Aditya Khandelwal

Backend Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India4 yrs 2 mos experience

Key Highlights

Expert in designing scalable backend systems.
Proven track record in optimizing performance at scale.
Strong experience in microservices architecture.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-focused Software Engineer with expertise in Fintech and scalable systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

Node.jsMicroservicesSystems DesignScalabilityDatabase ApplicationsJavaAlgorithms

Other Skills

ArchitectureBack-End Web DevelopmentC (Programming Language)C++CommunicationComputer ScienceCore JavaData AnalysisData MiningData StructuresDatabasesElasticsearchExpress.jsFront-End DevelopmentGit

About

I’ve always been fascinated by how highly scalable backend systems power the digital world. Over the years, I have evolved into a backend-focused Software Engineer who thrives on solving complex system design challenges and optimizing performance at scale. I specialize in Node.js, Java, Typescript, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ, and microservices architecture. My experience involves: ✔ Designing fault-tolerant distributed systems that handle high traffic efficiently. ✔ Building scalable APIs for seamless real-time data processing. ✔ Optimizing backend performance, reducing latency, and improving modularity. ✔ Solving system design challenges, ensuring reliability at scale. 💡 What drives me? ✔ The challenge of designing and scaling backend systems that process millions of requests. ✔ Exploring distributed systems and microservices to improve application reliability. ✔ Learning and growing with top engineers to push the boundaries of backend innovation.

Experience

4 yrs 2 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 7 mos

Average Tenure

11 mos

Current Experience

Star health and allied insurance co. ltd

SDE II

Jul 2025 – Present · 11 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Insurancedekho

2 roles

SDE II

Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 · 11 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Built a secure, fault-tolerant host-to-host payment service, reducing commission payment time by 90%.
Designed an efficient high-volume download system (RabbitMQ, MongoDB) handling 1M+ rows seamlessly.

RabbitMQKnowledge AcquisitionScalabilityTypeScriptNode.jsCore Java+20

SDE I

Jul 2022 – Jul 2024 · 2 yrs · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Engineered a fault-tolerant, secure host-to-host payment service, automating commission payments and reducing payment time by 90%.
Revamped the motor offline policy booking journey, boosting monthly revenue from 100 crore to 250 crore.
Solely developed a config-driven homepage for both app and web, enabling agents to list all services together, enhancing user experience by 90%.
Designed and implemented both low-level and high-level designs for download functionality using
RabbitMQ and MongoDB, capable of handling data downloads exceeding 1 million rows efficiently.
Designed and developed a comprehensive fraud panel to track user activity, allowing admins to block users based on any attribute. This system also blocks all associated attributes and prevents the user from interacting with the system, reducing fraudulent cases by 77%.
Optimized heavy commission computation APIs, cutting their latency by 50% for improved performance.
Resolved memory leaks in the application, significantly reducing system restarts and enhancing stability by 40%.
Collaborated with DevOps to maintain system stability and facilitated a seamless migration from EC2 to EKS.

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)RabbitMQKnowledge AcquisitionElasticsearchScalabilityMySQL+26

Mylo

Software Development Intern

Jan 2022 – Jul 2022 · 6 mos · Remote

Optimised the APIs by finding the bottlenecks and rewriting the algorithms, therefore, improving their latency by 67%.
Performed root cause analysis for issues to identify bugs and rolled out fixes to production within 24
hours.
Removed the deprecated libraries from the application to reduce the vulnerabilites in the code by 37%

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)MySQLNode.jsNestJSSoftware DevelopmentLearnability+7

Magicstep solutions private limited

Back End Developer

Sep 2021 – Dec 2021 · 3 mos · Remote

Developed APIs in NodeJS and ExpressJS
Setup MongoDB as the database

The tann mann gaadi

2 roles

Software Engineer Intern

Aug 2021 – Dec 2021 · 4 mos

Developed a website for a company: https://mahalaxmifinancial.com
Coordinated with fellow interns to deliver the final product
Hosted websites on hosting platforms
Integrated APIs

Associate Data Engineer (Intern)

May 2021 – Jul 2021 · 2 mos

Developed graphs in react using the recharts library for dashboard.
Developed authentication and integrated the pages with the rest APIs using AXIOS (APIs were built in Node JS).
Developed few APIs in Nodejs.
Led the frontend development of the project.
Coordinated with the members of the other teams to deliver the complete product