Ritika M.

Senior Software Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States3 yrs 7 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in distributed systems and large-scale data infrastructure.
Contributed to multiple Apache Kafka open source initiatives.
Strong background in backend development and AR applications.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Software Engineer with expertise in distributed systems and data infrastructure.

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Skills

Core Skills

Distributed SystemsKafkaJavaIos DevelopmentUnity3d

Other Skills

Go (Programming Language)Objective-CSwift (Programming Language)VuforiaC#ScalaiOSUnityC++

About

Backend/Infrastructure Software Engineer passionate about distributed systems and large-scale data infrastructure. Experienced contributor to multiple Apache Kafka open source initiatives, with hands-on expertise in scaling, reliability, and transactional consistency. I thrive on solving complex problems, collaborating with teams, and bringing curiosity, empathy, and persistence to every challenge.

Experience

3 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Confluent

3 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Feb 2026 – Present · 2 mos

Distributed Systems

Software Engineer

Sep 2022 – Mar 2026 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Software Engineer on the Kora Coordinators Team
Primarily worked on the transaction and consumer group protocols.
Recent projects include KIP-939, KIP-890, KIP-848.

JavaKafka

Software Engineer Intern

Jan 2022 – Jun 2022 · 5 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Trust and Security Department
Audit Logs Team
Backend Development

Go (Programming Language)Java

Microsoft

Software Engineer

Nov 2021 – Nov 2021 · 0 mo

Engage 2021 Trainee

Adobe

Product Development Intern

May 2021 – Jul 2021 · 2 mos

Photoshop Express iOS Application Development Team
Worked on integrating a new feature into the existing application using Objective-C.

Objective-CSwift (Programming Language)iOS Development

Plastic water labs

AR Application Developer

May 2020 – Jun 2020 · 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Project Summary:
This application is an immersive, pre-loaded furniture catalogue that enables users to place true-to-scale 3D objects virtually in a space using a smartphone. User can change orientation in space, view cross-section, change colours and expand/collapse to view furniture components.
Tools/ Technologies:
Unity3D, Vuforia, C#, Visual Studio, Git
Contribution:
Developed a user-friendly, interactive, cross-platform, Augmented Reality (AR) application.
Integrated AR features using Vuforia SDK and developed using Unity 3D software.
Designed and integrated UI, scenes, prefabs and materials using Unity classes.