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Akshay Kulkarni
Software Engineer
Toronto,Canada
Summary
10+ years of experience in the software development lifecycle, with expertise in Laravel coding. Improved
and reduced operation costs of business processes. Thrives under pressure and tight deadlines, adept at
taking up new challenges, and motivated to learn new technologies.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
5
5
Years of AWS Experience
3
3
Years of Team leading
1
1
Certificate
Work History
PHP Engineer
Intuit
Toronto, ON
12.2025 - Current
- Technology Stack: PHP, React, TypeScript, MySQL
- Developed and maintained billing and revenue features for a large-scale email marketing SaaS platform serving millions of users globally
- Built backend services in PHP 8.3 using Mailchimp's custom MVC framework (Avesta), following PSR standards and strict typing
- Worked with sharded MySQL (22+ shards) to manage user billing data with strict shard-awareness to ensure correctness at scale
- Delivered frontend billing UI components using React 18 and TypeScript, following accessibility standards
- Used feature flags to safely roll out changes to segmented user cohorts
- Wrote unit and integration tests using PHPUnit, maintaining high test coverage across billing logic
- Contributed to REST API endpoints for billing operations, including plan management and sending limit enforcement
- Contributed to Failed Customer Interactions (FCI) tracking and Business Matrix (BM) tracking mechanisms to monitor revenue and billing health
- Monitored billing service health via Splunk, Bugsnag, and Grafana
- Collaborated in a large engineering org using GitHub Enterprise, Jira, and structured PR/code review workflows
Software Developer
Allaris Technology Solutions Limited
Toronto, ON (Remote), Ontario
04.2023 - 01.2025
- Revised, modularized, and updated old code base to modern development standards.
- Improved functionality of the product and customized features according to client expectations.
- Collaborated simultaneously with 4 clients and stakeholders in requirement gathering, testing, production releases, and resolving issues.
- Enhanced user experience through designing and implemented user-friendly interfaces.
- Ensured seamless migrations from legacy modules to modern platforms through meticulous planning, testing, and execution.
- Advocated a packaged-based approach for Allaris's latest version.
Software Engineer Team Lead
GeoSpoc Geospatial Services PVT LTD
Pune, Maharashtra
10.2019 - 01.2023
- As Team Lead, I lead software development initiatives and propose technical development stages.
- Provide support to projects and other stakeholders, aiming for on-time deliveries.
- Responsible for building REST APIs for cloud-based frontend, third parties, as well as for Android and Apple mobile devices.
- Conduct hiring interviews and train freshers.
- Responsible for processing and storing geospatial information across various projects.
- Implement map libraries and map APIs along with JS libraries like Google Maps APIs, Mapbox, etc.
- Worked as Full Stack Developer for one project. Managed frontend as well as backend, while successfully working within tight deadlines and fast-paced environment.
- Addressed customer issues, and worked to provide quick resolutions.
- Consulted with engineering team members to determine system loads and develop improvement plans.
- Quickly learned and adapted to new skills, and applied them to daily tasks to improve efficiency and productivity.
Senior Software Engineer
Fortune Tech Solutions
Pimpri Chinchwad, Maharashtra
10.2017 - 10.2019
- Evaluated project requirements and specifications, and developed software applications that surpassed client expectations.
- Implemented multi-tenancy across projects.
- Created sales and purchase orders with multiple payment gateways.
- Implemented address lookups and placing courier API calls.
- Gathered and defined customer requirements to develop clear specifications for project plans.
- Imported data into the database and exported data in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats.
PHP Web Developer
Freelancer
Pune, Maharashtra
10.2016 - 10.2017
- Created web applications and components using PHP.
- Provided website crawler for project.
- Used search engine optimization tactics to increase reach of targeted audience.
- Assisted web presence planning, implementing changes, and integrating requested elements to streamline business operations.
- Passed the Zoho Creator exam for a client in France.
Junior Software Engineer
Stark Digital Media Services Pvt. Ltd
Pune, Maharashtra
05.2015 - 10.2016
- Implemented payment Stripe gateway.
- Gathered and defined customer requirements to develop clear specifications for project plans.
- Discussed project progress with customers, collected feedback on different stages and directly addressed concerns.
- Implemented numerous hotfixes for critical issues arising between Agile sprints.
- Employed debugging tools to promptly correct code issues.
- Created a registration module with multiple database handling.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
University of Pune
Pune 07.2014 - 05.2019
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Pune
Pune 06.2011 - 05.2014
Skills
Laravel / PHP
Sql / Nosql
NodeJs / NestJs
Docker
AngularJS
TurfJs
Mapbox
JavaScript
Serverless
AWS
Agile
Project planning
React
Software
Confluence
Qgis
Swagger
Postman
Stoplight
Jira
Service Now
Accomplishments
- Created the website for International Physics Olympiad 2022 (Zurich), and was part of the European Physics Olympiad's Organizing Committee in Slovenia.
- Ranked 27th at IBM's All India HackerEarth’s Hackathon.
- Best performer of the year at Stark Digital.
- Mentor, Project Guide, and Associate Teacher at Sun Computer Education for C language and SQL.
Certification
Verified International Academic Qualifications
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
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morning
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Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeContract WorkLocation Preference
On-SiteRemoteHybridImportant To Me
Career advancementWork-life balanceCompany CultureFlexible work hoursLanguages
English
Advanced (C1)
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
Marathi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
PHP Engineer
Intuit
12.2025 - Current
Software Developer
Allaris Technology Solutions Limited
04.2023 - 01.2025
Verified International Academic Qualifications
01-2020
Software Engineer Team Lead
GeoSpoc Geospatial Services PVT LTD
10.2019 - 01.2023
Senior Software Engineer
Fortune Tech Solutions
10.2017 - 10.2019
PHP Web Developer
Freelancer
10.2016 - 10.2017
Junior Software Engineer
Stark Digital Media Services Pvt. Ltd
05.2015 - 10.2016
Master of Science - Computer Science
University of Pune
07.2014 - 05.2019
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Pune
06.2011 - 05.2014