Rajat Agarwal — Software Engineer
I am a Principal Engineer and Technical Leader with over 10 years of experience architecting high-scale backend systems in the Fintech and Crypto sectors. My expertise lies in building resilient, distributed architectures that handle massive throughput and manage significant financial assets. Core Impact & Achievements: Scalability: Engineered a notification system at Paytm handling peak traffic of 200,000 requests per minute (200K RPS) with 99.9% delivery success. Asset Management: Directed architectural enhancements and migrations for loan platforms, managing an active loan book of $150M and projected growth to $200M. System Design: Lead architect for complex integrations like the ONDC Seller App and re-architecting transaction processing engines for granular control and extensibility. Efficiency: Achieved 95% storage optimization and significant latency reductions through modular microservices and advanced design patterns. Technical Expertise: Languages & Frameworks: Java, Spring Boot, Scala, REST APIs Distributed Systems: Kafka, Apache Pulsar, Redis, RabbitMQ Architecture: Microservices, Event-Driven Design, System Design Beyond my core engineering roles, I am passionate about technical education and mentorship. I founded "Algorithms Made Easy," a platform with 41,000+ subscribers where I translate complex system design and algorithmic concepts for a global developer community. I thrive on solving "impossible" scaling challenges and leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-stakes financial products. 📧 Reach out at rajatag03@gmail.com for collaborations or technical leadership opportunities.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert specializing in high-scale backend systems and distributed architectures.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 10 yrs 6 mos
Skills
- Distributed Systems
- Java
Career Highlights
- Engineered a notification system handling 200K RPS.
- Directed architectural enhancements for $150M loan platform.
- Founded 'Algorithms Made Easy' with 41,000+ subscribers.
Work Experience
Stealth
Engineer-E3 (1 yr 9 mos)
Paytm
Technical Lead (1 yr 7 mos)
Fiserv
Technical Lead (1 yr 6 mos)
TSYS
Software Developer II (G2) (9 mos)
Software Developer II (G1) (2 yrs 2 mos)
YouTube
Content creator (6 yrs 1 mo)
Capgemini
Associate Consultant (8 mos)
Senior Software Engineer (1 yr 1 mo)
Software Engineer (1 yr)
Education
B.tech at Global Institute of Technology,Jaipur
senior secondary at Subodh Public school