Rakesh Thakur

Engineering Manager

Delhi, India12 yrs 8 mos experience
AI EnabledHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 12 years of experience in system design and people management.
  • Expert in building scalable platforms and microservice architectures.
  • Proven track record in leading high-performing engineering teams.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with a strong focus on scalable architecture and microservices.

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Skills

Core Skills

MicroservicesSystems DesignScalable ArchitectureWeb ServicesWeb Scraping

Other Skills

AJAXAgentic AI DevelopmentAlgorithm DesignAlgorithmsAmazon Web Services (AWS)AnalyticsAndroidApache KafkaAwkBig DataCC++CassandraData AnalysisData Analytics

About

Currently serving as an Engineering Manager at GoKwik with over 12 years of experience in system design, distributed system, and people management. I specialize in building robust, scalable platforms and leading the adoption of microservice and event-driven architectures that support sustainable business growth. Passionate about leading high-performing, cross-functional teams and fostering a culture of ownership, innovation, and continuous improvement. My work focuses on aligning engineering strategy with business goals, improving operational efficiency, and delivering reliable, high-impact solutions at scale. My expertise includes distributed system and SaaS architecture design, modernizing legacy systems, and driving large-scale transformations from monoliths to service-oriented platforms. I also bring strong experience in agile delivery, hiring and mentoring engineers, and collaborating closely with stakeholders across the organization.

Experience

12 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 4 mos
Current Experience

Gokwik

Engineering Manager

Feb 2025Present · 1 yr 4 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Hybrid

Agentic AI DevelopmentModel Context Protocol (MCP)

Darwinbox

2 roles

Engineering Manager

Apr 2024Feb 2025 · 10 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

  • Reports & Analytics : Designed and built a microservice-based ETL system (Node.js, Redshift, MongoDB) supporting 300+ report types, implementing field and row-level role-based access controls (RBAC).
  • ➤ Enabled configurable reporting & dashboards that surface insights for 1000+ clients.
MicroservicesPeople ManagementredshiftSystems DesignSQSMongoDB+3

Engineering Manager

Dec 2023Mar 2024 · 3 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

  • HR Docs Storage Pricing : Designed and rolled out a dynamic storage cost model,
  • shifting from free to usage-based billing (similar to Google Drive). — resulting in a 35% reduction in storage cost and overhead.

Times internet

5 roles

Technical Lead

Jul 2022Dec 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Created an OTT platform for audience to learn from experiences of renowned Indian businessmen.
  • It's a subscription based model wherein, ET will keep on add content from the experience of entrepreneurs and businessmen.
SolrScalable ArchitectureWeb ServicesElastic Stack (ELK)Apache KafkaAlgorithm Design

Technical Lead

Mar 2020Dec 2023 · 3 yrs 9 mos

  • Developed a virtual event platform to create and host various type of events online
MicroservicesSolrScalable ArchitectureElastic Stack (ELK)

Technical Lead

Sep 2019Feb 2020 · 5 mos

MicroservicesSolrScalable Architecture

Senior Software Engineering

Mar 2019Aug 2019 · 5 mos

  • Developed a scraping engine for ETB2B to increase authentic corporate user base.
Scalable ArchitecturePython (Programming Language)Web Scraping

Senior Software Engineer

Sep 2018Feb 2019 · 5 mos

  • Created a centralized coupon Engine (APIs) for ETB2B
  • Developed coupon Engine Admin panel for coupon management
MicroservicesScalable Architecture

Indiamart intermesh limited

2 roles

Senior Software Programmer

Jun 2016Sep 2018 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Ideated in-house, Distributed and Scalable Solution for Clickstream pipeline
  • Implemented real-time Apache Log Parsing script.
  • Transformed the raw data as per business requirements and makes the processed data available to users & analytics Systems in real-time (ETL).
  • Created Recommendation Engine for Indiamart and developed Recommendation APIs architecture over it for Recommendation widgets.
  • Cassandra Configurations and Performance Optimization (Read Latency/Write Latency)
MicroservicesSolr

Software Programmer

May 2015Jun 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • User Login and Identification (Implemented various User Journeys to convert anonymous users into Identified one)
  • User identification on the basis of mobile no (removed email based login)
  • Remove login screen (introduced pop up based login on all web properties)
  • Password removal from login (introduced mobile only login on all properties)
Microservices

Iic research lab

Software Programmer

Oct 2013Apr 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos · Delhi

  • 1. Admin Panel for UG and PG Admissions of University: Developed a dashboard to visualize the various
  • live statistics of UG and PG Admissions of University. This portal includes different logins for each
  • department of university to manage candidates' details for further procedures.
  • 2. Services Request Portal for UDSCMAC: The objective of the project is to automate the process of
  • requesting various services provided by UDSCMAC. Through this portal users can check the status of
  • services requested by him and account details of payments at any time.
  • 3. An application for best four percentage calculator for UG admission of Delhi University: Developed an
  • application for students to check eligibility for admission in DU for a particular course and calculate the
  • best four percentage on the basis of the course opted by him for admission and subject studied at higher
  • secondary.
  • 4. Inventory Management System: Automated the process of Inventory Management of University, different
  • Departments/Colleges and their Staffs/Students with advance managing features.
  • 5. File Management System: The objective of this project is to automate the system of files or information
  • transformation between various departments of university and keeping track of it and whether it has been
  • received or acknowledged by the particular department to whom it is concerned. The files (soft copy) or
  • details of files (hard copy) are stored in a central database and files concerned to a particular department
  • (received or forwarded) are accessible to it.

Liqvid elearning services pvt ltd

e-Tutor

Jan 2013Sep 2013 · 8 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

  • Taught online Mathematics to Foreign(US) students during post graduation and after.

Education

Institute of Informatics & Communication, University of Delhi

Master of Science - MS — Informatics

Jan 2011Jan 2013

Delhi University

Bachelor of Science - BS — Electronics

Jan 2008Jan 2011

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