Harsh Shah

Backend Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India3 yrs 5 mos experience

Key Highlights

Expert in building scalable backend systems.
Proven track record in fintech project delivery.
Strong communication skills and resilient work ethic.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Engineer with expertise in Fintech and Streaming Services.

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Skills

Core Skills

DjangoJavaSpring BootDevops

Other Skills

CeleryJUnitHigh-Level DesignContinuous IntegrationContinuous Delivery (CI/CD)Data StructuresManagementDatabasesTemporalSoftware DeploymentPythonRedisPostgreSQLAmazon Web Services (AWS)JavaScript

About

I'm a Senior Software Development Engineer at Uni Cards, where I've been contributing for the past 1.7 years, building scalable backend systems and working on high-impact projects in the fintech space. I hold a Master's degree from IIIT Bangalore and previously interned at Disney+ Hotstar and BetterHalf, where I gained hands-on experience in fast-paced, product-driven environments. With strong communication skills, a resilient work ethic, and a passion for solving real-world problems through technology, I continuously strive to grow as an engineer and contribute meaningfully to the teams I work with. Let’s connect if you're interested in discussing tech, backend systems, or potential opportunities :)

Experience

3 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

7 mos

Average Tenure

7 mos

Current Experience

Cred

Backend Engineer

Oct 2025 – Present · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Uni cards

2 roles

SDE-2

Aug 2025 – Oct 2025 · 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

SDE-1

Feb 2024 – Aug 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Betterhalf

SDE-1

Aug 2023 – Feb 2024 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Worked under the Astrologer POD, contributing to UX improvements, internal tooling, and CRM integrations.
Developed an internal admin panel with ACL integration, streamlining astrologer onboarding and management—resulting in a 90% boost in operational efficiency and improved transparency.
Designed and implemented a custom rule engine powering the AstroZodiac ranking algorithm, leading to an 80% increase in daily active users and a 15% revenue uplift through optimized user-astrologer matching.
Spearheaded the initial setup and structure in ZOHO CRM for the wedding services vertical, enabling scalability and process automation for the new business line known as (The Wedding Company).

CeleryDjango

International institute of information technology bangalore

2 roles

Teaching Assistant

Jan 2023 – May 2023 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

CS-816 Software Production Engineering
Taking interactive teaching sessions on various topics like Dev-Ops, CI-CD, Ansible, and Docker for 250+ students.

Continuous IntegrationContinuous Delivery (CI/CD)DevOps

Teaching Assistant

Aug 2022 – Dec 2022 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

CS-511 Algorithms
Taking interactive teaching sessions with students on various topics in the Algorithms for 180+ students.

Data StructuresManagement

Disney+ hotstar

SDE

Dec 2022 – Jun 2023 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Worked under Growth and International POD.
Built an orchestration service for two main downstream services of Hotstar- Payments and Subscriptions to serve dynamic queries while ensuring the generic search system, using Spring Boot and Java.
Designed both High-Level and Low-Level designs of the service ground up. The architecture prioritizes scalability, maintainability, and extendability.
Built a DAG from the two different databases' schema to serve fetch queries and used DB replica to separate out the load from the master DB.

JUnitHigh-Level DesignJavaSpring Boot