Kanishk Vats

Backend Engineer

New Delhi, Delhi, India3 yrs 8 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Led backend development for a major financial platform.
Optimized API performance, reducing response times by 70%.
Developed predictive analytics features for enhanced customer engagement.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Developer with expertise in Fintech and SaaS environments.

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Skills

Core Skills

Backend DevelopmentDatabase ManagementProduct ManagementResearch

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAlgorithmsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Azure Active DirectoryBootstrapC (Programming Language)C++Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)ChemistryComputer ForensicsComputer ScienceConvolutional Neural Networks (CNN)Cross-team CollaborationData AnalyticsData Structures

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Backend development professional with a strong foundation in server-side logic, database management, and API integration. Known for effective team collaboration, adaptability, and delivering reliable code. Skilled in programming languages such as Java and SQL. Valued for problem-solving abilities, clear communication, and commitment to high-quality outcomes.

Experience

3 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 8 mos

Current Experience

Next quarter

2 roles

Lead Backend Developer

Promoted

May 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 1 mo · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Remote

Led design and implementation of a Financial Clarity, managing 600+ contracts and 100+ users, enabling accurate revenue/cost forecasting and project tracking.
Developed and launched a Resource Management Platform to support 1,000+ resources with capabilities for Excel imports/exports, custom reporting, and data-driven analytics dashboards.
Built and optimized 200+ REST APIs with Java Spring Boot, reducing average response times by 70% (from 16s → 5s), enhancing PostgreSQL query performance.
Architected 30+ database tables, managing 600K+ records with RBAC, SSO integration, and Microsoft Teams support for seamless collaboration.
Created granular admin control systems to manage user roles and data access securely.

JavaSpring BootPostgreSQLREST APIsRBACSSO+2

Product Associate

Sep 2022 – Apr 2023 · 7 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Remote

Collaborated with engineering, design, and marketing teams to define and execute roadmaps for key product initiatives, driving measurable outcomes in a dynamic SaaS environment.
Directed development of features like Whitespace + Intent, leveraging predictive analytics to identify up-sell/cross-sell opportunities, and Engagement Score, a model to rank sales prospects and enhance customer engagement for Account Growth project.
Managed product backlog, transforming user insights into actionable user stories and overseeing the product life cycle from ideation to release using Agile methodologies.

Agile MethodologiesProduct ManagementPredictive Analytics

Defence research and development organisation (drdo)

Research Intern

Oct 2020 – Jan 2021 · 3 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

Developed lightweight block ciphers in Python and created encrypted image databases containing over 60,000 training and 10,000 testing images for security analysis.
Designed and trained deep learning models achieving 95% accuracy on same-key encryption and 33% on random key encryption.

PythonDeep LearningSecurity AnalysisResearch