Akshay Kathpal

Software Engineer

Passionate Software Engineer shipping Software & building Internet applications while maintaining proper quality and guidelines.

Programming Languages & Tools

Experience

1. Original4Sure – Evato Technologies

Software Engineer - Backend (NodeJS, Typescript, Python, AWS, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka)
  • Refactored code to add feature-based config, enabling rapid onboarding for clients & delivery of white-label mobile apps by 50%.
  • Integrated multiple authentication vendors to support diverse demographics across regions, enhancing user experience & increasing login success rates by 75%. Developed failure detection mechanism & backoff strategies.
  • Developed instant reward redemption by integrating payment gateways with secure account verification, compliant based banking storage & automated fund transfers via webhooks, slashing payout processing time by 99%.
  • Engineered a Kafka-based stream processing engine handling real-time asynchronous tasks (fund transfers, notifications) and migrated batch ETL to fault-tolerant streaming pipelines, enabling real-time analytics app with minimal latency.
Oct 2021 - Dec 2022

2. JetBrain Robotics – Solaris Robotics

Senior Software Engineer - Backend (NodeJS, JavaScript, React, AWS, MongoDB)
  • Built Web app using MERN to upgrade legacy ASP.NET application, while leading a team of three & following best industry standards.
  • Web app includes features like multiple role management, tracking service requests for devices, reporting, devices status & info.
Mar 2021 - Sep 2021

3. Squareboat

Software Engineer - Full Stack (NodeJS, JavaScript, React, AWS, MySQL)
  • Streamlined onboarding of customer’s data by establishing digital workflows for user data digitization & dashboard management.
  • Reduced Server Load & saved network bandwidth by migrating media uploads from server to aws s3 pre-signed upload mechanism.
  • Developed report generation service by implementing batch processing to get new requirements, metrics & info for active users.
  • Integrated Vonage API to add video calling feature during COVID19 period to increase engagement among active users.
Feb 2020 - December 2020

Education

Lovely Professional University

Bachelor of Technology
Computer Science & Engineering

CGPA: 6.19

August 2015 - Jan 2020
  • Relevant Coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms, Discrete Math's, Probability & Stats, Algebra & Differential Equations, Computer Architecture, DBMS, Computer Networks, Operating Systems, Compiler Design, Artificial Intelligence & Automata Theory.

Interests

  • Programming Languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Familiar with C/C++/Java.
  • Technologies: Redis, Kafka, MongoDB, MySQL, Docker, AWS, Git, Django, NodeJS, React, Familiar with Jenkins, Kubernetes.
  • Area of Interests: Software Development, Cyber Security, Basketball, Open-Source Contributions, Project Management.
  • Secured second position in Smart India Hackathon 2017 among 36 teams for solving Identification of fake university problem.