Koushik Kiran Kumar

Software Engineer

Hyderabad, Telangana, India6 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

3.5+ years in high-availability SaaS platforms
Achieved 80% latency reduction in systems
$3.5M ARR and $500K savings driven

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-focused Software Engineer in the SaaS industry.

Contact

ornk3.2104@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Distributed SystemsSystem ArchitectureData EngineeringBig Data Processing

Other Skills

API DevelopmentASP.NETAdobe After EffectsAdobe PhotoshopAlgorithmsAmazon Web Services (AWS)Apache HadoopAssembly LanguageCC#C++CI/CDCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Critical ThinkingData Privacy Pipeline

About

Software engineer with 3.5+ years experience designing and scaling high-availability, multi-tenant SaaS platforms. Proven track record owning critical distributed systems, optimizing performance (e.g., 80% latency reduction), and driving significant business impact ($3.5M ARR, $500K savings). Passionate about building robust, efficient, scalable, and secure backend solutions.

Experience

6 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Swimlane

Software Engineer II

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 5 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

Currently contributing as part of a 6-person Engine team that owns majority of Swimlane’s backend architecture and systems, including core orchestration pipelines, Event Triggers, Quality of Service (QoS), REST/GraphQL APIs, networking, WebSockets, Remote Agents, Webhooks, scheduled/background jobs, RabbitMQ / Elasticsearch / Valkey services, and Gateway components.
Previously part of a 4-person Content & Marketplace team that built the Content Library for Turbine Cloud, Turbine Marketplace, and over 450 third-party integrations (plugins and connectors).

REST/GraphQL APIsWebSocketsRabbitMQElasticsearchValkeyQuality of Service (QoS)+2

Twitter

Software Engineer I

May 2022 – Dec 2022 · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Worked as part of Core Data and Metrics Team
Built a large-scale data privacy pipeline using Apache Hadoop and Scala, successfully processing 2+ Trillion records (300TB) of sensitive User and Tweet data for GDPR/PDP compliance
Achieved 90% reduction in pipeline runtime through MapReduce optimization and custom hash function implementations for efficient key distribution in Hadoop ecosystem
Led the dataset compliance initiative across hybrid infrastructure (on-prem and GCP), delivering 85% compliance for 800+ datasets within one month through effective cross-team collaboration
Generated $500K annual cost savings through comprehensive analysis of user patterns across 300+ datasets, implementing data-driven optimization strategies

Apache HadoopScalaMapReduceGCPData Privacy PipelineData Engineering+1

Indian institute of technology, madras

2 roles

Lead Teaching Assistant

Apr 2021 – Jul 2021 · 3 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Course: Introduction to Programming [Lab]
Lead and worked with a team of over 40 Teaching Assistants to manage and conduct practical lab sessions seamlessly in online mode for 350+ freshman undergrad students.