Akhila J.

Backend Engineer

San Jose, California, United States4 yrs 9 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Expert in building scalable distributed systems.
Proven track record in optimizing API performance.
Strong background in backend migration and automation.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Engineer specializing in Fintech and SaaS with a focus on scalable systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

Distributed SystemsMicroservicesBackend DevelopmentInfrastructureApi DevelopmentData EngineeringQuality Assurance

Other Skills

API SecurityRedisElasticsearchPayment Gateway DevelopmentBackup AutomationBackend MigrationData Pipeline DevelopmentAutomated TestingSystems DesignReliabilityreduxNegroniMavenFlaskApache ZooKeeper

About

Backend Software Engineer with 5+ years building distributed, data-intensive systems where reliability, consistency, and performance are non-negotiable. I specialize in high-throughput batch and real-time pipelines, low-latency APIs, and highly available microservices — delivering measurable gains in throughput, latency, and stability at scale. What drives me: the hard problems — sharding, replication, fault tolerance, data partitioning across multi-data-center environments. I don't just build systems that work. I build systems that hold under pressure. Open to backend, distributed systems, and platform engineering roles where scale is the challenge.

Experience

4 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 2 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Barclays

Back End Engineer

Feb 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos · Whippany, New Jersey, United States · Hybrid

Indus valley

Software Engineer

Sep 2023 – Feb 2024 · 5 mos · Ohio, United States · Hybrid

Developed blacklisting middleware to enhance API security by restricting unauthorized access with minimal overhead.
Extended the Redis caching layer across all APIs, achieving a significant reduction in average server response time from 75ms to 30ms.
Upgraded distributed logging from file-based systems to Elasticsearch + Logstash, centralizing log analysis for improved microservices monitoring.

API SecurityRedisElasticsearchMicroservicesDistributed Systems

University of massachusetts amherst

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Sep 2022 – Dec 2022 · 3 mos · Amherst, Massachusetts, United States · Hybrid

Advanced Algorithms CS611 Under Prof Hung Lee

Visakharpo

Software Engineer

Mar 2020 – Aug 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Remote

Developed payment gateway modules with periodic state verification for enhanced fraud detection.
Automated the LVM backup process, improving backup efficiency and eliminating DB locks.
Led the backend migration from PHP/MySQL to Golang/MongoDB, modernizing the tech stack.
Reduced primary load by approximately 50% by routing reads to no-lag replicas.

Payment Gateway DevelopmentBackup AutomationBackend MigrationMicroservicesBackend Development

Ubs

Software Engineer

Jul 2019 – Mar 2020 · 8 mos · Pune District, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Developed APIs for efficient data volume management, significantly reducing manual effort by approximately 75%.
Built robust data pipelines to store, consume, and process large volumes of fixed income trade data across various systems.
Automated testing workflows using Python scripts, enhancing testing team efficiency by around 40%.

API DevelopmentData Pipeline DevelopmentAutomated TestingData Engineering