Abhijit Nayak

Senior Software Engineer

New York, New York, United States10 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

8+ years in backend engineering and distributed systems.
Expert in cloud-native architectures on AWS and Azure.
Led significant migrations to event-driven architectures.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Engineer specializing in cloud-native distributed systems and event-driven architectures.

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Skills

Core Skills

Distributed SystemsMicroservicesEvent-driven ArchitecturePlatform Design

Other Skills

GraphQLJavaScalabilityAmazon Web Services (AWS)RedisDynamoDBApache KafkaAWSGogRPCKubernetesApache AvroPythonDockerApache Thrift

About

Senior Backend Engineer with 8+ years of experience architecting and operating high-scale distributed systems across Zillow, Compass, and Microsoft. I build cloud-native backend platforms that enable rapid product iteration while preserving long-term architectural integrity. My work centers on distributed systems, event-driven architectures, scalable data modeling, and multi-tenant service design across AWS and Azure. At Zillow, I lead backend architecture for high-scale user-facing platforms and contribute to foundational infrastructure that enables experimentation, scalability, and long-term system evolution. In prior roles, I have: • Led migration of a tier-1 service to an event-sourced architecture backed by Kafka materialized views • Re-architected a BI monolith into a resilient multi-tenant SaaS platform on Azure Service Fabric • Designed quality and telemetry platforms adopted across large engineering organizations Core technical focus: • Distributed systems & microservices architecture • Event sourcing and streaming systems (Kafka) • AWS and Azure cloud-native platforms • DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Cosmos DB data modeling • GraphQL, REST, and gRPC APIs • Kubernetes, Docker, and production observability

Experience

Zillow

Senior Software Engineer

Dec 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 3 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area · Remote

Shopper Journey Services
Lead backend development for high-scale services powering Zillow’s shopper journey across web and mobile platforms
Contribute to architectural decisions around service scalability, API design, and long-term system evolution

Distributed SystemsGraphQLJavaMicroservicesScalabilityAmazon Web Services (AWS)+5

Compass

Senior Software Engineer

Nov 2021 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo · New York City Metropolitan Area

People Platform
Designed and implemented backend services supporting agent, buyer, and seller intelligence across the Compass ecosystem
Led the migration of a tier-1 service toward an event-sourced architecture to improve scalability and system resilience

MicroservicesDistributed SystemsAWSScalabilityApache KafkaGo+10

Microsoft

Software Engineer

Nov 2018 – Nov 2021 · 3 yrs · Redmond, Washington

Azure Network Insights
Designed and implemented automated root-cause analysis frameworks leveraging large-scale time-series telemetry to improve incident triage and service reliability
Contributed to cross-team service quality initiatives by building internal frameworks that standardized operational maturity across Azure services
Microsoft Reporting Analytics
Led migration of an on-premises monolithic reporting system into a multi-tenant SaaS platform built on a microservices architecture
Contributed to architectural modernization efforts focused on scalability, service isolation, and long-term platform evolution

Distributed SystemsMicroservicesAzure Cosmos DBAzure Service BusAzure DatabricksMySQL+9

Visa

Senior Web Engineer

Jul 2017 – Nov 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos · Highlands Ranch, Colorado

DPS Core Development
Designed and implemented backend services supporting digital card issuance and activation workflows within regulated financial systems
Built and maintained RESTful APIs enabling secure consumer-facing payment experiences
Contributed to data mapping and integration specifications across payment infrastructure systems

C++PythonPlatform DesignMongoDB

The ohio state university

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Aug 2016 – May 2017 · 9 mos · Columbus, Ohio Area

Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Instructed the class CSE 2111: Modeling and Problem Solving with Spreadsheets and Databases
Handled the Responsibility of conducting lab sessions, grading, and tutoring for a class of 80 students

Nationwide insurance

IT Application Developer Intern

May 2016 – Aug 2016 · 3 mos · Columbus, Ohio Area · On-site

Property Insurance Platform
Worked on Internet Property Express (IPEX), a Java-based web application with SOAP web services, which is used for quoting Homeowners insurance online
Experienced in customized Agile Software Development Process, including TDD and CI/CD
Improved the test coverage from 68% to 76% by writing JUnit test cases

Spring MVCjQueryJavaJavaServer Pages (JSP)HibernateIBM Db2

Samsung research india

Software Engineer

Jul 2014 – Jul 2015 · 1 yr · Bengaluru Area, India

Shannon Modem Commercialization
Developed an auto-analyzer called SMART to determine the root cause of connection failures in LTE modems by analyzing the flow of signaling messages in the log files
Proposed and implemented architectural changes in SMART to reduce the log processing time
Designed and developed a Graphical Analysis tool named S-Plot to represent the RCA graphically

C++MySQLMatplotlibMFCPython (Programming Language)

Indian statistical institute, kolkata

Research Intern

May 2013 – Aug 2013 · 3 mos · Kolkata Area, India

Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition Laboratory
Validated the accuracy (99.15 %) of Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) over MNIST dataset as claimed by the inventors of LeNet5
Developed a CNN based Multi-Classifier to classify handwritten characters of Bangla, a major script used across India
Obtained an accuracy of 95.3 % while classifying samples from 57 (21 vowels, 36 consonants) different classes, where the classifier was trained over 26501 training samples and tested over 11357 test samples

C++OpenCVMATLAB