Naveen Kumar

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India3 yrs 10 mos experience

Key Highlights

Built scalable backend systems across multiple cities.
Achieved significant revenue growth through innovative solutions.
Developed high-performance microservices with robust caching strategies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Developer specializing in SaaS solutions with a focus on scalable systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

KotlinMicroservicesApache KafkaPostgresqlAppsmithJunitTutoringData Structures And AlgorithmsMachine Learning

Other Skills

AWS ECSAWS LambdaAWS S3Amazon Web Services (AWS)Back-End Web DevelopmentBlockchainC (Programming Language)Computer ScienceData AnalysisDatabasesDatadogDebuggingExpress.jsGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Java

About

Experienced Backend Developer with almost 2 years in designing scalable backend systems Hands-on exp. in Java, Kotlin, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS/GCP, Redis, Kafka etc. having Masters degree from IIIT Allahabad with strong problem-solving skills. Passionate about building robust backend solutions for impactful applications.

Experience

3 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 6 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Porter

2 roles

Software Development Engineer 2

Promoted

Apr 2025 – Jul 2025 · 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Software DevelopmentKotlinDatadogAmazon Web Services (AWS)PostgreSQLMicroservices+10

Software Development Engineer

Jul 2023 – Mar 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Built and scaled the Porter Prime Program across 10+ cities, utilizing Kotlin, Ruby on Rails, Redis, Appsmith & PostgreSQL. Achieved a 1.5% gross margin increase, directly contributing to over around 30 million INR (3 Cr+) in incremental revenue. Ensured seamless program integration with Trucks and 2W teams.
Spearheaded the implementation of a scalable events data pipeline using Pub/Sub for high-throughput messaging, Apache Kafka for reliable event aggregation, Protobuf for eﬃcient serialization, and Snowflake as the data store. This enabled near real-time analytics and data-driven decision-making for a 50% improvement in driver onboarding funnel conversion rates.
Developed the Engagement microservice from scratch, developing RESTful APIs, Youtube Data API, user management, and asynchronous jobs processing using Kotlin, Ktor, AWS ECS, and SQS..
Implemented Caching using Redis for multiple REST API calls, optimized long running database queries reducing p99 by 6 times.
Enhanced API performance by implementing Redis caching for frequently accessed REST endpoints and optimizing long-running database queries, resulting in a 6x reduction in p99 latency. Further improved system responsiveness by adding pagination to high-latency asynchronous jobs, significantly reducing processing times.
Ensured system uptime exceeding 99.5% through participation in on-call rotations, war-room incidents, and routine BAU tasks. Implemented critical non-functional improvements, including error rate reduction, latency optimization, alarm rationalization, and memory/thread management, to enhance system stability and reliability.
Engineered and automated the PartnerApp NoticeBoard feature using Appsmith, AWS S3 achieving banners with CTR exceeding 30%
Initiated an improvement in Platform microservice quality by spearheading the development of JUnit and Mockk-based test suites, achieving over 80% test coverage.

TutoringVersion ControlManagement

Indian institute of information technology

Teaching Assistant

Aug 2021 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos · Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · Hybrid

Data Structures And AlgorithmsProblem SolvingVersion ControlJavaComputer Science

Chegg india

Subject Matter Expert

Apr 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐠𝐠?
Chegg, Inc., is an American education technology company based in Santa Clara, California. It provides digital and physical textbook rentals, textbook solutions, online tutoring, and other student services. The company was launched in 2005.
Chegg India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chegg Inc. provides online earning opportunities in the field of tutoring & solution authoring.
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I'm a freelance Subject Matter Expert in the Computer Science and Engineering field in Chegg.
I help student by providing them quality and descriptive answers of practical and theoretical questions of the subject. I mainly touch areas like Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms, some conceptual questions related to Databases ,Operating Systems etc

Machine LearningTeamworkLong Short-term Memory (LSTM)Version ControlTeam Coordination

Defence research and development organisation (drdo)

Research Intern

Jan 2019 – Feb 2019 · 1 mo · Delhi

DRDO is the R&D wing of Ministry of Defence, Govt of India, with a vision to empower India with cutting-edge defence technologies. DRDO was formed in 1958. Today, DRDO is a network of more than 50 laboratories which are deeply engaged in developing defence technologies covering various disciplines.
My Role ?
I worked in SAG (Scientific Analysis Group) Lab working in the area of cryptology and information security. I was engaged in the project that required implementation of Machine Learning models on various ciphers to check their strength and possibility of breach.

Machine LearningTeamworkLong Short-term Memory (LSTM)Version ControlTeam Coordination