Sep 2023 – Oct 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• > Successfully deployed the BNPL program with 2 business clients using Python, Django, Postgres and AWS, doing a pilot ticket size of 100k USD
• > Managed the production CI/CD pipeline using Bitbucket pipelines and ECR/ECS speeding deployment time by 40% compared to manual
• > Reduced AWS bill by 2x leveraging scalable containers and downsizing RDS instances
• > Led the entire backend team and looked after the backend code architecture and DB schema designs

Sep 2021 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• > Worked on and owned end-to-end delivery of various core modules like leaderboard, payment and loyalty rewards powered by Python, Django, MySQL, Redis, Kafka and Celery
• > Accelerated the data ingestion pipeline across multiple distributed services by 3x leveraging Python, Kafka, MySQL and Celery, making the system scalable, robust and fault-tolerant
• > Managed the team's cloud infrastructure on AWS and reduced the monthly expenses by 10x by enabling horizontal auto-scaling and correct server size provisioning based on demand
• > Mentored and led a team of 5 developers and performed code reviews, production deployments and system health checks

Dec 2018 – Aug 2021 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• > Implemented the loyalty reward feature by utilizing Python, Django, MySQL and Redis, increasing monthly revenue by 15%
• > Constructed and delivered the entire payment system for the Rummy game module in Python, Django, MySQL, Redis and Kafka, interacting with the real money of users in-game and with payment gateways, leading to a 10x jump in system payment transactions
• > Simplified the user signup process and optimized the API performance and DB queries using Python, Django, Redis and MySQL, producing a 5x jump in monthly count
• > Worked with various stakeholders (product, design, marketing, business, analysts, customer support)
• for requirement scoping and feasibility checks

Jul 2018 – Nov 2018 · 4 mos · On-site

• > Authored the website creation and maintained the entire tech stack containing HTML5, CSS, Bootstrap,
• Javascript, PHP and MySQL
• > Built the complete emailer system having PHP, CodeIgniter, AWS SES and MySQL, achieving a monthly web traffic boost of 25%
• > Initiated system maintenance automation using PHP scripting and cron jobs, reducing system downtime by 20%

Jul 2015 – Jun 2018 · 2 yrs 11 mos · On-site

• > Designed a tag-based search feature using PHP, CodeIgniter and MySQL, improving search results by 10x
• > Spearheaded the responsiveness of the website comprising HTML, CSS, Bootstrap framework and JQuery, ascending the Google page score by 80%
• > Streamlined the image upload feature by adding image compression before uploading to backend servers and saved 30% of network bandwidth and S3 storage costs