Akhilesh Gupta

Software Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States14 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led engineering teams at LinkedIn and Uber.
Expert in real-time technology and mobile applications.
Architected scalable backend systems for high traffic.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Fullstack engineer with expertise in B2C mobile applications.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical LeadershipDistributed SystemsReal-time TechnologyMobile ApplicationsBackend EngineeringPlay FrameworkScalaNode.jsMobile Traffic ManagementSecurity

Other Skills

ScalabilityServer Side ProgrammingJavaRESTServer to client streaming technologyInstant MessagingOnline PresenceiOS developmentAndroidMobile ProgrammingPush Notification InfrastructureWeb DevelopmentPayment SystemsSecurity PoliciesTeam Leadership

About

I love designing and building beautiful technology products and platforms. I have led multiple engineering teams and worked across the stack on client, front-end and back-end architecture. Currently, I'm the technical lead for LinkedIn Feed & Search.

Experience

14 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

10 yrs

Current Experience

6 roles

Principal Staff Software Engineer

Promoted

Mar 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

Technical Lead for LinkedIn Feed & Search

Technical LeadershipDistributed SystemsScalabilityServer Side ProgrammingJavaREST

Senior Staff Engineer

Promoted

Dec 2017 – Mar 2021 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Technical Lead/Architect for LinkedIn Messaging, LinkedIn Groups, and Real-time Technology at LinkedIn: Live Video, Instant Messaging, Online Presence, Persistent connections, Server to client streaming technology.

Technical LeadershipReal-time TechnologyServer to client streaming technologyInstant Messaging

Staff Software Engineer

Apr 2016 – Nov 2017 · 1 yr 7 mos

Lead for Real-time Technology at LinkedIn: Instant Messaging, Online Presence, Persistent connections, Server to client streaming technology.

Real-time TechnologyInstant MessagingOnline Presence

Staff Software Engineer

Jul 2014 – Dec 2014 · 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Leading the team behind the infrastructure for the LinkedIn Connected app. Architected, designed and implemented the anticipatory computing platform in Play/Scala to enable meeting intelligence and smart push notifications in the app. Additionally, driving the adoption, product/market fit and UI for the app.

Play FrameworkScalaMobile Programming

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Feb 2013 – Jun 2014 · 1 yr 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Leading the Node.js phone server team to serve the ever-increasing mobile traffic at LinkedIn from our iOS, Android and Mobile Web apps. Designed and implemented the push notification infrastructure for our mobile apps and Mac OS X Mavericks. Lead the entire project for endorsements on mobile and the personalized navigation system for our apps. Building the next generation of mobile backend infrastructure in Play and Scala.

Node.jsMobile Traffic ManagementPush Notification Infrastructure

Software Engineer

Jul 2011 – Feb 2013 · 1 yr 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Designing and developing LinkedIn mobile applications on iOS, Android and the Web.
Building fast, powerful and scalable server solutions serving huge amounts of traffic.

iOS developmentAndroidWeb DevelopmentMobile Applications

Uber

Manager, Ride Experience

Dec 2014 – Mar 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Led a large team of Backend, Web, iOS and Android engineers to build delightful mobile products and infrastructure for the core Uber rider application.
Suggested Destinations
Human Readable Reverse Geocoding techniques
Uber SPOT: Color coded windshield LED hardware for bluetooth based rider-driver matching
Suggested Pickup Points experience
Apple Watch, Google Now and Airports experience

Mobile ApplicationsBackend EngineeringiOS developmentAndroid

Google

Software engineering intern

Jun 2010 – Sep 2010 · 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Implemented Google checkout payment systems on the Android platform

AndroidPayment SystemsMobile Applications

Ibm research

Research Intern

Jun 2009 – Aug 2009 · 2 mos · New Delhi Area, India

Enforcing security policies in enterprise mobile devices
Proof-of-concept implementation on Android

Security PoliciesAndroidSecurity

Google

Software Engineering Intern

May 2008 – Jul 2008 · 2 mos · India

Implemented auto complete for development on the Google Desktop Gadget designer
http://googledesktopapis.blogspot.com/2009/02/completely-new-gadget-designer.html

Java