Aakash Negi

Senior Backend Engineer
Pune, IN.

About

A highly accomplished Senior Backend Engineer with over 5 years of experience in designing and building highly scalable distributed systems, RESTful microservices, and multi-tenant SaaS platforms. Expert in architecting high-performance APIs, handling 50K+ concurrent requests, and driving efficiency improvements through cloud-native AWS solutions, CI/CD practices, and mentorship. Proven ability to lead critical system development, optimize performance, and ensure robust, compliant deployments in cross-geo environments.

Work

Avalara
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Software Development Engineer III

Summary

Currently developing and maintaining distributed web scrapers for a multi-tenant content platform and leading high-priority system updates, ensuring compliance and high accuracy.

Highlights

Architected and maintained 20+ distributed web scrapers for a multi-tenant content platform in a cross-geo distributed environment, processing tax data across 50+ countries with 99.9% accuracy.

Led development for Tier 1 & 2 high-priority systems, achieving 95% on-time resolution through active participation in Agile sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and team retrospectives.

Served as a key developer for critical U.S. tariff API updates, architecting resilient RESTful microservices with comprehensive monitoring to ensure 24-hour compliance deployment.

Mentored junior engineers through comprehensive code reviews and knowledge-sharing sessions, ensuring adherence to best practices for performance, security, and reliability.

John Deere
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Senior Software Engineer I

Summary

Architected highly scalable backend services for the "MyFinancial" application, serving over 100K users and collaborating cross-functionally to deliver performant solutions.

Highlights

Architected highly scalable backend services for "MyFinancial," supporting 100K+ users through collaborative efforts with product managers, architects, and designers.

Designed and implemented performant RESTful microservices utilizing Node.js and AWS Lambda, enhancing performance by 25% and reducing response times by 30% via strategic code optimization.

Developed automated CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Terraform, adhering to reliability principles, which improved deployment efficiency by 40% and reduced production errors by 70%.

Conducted regular code reviews focused on readability, testing patterns, documentation, and security considerations, while actively participating in show-and-tell demo sessions.

Infosys
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Senior Systems Engineer

Summary

Designed and implemented critical monitoring and deployment solutions, significantly improving system reliability and reducing incident response times.

Highlights

Designed a Server Health Checker and Auto Mailing Application with comprehensive monitoring and error reporting, reducing system incidents by 30% and alert response time by 40%.

Coordinated software deployment across 25+ servers, implementing automated monitoring solutions that achieved 99.5% uptime and improved overall system reliability by 15%.

Implemented proactive monitoring solutions with performance benchmarking capabilities, identifying 85% of potential issues before user impact and reducing downtime by 47%.

Participated actively in Agile software development, including sprint planning and team retrospectives, contributing to continuous improvement processes and project success.

Education

Graphic Era Hill University

B.Tech.

Computer Science Engineering

Courses

Data Structures and Algorithms

Operating Systems

Database Management Systems

Software Engineering

Object-Oriented Programming

Computer Networks

Languages

English
Hindi

Skills

Programming Languages

Java, Python, Node.js, JavaScript.

Backend & Microservices

RESTful APIs, Microservices Architecture, System Design, API Gateway, Data Structures & Algorithms.

Databases

DynamoDB (NoSQL), MySQL, PostgreSQL (RDBMS), Database Optimization.

Cloud & DevOps

AWS (Lambda, EC2, S3, CloudFront, Route53, ECS, API Gateway, DynamoDB), Docker, Terraform, Jenkins.

CI/CD & Practices

Jenkins, Terraform, Automated Testing, Performance Monitoring, Code Reviews, Agile/Scrum.

Projects

Multi-tenant Notification API System

Summary

Architected a centralized multi-tenant notification API adopted by 5+ internal teams, implementing API rate limiting and scalable communication patterns following cloud architecture best practices.