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Akash Patra

Akash Patra

Senior Software Engineer at PayPal
Bengaluru

Summary

Senior Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience, specializing in Backend product development and scaling systems from zero to 10^n. Curious about the cutting edge, Obsessed about keeping it simple.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Merchant Reporting

PayPal
01.2025 - Current
  • Resolved a long-standing critical issue in the MSM environment, enhancing system stability and enabling both the engineering teams to work independently
  • Designed and delivered a solution that allows developers to work in their respective test environments, increasing the productivity by 30%

Technologies : Java, Spring, Python, OracleDB, GCP(Compute, BigQuery), Harness, datadog, Github

Flow

PluralSight
10.2022 - 07.2024
  • Led technical design and delivered a scalable smart notification system for clients' Email and Slack services within four months of joining, including conducting interviews to build and strengthen the team.
  • Designed and implemented RESTful microservices for the distributed Flow App (SaaS) and mentored junior developers in product development.
  • Reviewed code for adherence to best practices and collaborated with peers during code reviews to enhance code quality and mentored 4 Juniors.

Technologies : Python, Django, Java, AWS, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Docker, ArgoCD, Jenkins, Git

Alps (SEO)

Iquanti India Pvt. Ltd
11.2020 - 09.2022
  • Designed and built scalable microservices and orchestration service for multiple features of Alps.
  • Designed collections for database(MongoDB) and developed REST APIs for saving results using Django Rest Framework in microservice architecture.
  • Designed scalable solution for the core model using multiple AWS services such as SNS, SQS, S3, Lambda.

Technologies : Python, React, Django, MongoDB, Rest-Framework, AWS-(EC2, SNS, SQS, S3, Lambda, Cloud-watch), Redis, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Docker, Jenkins, Git, luigi, celery, unittest, fixtures, boto

HMI

Siemens Technology India
11.2016 - 11.2020
  • Developed a web based application where team members can login and lock operates for their use. This application enables to run nightly runs of their scripts.
  • Developed test-Automation frameworks for ease of maintainability and implementation

Technologies : Python, Django, MySQL, Numpy, Pandas Putty, Clearcase

Education

Bachelor of Technology - ECE

VSSUT
Burla, Odisha
08.2012 - 05.2016

Skills

Languages: Python, Java

Frameworks: Django, Spring, React

Technologies: AWS, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Harness GenAI

Databases: Postgres, Oracle, MongoDB, DynamoDB

Architectures: Monolith, Micro-services

Other: Datastructures, Algorithms, Problem Solving, System Design(LLD & HLD), OOPS, REST, Git

Timeline

Merchant Reporting

PayPal
01.2025 - Current

Flow

PluralSight
10.2022 - 07.2024

Alps (SEO)

Iquanti India Pvt. Ltd
11.2020 - 09.2022

HMI

Siemens Technology India
11.2016 - 11.2020

Bachelor of Technology - ECE

VSSUT
08.2012 - 05.2016
Akash PatraSenior Software Engineer at PayPal