Akshat Bhardwaj

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India2 yrs 9 mos experience

Key Highlights

Delivered mission-critical features at scale.
Achieved 30%+ GCP cost reduction.
Improved throughput by 3x with Kafka-based systems.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Engineer specializing in scalable systems and microservices architecture.

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Skills

Core Skills

Backend DevelopmentMicroservicesApi DevelopmentDatabase ManagementCloud & Infrastructure

Other Skills

API designAWSAWS S3AWS SQSAlgorithmsC (Programming Language)C++Competitive ProgrammingConsolidated invoicing featureCost OptimizationData StructuresDatabase connection leak resolutionDependency InjectionDockerDomain Driven Design

About

Backend Engineer with 2+ years of experience specializing in distributed systems, microservices architecture, and high-performance API development. Currently building and optimising scalable workflows at Blinkit with proven expertise in Golang, Kotlin, and event-driven architectures. Core Technical Expertise: 1. Backend Technologies: Golang, Kotlin, C++ 2. Databases & Data Stores: PostgreSQL, MYSQL, MongoDB, Redis 3. Cloud & Infrastructure: GCP, AWS (S3, Lambda), Kubernetes, Docker 4. Messaging & Streaming: Apache Kafka, AWS SQS, event-driven systems 5. Architecture Patterns: Microservices, Domain Driven Design, RESTful APIs, API design, system design Engineering Impact: Delivered mission-critical features at scale—from building Kafka-based ingestion systems that improved throughput by 3x, to architecting consolidated invoicing systems with 99.8% accuracy serving enterprise clients. Experienced in production debugging, database optimisation (connection pooling, query tuning), and cloud cost optimization (achieved 30%+ GCP cost reduction). Passionate about performance engineering, reliability engineering, and solving complex scalability challenges. Strong advocate for clean code practices, SOLID principles, and test-driven development. What drives me: Building resilient, cost-efficient backend systems that deliver measurable business impact. Open to opportunities in Backend Engineering.

Experience

2 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 8 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 1 mo

Current Experience

Blinkit

Software Engineer

May 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Tech: Golang, mySQL, Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes

GolangmySQLKafkaAWSKubernetesBackend Development+1

Porter

Software Engineer

Sep 2023 – May 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Designed and delivered the consolidated invoicing feature for enterprise clients with 99.8% accuracy, eliminating 90%+ manual effort and significantly simplifying GST filing workflows for high-scale customers.
Ensured >99.5% uptime across multiple microservices by performing proactive NFR optimizations, production-grade bug fixes, and timely incident resolution as part of the on-call rotation.
Diagnosed and resolved a critical database connection leak caused by unclosed transactions in Exposed ORM’s DAO layer. Migrated to DSL queries, resulting in a major boost to system stability and database connection reliability.
Built a high-performance parallel composite upload client for GCP, improving data upload efficiency and reliability by 20% for enterprise-grade microservices handling large payloads at scale.
Contributed to GCP cost optimization initiatives, enabling 30%+ reduction in infrastructure costs through systematic benchmarking and efficient tuning of memory and compute resources across services.
Rearchitected the data ingestion pipeline of a P0-critical B2B service, transitioning from synchronous APIs to a Kafka-based event-driven model. This led to a 60% increase in reliability, 80% drop in ingestion failures, and 3x improvement in throughput during peak loads without latency degradation.

Consolidated invoicing featureMicroservicesDatabase connection leak resolutionGCP cost optimizationKafka-based event-driven modelAPI Development

Myhq by anarock

SDE Intern

Jan 2023 – Jun 2023 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Developed backend of Anarock Retail, a product to automate demand, supply handling, demand to supply matching.
Contributed in schema designing, developing RESTful APIs, mongodb pipelines, data migration scripts, aws s3 file upload functionality, developed unit and integration test suites in mocha and chai to enhance software quality and deployment efficiency by 80%.
Implemented an easily maintainable, scalable matching algorithm to match supply to demand and increased matching efficiency and speed by more than 30%
Developed an asynchronous API for automated brochure generation, reducing manual efforts by over 75%.
Contributed in developing a central notification service to streamline demand-supply communication.
Contributed in developing role/region based access control system to restrict/manage user access to resources, data in the product.

Backend DevelopmentRESTful APIsMongoDBAWS S3Unit TestingAPI Development