Rani Selvaraj

Senior Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India10 yrs 3 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led zero-downtime migration improving response times.
  • Designed scalable infrastructure reducing deployment time.
  • Mentored engineers and improved team productivity.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-focused SaaS engineer with expertise in reliability and performance optimization.

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Skills

Core Skills

Backend EngineeringDistributed SystemsInfrastructure ModernizationCi/cdObservability & MonitoringSoftware DevelopmentJavaOo Software DevelopmentSoftware Design

Other Skills

Cloud ArchitectureAPI DesignPerformance OptimizationReliability EngineeringLow-Level DesignContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)ArgoKubernetesFunctional ProgrammingData StructuresSoftware EngineeringComputer ScienceInformation TechnologyProduct DevelopmentProgramming

About

Senior Software Engineer with 9.5+ years of experience delivering scalable, reliable software solutions. I bring strong ownership, clear problem-solving, and the ability to navigate ambiguity while delivering high-quality outcomes. My work spans backend engineering, system design, and operational excellence, with a focus on building dependable systems that support long-term growth. I enjoy collaborating across teams, mentoring engineers, and contributing to engineering practices that improve reliability, productivity, and overall quality.

Experience

10 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 11 mos
Current Experience

Adobe

2 roles

Computer scientist 2

Promoted

Feb 2026Present · 3 mos · Hybrid

Backend EngineeringDistributed Systems

Computer Scientist

Jun 2021Present · 4 yrs 11 mos · Hybrid

  • Led zero-downtime Cluster Gateway (CGW) migration for Commenting Service, redesigning authentication and enabling CORS at the gateway layer; achieved ~20% response-time improvement and resolved critical production 504 issues.
  • Designed and implemented custom CGW authentication using IMS + Redhawk guest tokens; enabled secure, scalable gateway architecture adopted by multiple teams.
  • Modernized infrastructure by migrating services from Moonbeam to Ethos Flex, reducing deployment time by 4+ hours per release and saving ~$160/month through optimized resource allocation.
  • Built a noise-free alerting framework by auditing and consolidating alerts, reducing alert volume from 100+ per day to 6–7/day; received Kudos Award for measurable on-call productivity improvement.
  • Designed observability and reliability enhancements with custom Grafana dashboards and critical alerts; fixed incorrect dashboard queries and enabled early issue detection across environments.
  • Authored and led Block Store RFC and implementation, enabling support for very large blob uploads (up to 500GB) with comprehensive test coverage and proactive edge-case handling.
  • Designed a “True Blue-Green” rollout framework for high-risk deployments where feature flags are not feasible; framework adopted across team and sister teams.
  • Delivered Rich Text Commenting feature across Adobe products (Acrobat, Express), achieving 71% test coverage with no performance degradation and enabling future client onboarding.
  • Acted as backend domain expert for Commenting Service, supporting product teams and external engineering teams with migrations, debugging, and architecture guidance.
  • Mentored multiple engineers through architectural walkthroughs, documentation, and hands-on guidance; authored reusable runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and migration frameworks.
JavaOO Software Development

Ola (ani technologies pvt. ltd)

2 roles

Software development engineer - II

Jul 2020Jun 2021 · 11 mos

  • Ola Drive and website backend components:
  • Involved in task prioritisation and delegation
  • Integrated yard components with bank partner to receive the fastag usage on real time basis which eliminated the loss of ~50k per month caused by manual errors
  • Implemented Resilience4J circuit breaker as hystrix went into maintenance phase and supported in doing perf testing
JavaOO Software Development

Software Development Engineer

Jan 2018Jul 2020 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Debugged and fixed the share inventories data in the db which increased the cab allocation by 6.2%
  • Added retry mechanism while allocating a cab to a booking which reduced the number of booking stuck cases per day by 17%
  • Worked extensively on Ola Drive product launch, primary owner for yard backend components
Software Design

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Software Development Engineer

Jul 2016Dec 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos · India

  • SAP B1 integration and Seller payments automation
  • Designed the system that manages the contract of courier partners and handles their payment
  • Automated the manual seller payment process which reduced the time taken by 50%
Software Design

Amazon

Software Developer Internship

Jan 2016Jul 2016 · 6 mos · Chennai Area, India

  • I had the complete control over the project as i was the only developer allotted. I took care of interaction with the stakeholders and designing along with coding
  • Took ownership and redesigned the existing classes by implementing factory design pattern, removed unwanted server calls by handing redirection at the client end.

Education

Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Information Technology

Jan 2012Jan 2016

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