Himanshu Srivastava
Lucknow
Summary
MCA postgraduate with 3.4+ years of backend development experience, specializing in Python, Django, FastAPI, Flask, REST API design, and SQL optimization. Skilled in virtualenv-based deployments, environment configuration, and Nginx server management. Exposure to cloud-hosted environments (AWS EC2, Docker), with a focus on building scalable, secure, and reliable systems.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Python Backend Developer
Knowledge Excel Pvt. Ltd.
Lucknow
10.2021 - 02.2025
- Developed and deployed backend services using FastAPI, Flask, Django, supporting 5+ client projects.
- Designed and maintained REST APIs consumed by frontend and mobile teams, improving delivery speed by 15%.
- Configured and managed Python virtual environments for isolated deployments across multiple applications.
- Implemented secure configuration management using dotenv (.env), env.py, and config.py files for database credentials, API keys, and static variables.
- Deployed applications to dev/staging servers via WinSCP (FTP) and PuTTY (SSH), with IP whitelisting.
- Managed and updated Nginx server configurations, performed empty-port checks, and ensured smooth feature testing in staging environments.
- Optimized SQL queries and caching, reducing latency by 25-30%, and handling 50K+ daily requests.
- Exposure to AWS EC2 and Docker-based environments for deployment and testing.
Education
MCA -
Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh01.2021
B.Sc. - Maths & Science
DAV PG College
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh01.2017
Skills
- Python
- C
- SQL
- HTML
- CSS
- Django
- Flask
- FastAPI
- Microservices
- MySQL
- Azure Cosmos DB
- NoSQL
- Virtualenv
- AWS EC2
- Docker
- Git
- GitHub
- Linux
- CI/CD
- GitHub Actions
- Nginx
- WinSCP
- PuTTY
- Postman
- Pytest
- Unit Testing
- JWT
- Version control
- Async Python
- Agile
- Scrum
Certification
- IBM - Python for Data Science, Cognitive Class
- GUVI India - AI for India, FaceApp prototype
- FreeCodeCamp - Relational Databases, SQL
- Udemy - Docker and Kubernetes Fundamentals
Projects
- Agent Mira (2024–2025): Developed a real estate analytics platform handling 10K+ property records weekly, improving pricing accuracy by 20% using FastAPI, MySQL, Virtualenv, and Nginx.
- InQueries (2023–2024): Refactored a survey web app; reduced load time by 1.2s and enhanced dashboards for 200+ users with Django, PostgreSQL, Redis, Celery, and Nginx.
- Data Transformation Tool (2022): Automated data cleaning for CSV/XLSX/SAV files, reducing manual preparation time by 50% using Python, Pandas, Flask, and config.py.
- Self Projects (2021):
Built a birthday mailer with Python, SMTP, and Cron to automate personalized emails for 50+ recipients.
Created a responsive restaurant website with Django, SQLite, and Bootstrap, including reservation system, dynamic menu, and authentication.
Personal Information
Title: Backend Python Engineer
Languages
Hindi
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Accomplishments
- Runner-up in company-wide Trailblazer Spotlight competition among 20 submissions.
Timeline
Python Backend Developer
Knowledge Excel Pvt. Ltd.
10.2021 - 02.2025
MCA -
Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University
B.Sc. - Maths & Science
DAV PG College
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