
Proven track record in optimizing application performance

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused Senior Software Engineer with expertise in backend systems and application optimization.

Contact

akanksha.agrawal@careerbuilder.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Node.jsMysqlGraphqlMicroservices Architecture

Other Skills

AWS S3AWS SNSAWS SQLAWS SQSAgile MethodologiesAngular.jsApache KafkaApollo GraphQLContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)DatadogDockerGitJavaScriptMicroservicesMongoDB

About

Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience designing and delivering scalable web and backend systems. 💻 Tech Expertise: Node.js, React.js, TypeScript, AWS, CI/CD pipelines 🚀 Proven Impact: Simplified complex workflows, boosting efficiency and reducing delivery time. Optimized performance of high-traffic applications, ensuring reliability and speed. Mentored and guided team members, fostering growth and collaboration. I thrive on taking ownership, driving end-to-end solutions, and delivering results that matter. Passionate about building high-performance, user-focused software and continuously improving processes. Let’s connect to share ideas, collaborate, or explore opportunities to create impactful solutions.

Experience

Careerbuilder

3 roles

Senior Software Development Engineer

Jul 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

Standardised application routing for a specific job type module, simplifying system architecture and improving maintainability.
Improved real-time visibility of job applications in the “My Applications” tab by optimizing backend configuration and streamlining code performance.
Integrated multiple ATS platforms, increasing the volume of job applications flowing from our product to business partners.
Reduced storage costs by eliminating redundant and non-critical data from the database.
Enhanced job recommendation accuracy by implementing a system to predict user locations based on historical data such as previous job and application locations.

Node.jsMySQLRedisAWS SQSAWS SNSDocker+2

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 11 mos

Key Projects: -
Job Application Processing Service (“Apply” Service)
Designed and developed the core job application service responsible for handling high traffic job applications. Ensured reliable and asynchronous processing of job applications using message queues. Optimized performance and minimized processing latency.
[Tech – Node.js (Express.js), MySQL, Redis, AWS SQS, AWS SNS, Docker, React.js, Angular.js]
Job Seeker Profile Management Service (“Progressive Profile” Service)
Developed and maintained a scalable job seeker profile system, enabling users to update personal details, skills and preferences. Enhanced job recommendation accuracy by implementing a system to predict user locations based on historical data such as previous job and application locations.
[Tech – Node.js (Express.js), GraphQL, MySQL, Redis, AWS SQS, AWS SNS, Terraform]
Legacy system Data Migration (Harvester” Service)
Migrated data from a legacy system to a newly designed system, ensuring data integrity, consistency, and minimal downtime during the transition.
[Tech – Oozie workflow, MySQL, AWS S3, AWS SNS, AWS SQL, Microservices Architecture]
Major Contributions -
Integrated multiple ATS platforms, increasing the volume of job applications flowing from our product to business partners.
Reduced storage costs by eliminating redundant and non-critical data from the database.
Automated the backloading of resumes, enabling seamless access to historical resumes and reducing support ticket volume by 50%.
Deployed monitoring solutions (Datadog, AppOptics) to proactively identify issues, reducing production incidents by 30%.
Managed on-call responsibilities and resolved customer issues.
Led the initiative to implement version control for databases, enabling reliable and auditable deployments.

Software Engineer

Apr 2020 – Jun 2023 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Automated the backloading of resumes, enabling seamless access to historical resumes and reducing support ticket volume.
Deployed monitoring solutions (Datadog, AppOptics) to proactively identify issues, reducing production incidents by 30%.
Managed on-call responsibilities and resolved customer issues via CSI cards
Led the initiative to implement version control for databases, enabling reliable and auditable deployments.

Velocis systems private limited

Senior Software Engineer

May 2019 – Apr 2020 · 11 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh · On-site

Responsible for requirement gathering, analysis and develop a pension enrollment system for Central government of India.
Collaborated with Deloitte to develop a Threat management system for tracking and reporting their client project threat.
Presented live demos to stakeholders and enhanced requirements gathering.

Velocis systems pvt. ltd.

Senior Software Engineer

May 2019 – Apr 2020 · 11 mos

Responsible for requirement gathering, analysis and develop a pension enrollment system for Central government of India.
Collaborated with Deloitte to develop a Threat management system for tracking and reporting their client project threat.
Presented live demos to stakeholders and enhanced requirements gathering.

Applify tech

Senior Software Executive

Oct 2014 – Mar 2019 · 4 yrs 5 mos · Mohali,Punjab · On-site

Conceptualised and created a news sharing website & web services for Android and iOS app.
Brought together people with similar interests in outdoor sports and provided a platform to manage teams, venues and championships. Was responsible for creating web services for iOS and Android app.
Developed web services and admin panel by Integrating payment gateways(Stripe and Paystack) for purchasing tickets to events.
Led development teams (2-5 members), ensuring best practices in coding.