Senior Software Engineer @ Publicis Sapient

Building Scalable Backend Systems

Backend Engineer with 5 years of experience in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, Kafka, Kubernetes, and Google Cloud Platform.

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About Me

I am a Software Engineer with 5 years of experience in designing scalable backend systems and cloud-native applications using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture.


Currently, I work as a Senior Associate Technology L2 at Publicis Sapient, where I contribute to enterprise-scale solutions in e-commerce and platform engineering.


My experience includes distributed systems, event-driven architecture, observability platforms, secure cloud-native applications, and backend performance optimization using Kafka, Redis, Firestore, Kubernetes, MongoDB, and GCP.

Experience

Publicis Sapient

Senior Associate Technology L2

May 2021 – Present

Unified Observability Platform

  • Developed a multithreaded Log Agent to collect and manage logs from thousands of servers and stream them to the Vector log pipeline for centralized log processing.
  • Built the Unified Observability Platform (UOP) for alert correlation, alert suppression, and blackout window management to reduce alert noise and eliminate duplicate alerts.

Helios Project

  • Contributed to the design and development of the “One Account” initiative to unify customer profiles.
  • Developed backend and BFF Java microservices using GCP Firestore supporting 2× user base growth.
  • Designed secure Firestore data migrations using Kubernetes CronJobs and batch inserts.

VPHX Project

  • Built secure object storage systems integrating GCP Cloud Storage, KMS, and MongoDB.
  • Improved performance using MongoDB change streams, GraphQL optimization, and Spring WebFlux.
  • Mentored graduate hires as SME by reviewing code and guiding architecture.
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Projects

Hotel Booking System

Spring Boot • Kafka • Redis • PostgreSQL • Elasticsearch

Event-driven microservices-based booking platform using Kafka, Redis, PostgreSQL, and Elasticsearch.

Weather Application

Spring Boot • React • Docker • Kubernetes • Jenkins

Full-stack weather application deployed using Docker, Kubernetes, and Jenkins CI/CD.

Fricle Social Networking Platform

Python • Django • REST APIs

Developed a social networking platform with user authentication, dynamic News API integration, and social interaction features including creating, liking, and commenting on posts.

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Technical Skills

Backend

  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • Spring WebFlux
  • Microservices
  • REST APIs
  • GraphQL

Cloud & DevOps

  • GCP
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • Jenkins

Databases

  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • Firestore
  • Elasticsearch

Education

National Institute of Technology Patna

B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering

June 2017 – June 2021

CGPA: 8/10

Cambridge Senior Secondary School

Senior Secondary (Intermediate)

May 2014 – May 2016

Score: 84.4/100

DAV Public School

Secondary School (Matriculation)

April 2009 – April 2014

CGPA: 10/10

Contact Me

Open to backend engineering and distributed systems opportunities.

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