Shivam Agarwal — Software Engineer
I’m a Staff-level Backend & Distributed Systems Engineer with 10+ years of experience building ultra-low-latency, cloud-native systems that power fintech, e-commerce, and SaaS platforms at scale. My work spans high-concurrency microservices, event-driven architectures, and real-time data streaming handling millions of daily transactions with enterprise-grade security and reliability. At Avalara, I architected and implemented a new SMB financing product, designing scalable microservices, WebSocket infrastructures and secure asynchronous file systems. Previously at CoinDCX, I built real-time crypto trading systems with ~150ms latency, automated KYC pipelines, and compliance workflows for millions of users. At Groupon, I led backend systems powering global merchant onboarding and recommendation platforms. Core Expertise: Java | Python | Node.js | Kafka | AWS | WebSockets | PostgreSQL | Microservices | Event-Driven Systems I thrive on solving complex scalability challenges, optimizing distributed architectures, and shipping systems that create real business impact.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Engineer with expertise in Fintech and E-commerce systems.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 11 yrs
Skills
- Java
- Kafka
- Python
- Microservices
Career Highlights
- 10+ years in backend and distributed systems engineering.
- Expert in building ultra-low-latency cloud-native systems.
- Proven track record in fintech and e-commerce platforms.
Work Experience
Avalara
SDE 4 (1 yr 4 mos)
CoinDCX
SDE 3 (2 yrs 7 mos)
Groupon
SDE 2(backend) (2 yrs 5 mos)
UiPath
Presales Engineer (1 yr 9 mos)
IDfy
Fullstack developer (2 yrs 11 mos)
Education
Bachelor’s Degree at Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology
High School at Army School jhansi
