Anand Pandey

Senior Software Engineer

Pune, Maharashtra, India6 yrs experience

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Key Highlights

Reduced cloud costs by over $2M annually.
Handled 220M+ daily requests in backend systems.
Led successful migrations from monolith to microservices.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-focused Software Engineer with expertise in AI-driven automation and cloud infrastructure.

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Skills

Core Skills

Backend DevelopmentDistributed Systems

Other Skills

Large Language Models (LLM)GolangAI-assisted automationData operationsCloud infrastructurePythonPubSubBigtableCloud savingsCloudSQLSpannerKubernetesRedisJavaSpring Boot

About

Senior Software Engineer with 4+ years of experience building scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient backend systems. Strong background in distributed systems, microservices architecture, and high-throughput pipelines, handling 220M+ daily requests. Proven track record of optimizing cloud infrastructure, reducing storage and compute costs by $2M+ annually. Experienced in: Backend development (Golang, gRPC, APIs) Distributed systems & microservices Kubernetes, scaling, and infrastructure optimization Performance tuning, reliability, and cost efficiency Led and contributed to complex system migrations, including monolith to microservices and legacy system modernization, improving system scalability and maintainability. Currently focused on integrating AI/LLMs into production systems — building automation agents that understand codebases, assist in debugging, and streamline operational workflows. Interested in solving problems at the intersection of backend systems, infrastructure, and AI-driven automation. On the bright side, at least my code is better documented than my stand-up comedy.

Experience

Bluecore

3 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr

1. Integrated hybrid LLM-Regex intent detection for SMS systems to identify unsubscribe intent at scale, drastically reducing false positives and manual rule maintenance.
2. Orchestrated the migration of 1.8B+ coupons across 3,500 banks using GenAI-generated scripts to accelerate delivery timelines and ensure data integrity.
3. Architected AI-assisted automation workflows for critical Spanner data operations, enabling safe migration and cleanup of hundreds of GBs of production data with zero downtime.
4. Diagnosed and resolved rate-limit amplification and retry storms using AI-assisted diagnostics, improving SFMC throughput and reducing internal nacks to near-zero.
5. Championed "AI-first" engineering by standardizing prompts and workflows (Cursor AI), mentoring the team to boost development velocity by ~50%.

Large Language Models (LLM)GolangAI-assisted automationData operationsCloud infrastructureBackend development+1

Software Engineer-II

Aug 2023 – Apr 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos

1. Re-architected the ShortURLs service in Go to optimize Bigtable storage by 83%, resulting in $1M in annual cloud savings.
2. Designed the HLD/LLD for the Responsys ESP migration using Python and PubSub, increasing system throughput by 200% and enabling horizontal scalability.
3. Reduced annual infrastructure costs by $380K by resolving load balancer bottlenecks and migrating NQE service storage from SSD to HDD.
4. Refactored 20,000+ lines of legacy monolithic code and migrated services to Python 3/GKE, significantly reducing technical debt and increasing test coverage.
5. Led a 4-engineer squad to develop a Golang mobile wallet extension, driving a 39% increase in coupon conversion rates.

GolangPythonPubSubBigtableCloud savingsBackend development+1

Software Engineer-I

Jun 2022 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

1. Developed a high-performance Golang microservice for product recommendations in transactional emails, handling high concurrency to support $4.5M in projected revenue.
2. Executed a critical zero-downtime migration of 300GB of data from CloudSQL to Spanner, implementing dual-write strategies to ensure 100% consistency.
3. Migrated a large-scale monolithic codebase from Python 2 to Python 3, resolving compatibility issues to ensure a smooth transition to modern standards.
4. Identified and resolved load balancer bottlenecks in high-traffic services, improving request latency stability and cutting operational waste by $140K annualized.
5. Optimized container resource allocation (CPU/Memory) for Kubernetes pods and Redis clusters, reducing infrastructure overhead and saving $33K annually.

GolangCloudSQLSpannerKubernetesRedisBackend development+1

Mobikwik

Software Engineer Intern

Sep 2021 – Feb 2022 · 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

1. Worked with the Lending team to optimize the Zip vertical of Mobikwik
2. Worked as a backend developer for features "ZIP through QR", and “Credit Score” live on App.
3. Took Ownership and developed Upgrade KYC feature for 2M+ user, currently live.
4. Integrated Google chatbot to shift mail alerts to google chat and reduced the mail load by 59%.
5. Skills Gained: Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Redis, Mongo DB, MySQL, REST APIs.

JavaSpring BootKafkaRedisMongo DBMySQL

Connectwise

Software Engineer Intern

Jun 2021 – Jul 2021 · 1 mo · Pune Division, Maharashtra, India

1. Automated the Update Rollout process using Jenkins CI job
2. Worked on API Optimization (Golang, Python), provided batching up to endpoint level (actual servers or Desktop).
3. Worked on Jenkins, Golang, Python, Cassandra.

GolangPythonJenkinsCassandra

Army institute of technology (ait), pune

Student Member of Institute Innvoation Council

Mar 2019 – Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Pune Division, Maharashtra, India

Institute Innovation Council along with Head of Department of respective branches and Director, AIT to decide the direction of progress college should head on.