Alkesh Kataria

Adaptable Senior Software Engineer talented at providing customized and optimized solutions for all needs. Thrives within tight deadlines by applying agile development strategies. Comfortable overseeing large-scale development teams or independently coding complex projects.

Razorpay Integration

• Integrated Razorpay payment gateway to facilitate payment capture and streamline post-processing activities.
• Developed and implemented functionality to transition Cash-on-Delivery (COD) orders to Prepaid using Razorpay, improving operational efficiency.
• Ensured secure and reliable payment processing through robust error handling and adherence to payment gateway standards.

In-house URL Shortener

• Developed an internal tool to generate short URLs for long request URLs, ensuring efficient redirection and user-friendly link management.
• Designed and implemented collision-handling mechanisms to address cases of duplicate or identical URLs, maintaining data integrity and reliability.

Shopify External Segments

• Designed and implemented a scalable, robust solution to synchronize Shopify segments with the portal, ensuring daily auto-refresh and near-instantaneous updates for client-prioritized requests.
• Utilized efficient queue management to handle daily refreshes and prioritize client-triggered requests, ensuring timely execution and system reliability.
• Delivered end results in the form of CSV files for customer use, while also enabling a workflow for direct user retargeting, eliminating the need for manual file downloads.
• Incorporated retry mechanisms to enhance robustness and ensure successful execution under various conditions.

QuickSight Dashboard Embedding & Role-based Access on Portal

• Embedded QuickSight dashboards within the portal, providing users seamless access to analytics without leaving the platform.
• Implemented role-based access control (RBAC) to manage dashboard visibility, ensuring that access permissions were enforced at both the user and dashboard level.
• Configured the system to utilize the same QuickSight account for all users, while dynamically restricting or granting access based on portal-defined roles and permissions.
• Enhanced user experience by streamlining navigation and centralizing analytics functionality within the portal.

Integrations Scaling

• Enhanced the scalability of existing integration systems to handle high traffic and surges effectively.
• Transitioned from synchronous API calls to Kafka-based asynchronous communication, significantly reducing lag during peak loads.
• Designed and implemented an event-driven architecture to ensure smooth and efficient processing of large volumes of integration requests.
• Improved system resilience and throughput, enabling seamless operation under varying load conditions.

Shopify Offering Onboarding V2

• Streamlined the customer setup process by automating the Shopify integration and WhatsApp setup, reducing manual intervention and accelerating the product journey.
• Kept customers informed and engaged throughout their product discovery journey with a personalized welcome message flow, enhancing their onboarding experience.
• Developed a customer support dashboard to identify the specific step where failures occurred, providing support teams with the ability to retry or restart the process as needed.
• Incorporated retry mechanisms, enabling seamless recovery from failures and ensuring a smooth customer experience.

• Primary: Java
• Secondary: Python, JavaScript

• Backend: Spring Boot
• Frontend: React

• Relational: MySQL
• NoSQL: MongoDB, Redis
• Analytical Processing: Iceberg, Clickhouse

• Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ

• Git (Gitlab)

• Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)

• RESTful APIs, GraphQL
• Postman, Swagger

• IDEs: IntelliJ IDEA, Visual Studio Code, PyCharm
• Build Tools: Maven, Gradle

• BI Tools: Amazon QuickSight