Introduction
As a Technical Product Engineer — something that I identify as — I focus on understanding the “why” behind technical and business challenges, transforming them into well-architected solutions that are viable both technically and in business terms.
I prioritize collaboration, effective communication, and adaptability in my work, valuing partnerships with organizations that embrace coherent design and development for mutual growth.
Tech Stack
Back-end Development
Currently working with:
Java, Scala, Kafka, ElasticSearch, GraphQL, Slick, Spring Boot, Python, Terraform, Docker, Redis
Spent significant time with:
Express, TypeScript, Cypress, C# .NET Framework & Core, EF Core, Ansible, Apache Airflow, Kudu, Impala
Front-end Development
React, Redux, Mobx, Blueprint, Tailwind, ChakraUI, TypeScript
Database Systems
Postgres, MariaDB, MongoDB, SQL Server (v2012 & 2014 mostly)
Work History
Senior Software Engineer — Lookout Inc
- Core contributor in redesigning major ingestion service, saving $60,000 USD annually in operational costs.
- Led automation of compliance activities saving 6–8 development hours per week per person within the team.
- Boosted system observability by 35–45% by developing DataDog-based monitoring infrastructure and integrating cross-channel alerts.
- Improved client-facing API latency by −55% by introducing batched requests, database partitioning and other methodologies.
- Helped reduce infrastructure costs by 30% by optimizing core services to smartly utilize compute resources.
- Responsible for maintaining key logical units of certain services that ingested company-wide data from ~12 million mobile devices.
Full Stack Developer — Revelate
- Developed and scaled a real-time Transactional Cost Analytics engine for financial markets, processing 200–400 million trade messages a day from venues such as NYSE, NASDAQ, TSX.
- Reduced metrics delivery timeframe from 30m to 12m by optimizing data store and underlying orchestration jobs.
- Saved significant execution costs by implementing a circuit-breaker mechanism for query engine to catch any timed-out analytic queries across clients.
- Directly contributed to ARR $$$ by building a custom DataTable component for CME Group with real-time filtering and infinite scrolling capabilities.
- Built and optimized orchestration jobs using Apache Airflow, AWS Athena & Apache Kudu to deliver analytics on a T-15 mins timeframe.
- Built a React-based dashboard with necessary memory optimisations to render on-demand tens of thousands of analytics rows, previously only available via REST API.
- Attending Career Fairs on behalf of the organization to share the knowledge accumulated internally during development.
Software Consultant — Self Employed
- Helped a startup in Ed-Tech close their seed funding round by delivering technical guidance around their MVP.
- Helped build new development teams from scratch with the best practices and tech stacks relevant to the use-case.
- Emphasis on brainstorming subtle details and features required to ensure a seamless user experience.
Full Stack Web Developer — Muballigh Travels
- Worked closely with the core development team to identify areas which can be managed digitally and implemented custom solutions for those specific requirements.
- Created RESTful API endpoints using Node.js and ASP.NET Web API using best architectural practices to efficiently access the data store.
- Developed a ReactJS web client to consume the API endpoints.
Intern Web Developer — Geneve Travel & Tours
- Worked closely with the core development team to assess the requirements of clients and designing their digital implementations.
- Designed responsive front-ends and worked on various bits of back-end as per requirements of the core development team.
- Refactored the UX of the core content management system to enhance user engagement.
Certifications
March 2020
Certified with hands-on experience designing available, cost-efficient, fault-tolerant, and scalable distributed systems on AWS.
November 2018
Successfully graduated from Startup School by the world’s largest and most valuable startup incubator Y Combinator with extensive product training.
References
References available on demand.