Kshitiz S.

Backend Engineer

Pune, Maharashtra, India3 yrs 9 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Reduced deployment time from 5 to 1 minute.
Modernized over 13 microservices for enhanced security.
Architected critical production-ready solutions in Fintech.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Engineer specializing in Fintech with expertise in distributed systems and DevOps automation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Java (spring Boot)Microservices ArchitectureKubernetesSecurity EngineeringObservabilityPerformance OptimizationMicroservices DevelopmentSpring BootOpenshiftDevopsMicroservices

Other Skills

GitLabHelmVaultAPaaSJavaIAMSonarQubePrismaVeracodeAppDynamicsKibanaAsynchronous LoggingPrisma CloudPython (Programming Language)Ansible

About

I am a Backend Engineer specializing in building secure, reliable, and scalable distributed systems using Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, and Kubernetes. Over the years, I’ve led platform modernization, deployment optimization, security remediation, and large-scale backend migrations across enterprise banking systems. I enjoy solving complex engineering problems—whether it’s cutting deployment times from minutes to seconds, modernizing legacy services, improving observability, or strengthening system security. My experience spans across API design, event-driven architecture (Kafka), CI/CD automation, platform governance, performance optimization, and cloud-native rollouts on OpenShift/Kubernetes. I’ve architected critical production-ready solutions such as: • GitLab migration reducing deployment time 5 → 1 minute • APaaS Pod Scaling pipeline used across production environments • Modernization of 13+ microservices (Java 8 → 21, SAML → BAM) • Enterprise security remediation covering SonarQube, Prisma, Veracode • Observability dashboards for faster issue detection across clusters • Performance revamp using asynchronous logging • Contribution to Digital Backbone, a key enterprise-wide initiative I lead with ownership, clarity, and simplicity. I thrive in environments where reliability, performance, and engineering excellence truly matter. If you're building something exciting in backend engineering, distributed systems, DevOps automation, or cloud-native platforms — let’s connect.

Experience

3 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 9 mos

Current Experience

Barclays

2 roles

Software Engineer II, BA4

Promoted

Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Led end-to-end GitLab migration, redesigning deployments using Helm + Vault + cloud connectivity, reducing deployment time from 5 minutes → 1 minute.
Architected production-grade APaaS Pod Scaling pipeline, eliminating manual L1 access and reducing release readiness time by ~20 minutes per release.
Modernized 13 microservices by migrating from Java 8 → 21 and shifting from legacy SAML to modern IAM (BAM), improving security and future-proofing services.
Optimized Helm and secret-management workflows, cutting rollout time from 30 → 13 minutes (55% faster).
Led enterprise-grade security remediation across SonarQube, Prisma, Veracode, resolving thousands of code smells, hotspots, and vulnerabilities.
Strengthened observability by developing AppDynamics transactions and Kibana dashboards across two OpenShift clusters.
Resolved production performance degradation by implementing asynchronous logging, significantly improving response times.
Partnered with architects and multi-disciplinary teams to deliver the Digital Backbone platform for business-critical workflows.
Drove engineering excellence through documentation, mentoring, and best-practice evangelism.

Java (Spring Boot)Microservices ArchitectureKubernetesObservabilitySecurity Engineering

Graduate Analyst, BA3

Aug 2022 – Mar 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Owned container governance and vulnerability remediation across 13 microservices using SonarQube, Prisma Cloud, and Veracode.
Led migration of critical applications from OpenShift v3 → v4, improving reliability and platform security.
Automated Helm rollouts and refactored secret management, reducing deployment effort by 70%, enabling faster releases.
Identified and resolved FT/NFT issues early, preventing several production incidents.
Built initial observability stack with AppDynamics transactions and Kibana dashboards.
Improved Docker image efficiency through multi-stage builds and JRE-based images.
Collaborated across security, DevOps, QA, and architecture teams to ensure smooth delivery cycles.
Enabled smoother environment access and maintenance by configuring unified short URLs.

Spring BootMicroservices DevelopmentOpenShiftSonarQubePrisma CloudVeracode

Github

Externship

Jul 2021 – Sep 2021 · 2 mos · India

Worked as a Software Development Engineer Intern for Digibeings Team and to develop a human-friendly virtual human.
Developing an AI-based chatbot to integrate with Virtual Human for its assistance.

Python (Programming Language)Containerization

Ameyo

DevOps Engineer (Intern)

May 2021 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo · Gurugram, Haryana, India

At Ameyo, I worked as a DevOps Engineer Intern, focusing on automating infrastructure tasks and improving deployment workflows. I created OS upgrade scripts for migrating from CentOS 6 to Rocky Linux 8, authored Ansible playbooks for configuration management, and developed reusable CI/CD pipeline templates. I enhanced pipeline efficiency by implementing auto-trigger mechanisms and built a Git hook–based code freeze feature that enforced push restrictions during release periods. My contributions helped improve system reliability, enforce release governance, and streamline DevOps processes.

MicroservicesPython (Programming Language)Ansible

Opengenus foundation

Software Developer Intern

Sep 2019 – Dec 2019 · 3 mos · India

Worked as a Software Developer Intern, working on open source projects on GitHub and also working as a technical writer.
Contributed to Cosmos which is one of the largest algorithmic data-store resulting from crowd-sourcing contributions from over 800+ programmers.
Was added to the team of OpenGenus Maintainers due to my work and for the maintainence of the community.

C (Programming Language)Agile Methodologies