Harshit Sidhwa

Senior Software Engineer

Bangalore, Karnataka, India8 yrs 5 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in backend systems design and delivery.
  • Led significant cost-saving initiatives at Razorpay.
  • Recognized for driving autonomy during product releases.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Engineer specializing in Fintech solutions with a focus on scalable architectures.

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Skills

Core Skills

Distributed SystemsGo (programming Language)Amazon Web Services (aws)Kubernetes

Other Skills

AWSAlgorithmsApache KafkaAutomationCC++CI/CDCadence/TemporalCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Content CurationCost OptimizationData StructuresDatabasesERP IntegrationGit

About

🚀 Looking for opportunities at Razorpay? You can apply directly through my referral link: https://grnh.se/6d8485795us — happy to refer! As a Senior Software Development Engineer at Razorpay, I design and deliver robust backend systems that address complex business challenges with scalability and efficiency. I craft detailed technical specifications and architect systems that align tightly with product goals. My focus on fault-tolerant, high-performance design has contributed to building enterprise-grade, resilient platforms. I bring over 5 years of backend development experience, primarily in Go, microservices, Kafka, and AWS-native infrastructure. I've been part of several key initiatives at Razorpay, including: Scaling RazorpayX, our neo-banking platform for businesses Engineering Kubernetes-AWS infrastructure from scratch Building CI/CD pipelines for distributed systems Designing ERP integration workflows for tools like SAP and NetSuite I was recognized with a SPOT Award for driving autonomy and ownership during major product releases. I’m passionate about solving meaningful problems through engineering and delivering real value to users. 📄 Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HDwTXG3B-yWMAABvd9Oih3fYiGLT9FUY

Experience

8 yrs 5 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 9 mos
Average Tenure
5 yrs 10 mos
Current Experience

Razorpay

4 roles

Senior Software Development Engineer

Promoted

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos

  • In my role as a Senior Software Development Engineer at Razorpay, I am deeply involved in designing and delivering robust backend systems that address complex business challenges with scalability and efficiency. Crafting detailed technical specifications and designing system architectures to ensure alignment with business objectives is a key part of my responsibilities. By focusing on fault-tolerant and high-performance designs, I have contributed to building systems that are both resilient and optimized for enterprise-scale operations, ensuring smooth functionality even under high loads.
  • Key Contributions & Expertise:
  • > Flat Files Integration – Built a generic ERP integration (SAP, Netsuite, Odoo, Dynamics) using Cadence/Temporal, streamlining procurement automation and reducing onboarding costs.
  • > Custom Fields in S2P – Designed a scalable procurement workflow system, enhancing flexibility and adaptability.
  • > Cost Optimization – Led AWS cost-saving initiatives, significantly reducing infrastructure expenses and earning CTO recognition.
  • > Monolith to Microservices Migration – Key contributor in decomposing and migrating legacy services to modern, scalable architectures.
  • > Developer Productivity & Quality – Improved engineering workflows, conducted architecture reviews, and mentored peers to elevate code quality and system reliability.
Distributed SystemsGo (Programming Language)Systems DesignAmazon Web Services (AWS)Databases

SDE

Apr 2024 – Oct 2024 · 6 mos

Go (Programming Language)KubernetesScalabilityJavaLaravelLow-Level Design+1

Senior Software Development Engineer Test

Promoted

Oct 2021 – Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • RazorpayX, a neo-banking solution for businesses to ease in managing finance for their firm.
  • Part of the Core Automation Apps Team, helping in thriving businesses pain point in their day to day financial operations.
  • Scaled Accounting Integration tools with RazorpayX from 0-1 to 500% growth.
  • Engineered a full-scale Kubernetes-AWS infrastructure to cater to performance testing requirements for an entire business unit
  • Built CI/CD pipelines across multiple microservices that ensure the stability of the product and detect performance bottlenecks early in the SDLC
  • SPOT Award by the management for Autonomy and Ownership towards the ownership traits for product release and growth.
  • Defining the automation strategy, evaluation of tools, design, development/customise automation frameworks and write optimised set's of scripts to cover the functionality.

Software Developer In Test

Jun 2020 – Sep 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Joined as part of a SDET team in RazorpayX. Helping in building RazorpayX, the next generation neo-Bank for businesses in India. Part of the Apps Team, helping in thriving businesses pain point in their day to day financial operations.
  • Payout Links, Automated Vendor and Tax Payments, Integration of Accounting tools with RazorpayX
  • As part of automation, accountable for defining the automation strategy, evaluation of tools, design, development/customise automation frameworks and write optimised set's of scripts to cover the functionality. Worked on Automation testing of Web-based applications using Rest-assured and Selenium with TestNG test frameworks.
  • Tech:
  • Testng, Selenium, Rest-assured, API Automation
  • Java, Apache Kafka, GIT
  • Golang

Coviam

SDET-1

Jun 2019 – Jun 2020 · 1 yr · Bangalore

  • Automation Test Engineer & Product Quality Assurance Advisor!
  • Part of the Merchant Assortment Team.
  • Main area of work is Pricing and Promotions for an eCommerce firm.
  • Cucumber, Serenity BDD
  • Selenium, Rest-assured, Appium, Jenkins for CI/CD
  • Java Springboot, Apache Kafka, GIT for VC
  • SDLC, STLC, JIRA

Geeksforgeeks

2 roles

Software Developer Internship

Jun 2018 – Jul 2018 · 1 mo · Noida Area, India

  • My work was to upgrad, maintaining and remove bugs from their website along multiple domains.
  • Web Development
  • Structure query language
  • Web Crawling/Scraping
  • Linux

Technical Content Writer

Oct 2016 – May 2018 · 1 yr 7 mos · Noida Area, India

  • Data structure and Algorithm problem Curator.
  • Contributed 100+ problem for there online platform.
  • Technical Article Scripter.

Eezynaukari

Web Developer Internship

Jun 2017 – Jul 2017 · 1 mo · Greater Lucknow Area

  • As an intern my work was to develop a full website from scratch with landing page and user dashboard for their partners, where they can authenticate, browse history, manipulate data etc.
  • Accomplished the task within the given time period.
  • HTML5/CSS3/Bootstrap
  • PHP/MySQL
  • JavaScript/jQuery
  • API Handling
  • https://partner.eezynaukari.com/
  • (the above link has been removied)

Education

Jaypee Institute Of Information Technology

Engineer’s Degree — Computer Science

Jan 2015 – Jan 2019

Woodbine Gardenia School - India

Intermidiate Pass with 93%. — Science

Jan 2000 – Jan 2015

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