Saurabh Nayak

Software Engineer

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India5 yrs 5 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Revamped key services for scalability and cost efficiency.
Architected backend systems for real-time engagement.
Achieved significant cost savings through infrastructure optimization.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Backend Engineer with strong expertise in microservices and cloud infrastructure.

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Skills

Core Skills

JavaMicroservicesAwsBig DataDevopsIncident Response

Other Skills

Apache KafkaGitElasticsearchOpenAI APIDatabasesGoogle Agent Development Kit (ADK)Incident HandlingPython (Programming Language)SQLAmazon Relational Database Service (RDS)Node.jsGraphQLSpring FrameworkAmazon S3TypeScript

About

Graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, with a Bachelor of Technology degree in 2022. Developed a strong foundation in problem-solving and technical skills through academic and professional experiences. As an SDE-2 at Dream11 since July 2024, contributed to enhancing scalability and cost efficiency by revamping key services such as My Matches and Moments. Leveraged GitOps, Kubernetes, and application development expertise in Java, Vertx to build robust backend systems and improve deployment workflows. Dedicated to delivering high-performance solutions and optimizing operational processes.

Experience

5 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 6 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

Dream11

4 roles

SDE-2

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos

JavaApache KafkaGitElasticsearchOpenAI APIDatabases+31

Software Engineer

Promoted

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos

Revamped My Matches service using AWS DynamoDB, establishing DynamoDB as a scalable datastore in Dream11, serving 30M RPM under 10ms latency with 75% monthly cost savings of $15,000.
Architected the backend for Dream11 Moments feature, building a scalable content ingestion and real-time engagement pipeline using S3, Lambda, SQS, Step Functions, and Kafka.
Migrated Spark batch jobs to Amazon EMR, reducing infrastructure costs by $5,000 (80%) monthly while improving system stability and operational efficiency.
Set up a CI/CD pipeline for AWS Lambda services, enabling versioned deployments and improving deployment reliability with rollback capabilities.
Acted as SOMA reviewer for mission-critical services of Dream11, strengthening monitoring, runbooks, and disaster recovery for IPL-25 readiness.

AWS DynamoDBS3LambdaSQSStep FunctionsKafka+6

SDE-1

Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

JavaApache KafkaGitElasticsearchOpenAI APIDatabases+31

Software Engineer

Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

Developed Season Long fantasy league APIs using Vert.x, RxJava, and Aerospike, serving 2M+ RPM under 20ms latency.
Built and owned the Safety Shield transactional service, handling 20K+ orders per minute with reliable reconciliation, high availability, and production-grade monitoring and alerting.
Completed the Service Operational Maturity Assessment (SOMA) review for Gameplay-Admin service, which manages core fantasy entities and achieved a 92% maturity score for IPL 2024 readiness.
Implemented GraphQL resolvers and backend APIs for Suggested Tours feature, improving discovery of non-IPL tournaments and increasing contest join revenue by 0.25%.
Delivered performance-critical Team Creation feature (Faster Lineups), enabling near-real-time lineup availability and generating Rs. 1Cr+ incremental revenue per match.

Vert.xRxJavaAerospikeGraphQLTransactional ServiceMonitoring+3

Appviewx

Software Engineer Intern

Apr 2021 – Jun 2021 · 2 mos · Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Automated Kubernetes cluster operations, including dynamic master/worker node onboarding using kubeadm, reducing node integration time by 75%.
Built Bash-based automation for AppViewX installation, streamlining configuration workflows and reducing manual setup time by 90%.

KubernetesBashAutomationDevOps

Syncmedia & adtech

Summer Intern

Apr 2020 – Jun 2020 · 2 mos · Gurgaon, Haryana

Entrepreneurship cell, iit kharagpur

Associate Member

Mar 2019 – Nov 2019 · 8 mos · Kharagpur Area, India

● Part of the team responsible for the development of the Entrepreneurship Awareness Drive Website https://ead.ecell-iitkgp.org/.
● Developed Global Entrepreneurship Summit Coming Soon Website https://www.ges.ecell-iitkgp.org/comingsoon/
● Responsible for conducting Lucknow chapter of Entrepreneurship
Awareness Drive (EAD) - 2019 which consisted of five guest lectures, a panel discussion, with a participation of 392 students and was covered by 3 leading newspapers in Lucknow.
● Lead a team of 11 Campus Ambassadors for the successful execution of EAD Lucknow.

Aryabhatiya

Senior Coordinator

Oct 2018 – Mar 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos · kharagpur

● Managed 20+ winter marketing interns (including students from IITs), working at Aryabhatiya.
● Successfully organized freshers selection for recruiting 25 members.
● Developed a platform to connect researchers to contributors to get authenticated data and presented in the finale of Empresario’20.