Ankur Pal — Software Engineer
Backend Engineer passionate about building high-performance distributed systems at scale. Recent graduate from MNNIT Allahabad with approximately 1 year of production experience scaling microservices that process millions of transactions daily. 🎯 CURRENT STATUS Currently exploring opportunities in backend engineering and distributed systems following recent organizational changes at Zepto. Available to join immediately. 💼 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE At Zepto, I progressed from Software Engineer Intern to Control Team Pod Leader, owning three critical microservices (Beacon, Image Matching Interface, Admin Backend) that power end-to-end order flows across 500+ Dark Hubs. 🚀 KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Built real-time communication systems using Go and WebSocket that eliminated 884K+ polling requests per minute • Engineered multi-tenant microservices streaming 10K+ orders/sec with 99.9% uptime • Scaled systems to support 20K+ concurrent users with <1ms latency • Reduced production incidents by 40% through CI/CD implementation and comprehensive monitoring • Maintained 80%+ test coverage across all services • Cut production rollout time by 60% with GitHub Actions and canary deployments 💻 TECHNICAL EXPERTISE Languages: Go, C++, Java, JavaScript, SQL, Python Backend: Microservices, RESTful APIs, WebSocket, gRPC Databases: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis Message Queues: Kafka, Redis Pub/Sub DevOps: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Docker Monitoring: Grafana, New Relic 📫 LET'S CONNECT I'm actively seeking opportunities where I can contribute to building reliable, scalable backend systems. If you're hiring backend engineers or know of relevant opportunities, I'd love to connect! Open to: Backend Engineer, Full Stack Engineer, Distributed Systems roles Notice Period: Till 28th Nov, 2025
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Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 10 mos
Skills
- Microservices
- Backend Engineering
- Real-time Systems
- Distributed Systems
Career Highlights
- Engineered systems processing 50K+ orders/sec with 99.9% uptime.
- Reduced production incidents by 40% through CI/CD implementation.
- Developed real-time systems achieving <1ms latency.
Work Experience
Zepto
Software Engineer l (10 mos)
Intern - Engineering (6 mos)
Education
Bachelor of Technology - BTech at Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology
ISC - Intermediate at St. Joseph Montessori School