Akhil Krishna R

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India5 yrs 9 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Architected AI-driven solutions reducing costs by 80%
Led migration of legacy systems to modern architectures
Developed scalable backend systems for FinTech applications

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Backend Engineer with expertise in scalable solutions and AI integration.

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Skills

Core Skills

.net CoreGraphqlJavaPythonJenkins

Other Skills

C#Spring BootFastAPIAI AgentsDjangoPostgreSQLLarge Language Models (LLM)RabbitMQElasticsearchMicrosoft SQL ServerCHTMLC++Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)PHP

About

Software Engineer II at ClearTax with 5 years of experience architecting and developing impactful solutions in the FinTech space. Proven ability to drive significant revenue growth and optimize critical systems. Passionate about leveraging AI, building scalable backend systems, and streamlining processes through processes. Always eager to tackle complex challenges and deliver tangible results.

Experience

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3 roles

Software Engineer II

Promoted

May 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 10 mos

Built a rule-based paywall using .NET for dynamic plan management, integrating with internal checkout services.
Developed and integrated GraphQL multipart request specification, creating a standard file upload component applied across all product modules.
Co-developed an AI-driven WhatsApp chatbot using Java/Spring Boot and FastAPI/LlamaIndex for gig worker tax filing.
Reduced AI processing costs by 80% and improved tax filing response times by pivoting to a token-efficient
LLM, preventing service disruption from budget constraints.
Improved application scalability and stability under high load by migrating from Uvicorn to Gunicorn and implementing configurable web concurrency and grace timeout.
Developed an AI solution using Python/Django/LlamaIndex to classify and parse diverse ITR-related documents, reducing manual effort for bespoke parser creation.

.NET CoreC#GraphQLJavaSpring BootFastAPI+1

Software Engineer

Jul 2020 – May 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos

Led migration of a 10-year-old XML-based tax return system to JSON schema, implementing the right tools for asynchronous processing and improved data handling.
Designed and implemented data layers, RESTful APIs using .NET, idempotent task processors, and asynchronous reconciliation for new microservices.

C#.NET Core

Software Engineer

Jan 2020 – Jul 2020 · 6 mos

Developed GraphQL backend features using .NET for the ’Black’ mobile app, supporting consumer ITR filings.
Built CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions to migrate from TeamCity, reducing build and deployment times and operational costs.

.NET CoreC#Jenkins

Mphasis

Software Engineer

May 2019 – Jun 2019 · 1 mo · Greater Chennai Area · On-site

Developed a Python package automating data preprocessing from PDF, Excel, and JSON, streamlining ingestion into PostgreSQL.
Implemented a Python package to AES encrypt MySQL data, ensuring secure transfer to Elasticsearch.
Created a Python utility for SQL Server data masking with MD5-hashed seed data, generating anonymized datasets for development and testing.

PostgreSQLPython