Akhand Agarwal

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India5 yrs 8 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Global Rank 167 in Google Kickstart.
Secured India Rank 40 in ACM-ICPC.
Mentored over 300 students in competitive programming.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-focused Software Engineer in the EdTech and Logistics sectors.

Contact

coding.akhandagarwal6174@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

BackendMicroservices

Other Skills

APIAPIsAdvanced Data StructuresAlgorithmsAmazon DynamodbAmazon Web Services (AWS)Apache SparkBatchingC++Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)ClickHouseCockroachDBCommunicationCompetitive ProgrammingData Structures

About

👋 Hello! I'm Akhand Agarwal, a software engineer and a passionate competitive programmer. With 3+ year of experience in product development and software engineering, I am skilled in crafting back-end applications that are pleasure to use. 📚 I'm currently working at Allen Digital as an Software Engineer, empowering students to reach their full potential. Previously, I honed my skills at Zomato and Fi Money. My superpowers include problem-solving, microservices, and distributed systems. 💡I'm deeply passionate about algorithmic problem solving with a strong foundation in data structures and algorithms. Passionate about sharing knowledge, I've taught competitive programming for 2+ years at coding club of my college (Fractal) and Scaler. Some of notable achievements include: • Global Rank 167 in Google Kickstart out of 12250+ participants. • Secured India Rank 40 in ACM-ICPC Kanpur-Mathura Regionals. • Secured AIR 1 in Job-A-Thon 6.0 conducted by GeeksForGeeks. ✨I am constantly seeking new challenges and opportunities. If you are looking for a software engineer who can bring your wildest ideas to life, let's connect at - coding.akhandagarwal6174@gmail.com

Experience

5 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 10 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Allen digital

2 roles

Software Engineer 2

Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Software Engineer

Feb 2024 – Mar 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Wrote Temporal workflows to perform aggregations (merge , cumulate) on student test results to power enriched result based on various exam patterns like NTA JEE Advanced, KVPY, olympiads etc.
Proposed a solution to generate instant on-demand insights (engg driven) to improve the user experience by showing insights as soon as test ends.
Actively participated in monitoring the core services during peak hours and improved tech cost by optimising and reducing API calls using batching and then downgrading mongoDB cluster once throughput is reduced by batching.

TemporalMongoDBAPIBatchingBackendMicroservices

Zomato

Software Engineer

Jun 2023 – Feb 2024 · 8 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Engineered innovative solutions as a key member of the backend team, driving the success of Xtreme by Zomato—a groundbreaking logistics platform that revolutionizes package delivery for merchants.
Team : Logistics Tech

Fi

SWE intern

Oct 2022 – Apr 2023 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design and implement APIs, microservices, and workflows that met business requirements and delivered value to end-users.
Developed and implemented RPCs using gRPC and protobuf to create efficient communication channels between microservices, resulting in reduced latency and improved performance.
Team : Lending Team - Credit Cards , Pre-approved loans

APIsmicroservicesgRPCprotobufBackendMicroservices

Scaler

Teaching Assistant

Jul 2022 – Apr 2023 · 9 mos · Remote

Scaler is an online transformative upskilling platform for working tech professionals
Solved the DSA/CP related doubts and helped in debugging the code written in C ,
C++ , c , Java , Go lang , Swift.
Checking different user feedback, resolving them, and updating the live problems
based on valid feedback.

Fractal: the coding club, iet lucknow

Student Mentor

Sep 2020 – Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · On-site

Mentor 300+ students in competitive programming.
Guide students in Data structures and Algorithms from very basic to advanced level.
Conducted various coding competitions.