Akshat Tuknait

Software Engineer

Gurugram, Haryana, India5 yrs 6 mos experience

Key Highlights

Achieved 80% reduction in response time for major airline.
Designed high-performance systems with low latency.
Ranked competitive programmer with problem-solving expertise.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Software Engineer in the Fintech industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

JavaSpring BootAws

Other Skills

AJAXAWS LambdaAlgorithmsAmazon KinesisAmazon S3Apache KafkaC (Programming Language)C++Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)Core JavaData StructuresGitHTMLHandlebars.jsHigh-Level Design

About

I am a passionate Software Engineer with expertise in Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Kafka, and Redis, focusing on building scalable, high-performance systems. I have worked on optimizing data pipelines, reducing latency, and enhancing system resilience. My experience includes leading the migration of document storage to Redis for a major airline, achieving an 80% reduction in response time and significant cost savings. I am an ICPC Regionalist and a competitive programmer (ranked on Codeforces), bringing a problem-solving mindset to every project. My background in system design and real-time data processing enables me to contribute to complex, mission-critical solutions. I’m always excited to tackle new challenges in tech and build solutions that make a real impact.

Experience

5 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 9 mos

Current Experience

Infosys

Specialist Programmer

Sep 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 9 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Deputed at American Express, Gurgaon (Cyber Hub), as Engineer 2
CSC Validation Workflow: Independently designed, developed, and owned the CSC validation workflow for debit payment devices for the American Express. Enabled secure decryption and relationship resolution across encrypted sources (CM15, CM13), with optimized short-circuit logic for early
match return. Live in US and GBR markets, the service processes 10M+ validation requests/month with low-latency and fault-tolerant performance.
Email Service for Card Activation: Owned the end-to-end development of an event-driven Email Service for credit and debit card activation, processing 600 records every 5 minutes via a scheduled job. Integrated PostgreSQL for conditional logic, implemented resilient retry handling for failed deliveries, and built a failure reporting and alerting mechanism—ensuring 99%+ delivery reliability and improving support responsiveness.

JavaSpring BootPostgreSQLAWSKafkaRedis

Hackerearth

Problem Setter

Feb 2023 – Apr 2023 · 2 mos · India · Remote

Orchestrate and oversee two monthly coding contests, ”HackerEarth Easy” and ”HackerEarth DSA,”
from inception to execution.
Curate a diverse pool of problem setters to ensure arrange of contest contributions.
Each contest consistently draws 5000+ participants.
Evaluate and select compelling contest themes.
Oversee question creation, testing, and editorial development.
Designing an exhaustive set of test cases for each problem to detect crucial logical and runtime errors
while evaluating any other solution submitted for the same problem.