Akash K

Software Engineer

Gurugram, Haryana, India11 yrs 10 mos experience

Key Highlights

Expert in architecting scalable backend systems.
Proven leadership in mentoring engineering teams.
Strong background in event-driven architecture.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Engineer specializing in SaaS and Telecommunications with expertise in scalable systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

Confluent KafkaEvent-driven ArchitectureSpring BootApache KafkaJavaRestful WebservicesMicroservices

Other Skills

AJAXAgile MethodologiesAlgorithmsAmazon Web Services (AWS)Apache SolrAzureAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Back-End Web DevelopmentBitbucketC++CVSData StructuresDatabasesDesign PatternsDistributed Systems

About

🚀 Backend Engineer | SDE3 at Tesco Architecting and scaling a Confluent Kafka-based Messaging-as-a-Service platform on Azure, enabling real-time, event-driven systems across global applications. Passionate about distributed systems, reliability, and observability, with 11 years of experience building scalable platforms using Spring Boot, Java, AKS, Terraform, and Kafka. Mentoring teams and driving engineering excellence through performance, security, and innovation.

Experience

11 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

1 yr 4 mos

Current Experience

Tesco

Software Development Engineer 3

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Leading the architecture and development of a Messaging-as-a-Service platform powered by Confluent Kafka on Microsoft Azure, enabling real-time, event-driven communication across large-scale enterprise systems.
Driving high-throughput, low-latency architectures and managing Kafka clusters with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Terraform. Ensuring fault tolerance, observability, and security through advanced monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) and implementing best practices for encryption, authentication, and access control.
Mentoring a team of engineers and fostering a culture of technical excellence, reliability, and innovation, while collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to align platform evolution with business priorities.
Skills: Confluent Kafka • Event-Driven Architecture • Distributed Systems • Azure • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) • Terraform • Spring Boot • Java • Prometheus • Grafana • OpenTelemetry • Microservices • System Design • Security (ACLs, Encryption, Authentication) • Observability • Scalability • Reliability Engineering • Team Leadership • Mentorship

Confluent KafkaEvent-Driven ArchitectureDistributed SystemsAzureAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Terraform+13

Chargepoint

Staff Software Engineer

Aug 2023 – Feb 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Remote

Led the development of ChargePoint's next-generation system, incorporating cutting-edge technologies and innovative solutions for enhanced performance and scalability.
Specialized in building scalable systems for cross-cutting concerns like license management, audit logs, and entity management.
Designed and implemented a comprehensive license management system from scratch at ChargePoint, leveraging technologies such as Spring Boot, Apache Kafka, MongoDB, and more.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)Spring BootApache KafkaMongoDBGitHub Copilotk6 Load Testing+3

Quinbay

Lead Software Engineer

Oct 2022 – Jun 2023 · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Led a team in developing an e-commerce search & recommendation system, including mentoring junior developers.
Engineered a high-scale Indexer service integrating Kafka and Solr for efficient data processing.
Implemented scalable autosuggestions using Spring Boot, Kafka, Solr, and Redis for blibli.com.
Conducted design reviews and optimizations for cost, code, scalability, and performance.
Utilized tech stack: Solr, Spring Boot, Kafka, GCP, New Relic, Spring Executors, Spring Async, among others.

Apache SolrApache KafkaGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)New RelicSpring BootSpring Batch+4

Bharti airtel

Technical Lead

Sep 2019 – Oct 2022 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Led and mentored a 10-member team, overseeing task management and ensuring end-to-end delivery of features.
Developed a robust order entry backend system for Airtel DTH, handling orders via SMS, WhatsApp, and Bulk channels.
Built backend APIs from scratch for the TRAI Channel Selector App, facilitating DTH customer activities like pack/bundle management, tariff, and order creation.
Created a partner onboarding portal, integrating dynamic page generation, AWS services, and e-sign features.
Utilized a tech stack including Spring Boot, Spring Async, Oracle, Solace, REST, Jenkins, Elastic Search, and Kafka for these projects.

JavaMavenRESTful WebServicesMicroservicesRepresentational State Transfer (REST)REST APIs+16

Paytm first games

Senior Software Engineer

Jun 2018 – Sep 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos · Noida Area, India

Developed a high-scale geo-fencing system to restrict app users from accessing cash games/contests in specific Indian states like Kerala and Assam, based on location/IP address using Google and MaxMind APIs.
Proficient in gaming platforms with expertise in transaction management.
Implemented a Customer Life Cycle Management system for targeted campaigns and notifications leveraging technologies such as Spring Boot, REST, Kafka, and Redis.

MavenRESTful WebServicesMicroservicesRepresentational State Transfer (REST)Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)Back-End Web Development+8

Siemens technology india

System Engineer

Jun 2014 – Jun 2018 · 4 yrs · Noida Area, India

* Designed and implemented a Smart Metering System for real-time transfer of users' electricity usage data to the provider, facilitating accurate billing and monitoring of consumption patterns.

RESTful WebServicesMicroservicesRepresentational State Transfer (REST)Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)Back-End Web DevelopmentSQL+5