Akash Agarwal

Senior Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India6 yrs 2 mos experience
AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Expert in building scalable AI infrastructure.
  • Proven track record in optimizing backend systems.
  • Strong experience in monetization and revenue impact.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Engineer specializing in AI infrastructure and monetization systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

Ai InfrastructureSystem DesignBackend DevelopmentMonetization SystemsData AnalysisSoftware Development

Other Skills

PII/PCI-safe redactionMulti-tenant secure storageRAG pipelinesContext persistence systemsAutomated tenant onboardingAWSPythonIAMKMSQdrantBedrockHaystackLatency OptimizationTemporalIaC

About

Backend engineer with ~5.5 years of experience building scalable, production-grade systems, recently focused on AI infrastructure. At Observe.AI, I design and build systems powering Voice AI pipelines, including: - PII/PCI-safe redaction pipelines at scale - Multi-tenant secure storage with S3 + IAM + KMS (99% cost reduction) - RAG pipelines using Qdrant + Bedrock for enterprise knowledge retrieval - Context persistence systems improving latency by ~30% Previously at PocketFM, worked on monetization systems (ads, payments, A/B experiments) impacting revenue and latency at scale (~1.5M daily requests). Strong focus on system design, performance optimization, and building reliable backend infrastructure.

Experience

6 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs
Average Tenure
1 mo
Current Experience

Blinkrx

Senior Software Engineer

May 2026Present · 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Observe.ai

SDE 2

Aug 2025May 2026 · 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

  • Built a PII/PCI-safe redaction pipeline for Voice AI transcripts and downstream systems at enterprise scale
  • Designed a multi-tenant secure storage system (S3 + IAM + KMS) achieving ~99% reduction in KMS costs
  • Developed a production RAG pipeline (Qdrant + Bedrock + Haystack) for knowledge retrieval with tenant-level isolation
  • Implemented persistent context storage for AI agents, reducing re-prompting by ~40% and improving latency by ~30%
  • Automated tenant onboarding using Temporal + IaC, provisioning infra (S3, IAM, KMS) end-to-end
PII/PCI-safe redactionMulti-tenant secure storageRAG pipelinesContext persistence systemsAutomated tenant onboardingAI Infrastructure+1

Pocket fm

Software Engineer

Mar 2024Aug 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

  • ● Integrated ad networks and offer walls (IronSource, Google AdMob, Tapjoy) using Django based APIs,
  • resulting in a ~25% increase in overall app revenue and improved user engagement.
  • ● Architected & Implemented server-to-server (S2S) events for performance analysis (payments, episode reads)
  • and posted events to Firebase and Facebook for campaign tracking, driving improved insights and targeting.
  • ● Designed and integrated a GraphQL API layer using Graphene-Django to optimize comic detail screen data
  • fetching, enabling frontend to retrieve comic metadata, S3 image links, and related episode meta via a single
  • query reducing client-server calls by 70%.
  • ● Designed and integrated full-text search with autosuggest capabilities for comic titles and descriptions using
  • AWS OpenSearch, improving search accuracy and response time in the platform.
  • ● Optimised multiple Django REST APIs, including payments coin plans and view episode listings, by
  • improving response times, achieving a 60% reduction in latency and enhancing user experience.
  • ● Designed and implemented a resilient Dead Letter Queue (DLQ) mechanism in a Kafka-based event-driven
  • architecture, ensuring reliable retry handling and minimizing message loss in production.
  • ● Integrated Google Play Billing Library and Apple Pay API for in-app purchases using Django(Python),
  • enabling secure, scalable, and frictionless in-app purchase flows across Android and iOS platforms.
  • ● Developed Airflow DAGs using Python jobs to automate the reconciliation process between Google Play and
  • Apple Pay in-app purchases achieving a reconciliation rate of 1% transactions every hour.
  • ● Developed a real-time content reporting system utilising Apache Kafka for data ingestion and processing.
  • Integrated Amazon SES for sending email notifications based on the processed content data.
  • ● Designed and executed A/B experiments to optimise payment plans,
DjangoGraphQLAWS OpenSearchKafkaAirflowBackend Development+1

Sandvine

2 roles

Software Engineer 2

Promoted

Apr 2023Dec 2023 · 8 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

  • ● Engineered a robust algorithm for identifying VoIP calls from raw internet data using Deep Packet Inspection,
  • strengthening the product portfolio with advanced data analysis capabilities using TDD (Test Driven
  • Development). This innovation delivered an outstanding precision rate of 90%.
  • ● Constructed a generic ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) pipeline with multiprocessing capabilities to efficiently
  • detect social media uploads from raw internet data using data manipulation, ensuring seamless data flow from
  • inception to algorithm-based upload detection. This enhanced the product portfolio by 20%.
  • ● Designed and developed a unified cleanup module for efficiently pruning records from the database using userdefined
  • date ranges. This contributed to a significant reduction of up to 25% in database storage requirement.
  • ● Successfully mentored individuals, facilitating their comprehensive understanding of the code base. Employed
  • effective guidance and communication strategies to ensure a seamless integration process, contributing to the
  • team’s overall proficiency and success.
  • ● Resolved critical issues leading to customer retention. Served as the primary customer contact
Deep Packet InspectionETLTest Driven DevelopmentData AnalysisSoftware Development

Software Engineer

Jan 2020Apr 2023 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

Concurrent ProgrammingPython

Education

B. M. S. College of Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering - BE — Computer Science

Jun 2016Sep 2020

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