KIRAN C M
Senior Backend & Platform Engineer
Bangalore,Karnataka
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Summary
Senior Backend & Platform Engineer with 13+ years of experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems in OTT/video streaming domains. Expertise in event-driven architectures, microservices, and cloud-native platforms, with strong focus on scalability, reliability, and performance. Proven ability to lead system design, build high-throughput backend systems, and drive platform-level improvements.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
CORE EXPERTISE
- Distributed Systems & Microservices
- Event-Driven Architecture
- Backend Platform Engineering
- Cloud-Native Infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes)
- Scalability, Reliability & Performance Optimization
- Technical Leadership & System Design Ownership
Work History
Senior Software Engineer
NAGRA
Bangalore, Karnataka
07.2018 - Current
- Designed and operated distributed backend services for a global OTT platform, supporting millions of users across multiple regions with high-throughput traffic, ensuring high availability, scalability, and reliable service behavior in a microservices architecture
- Designed and built an event-driven search aggregation service using RabbitMQ and Elasticsearch, creating denormalized views across 6+ services, enabling less than100 ms query latency and reducing cross-service API calls by ~60%
- Designed and developed Content Workflow Manager (CWM) to orchestrate end-to-end video processing workflows (encode, transcode, packaging), handling 10K+ workflows/day with fault-tolerant execution
- Implemented a custom workflow engine with job scheduling, retries, and idempotent execution, ensuring reliable distributed processing and seamless integration with external systems (e.g., Harmonic)
- Built a Kubernetes Operator for Keycloak, automating identity configuration and reducing manual operational effort by 80%, enabling consistent and scalable onboarding of microservices across environments
- Architected a centralized configuration platform (etcd-based) enabling dynamic runtime updates and watch-based configuration propagation across 20+ services, improving system flexibility and reducing deployment-time dependencies across services
- Contributed to a micro-frontend platform (UIC) enabling independent development and deployment of feature-level modules, improving team autonomy, release velocity, and frontend scalability across teams
- Designed a Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) layer aggregating multiple microservices, optimizing API responses and reducing client-side orchestration
- Built an operator console application for managing distributed OTT workflows, improving operational visibility and simplifying interaction with backend systems
- Led backend architecture discussions and design reviews, guiding implementation across an 8-member engineering team and improving code quality, design consistency, and system reliability
- Operated and optimized production microservices, improving system performance and reducing latency under peak load, handling failure scenarios, and enhancing overall reliability in a distributed environment
- Drove system design and architectural evolution of backend and platform services, aligning solutions with scalability, reliability, and long-term platform growth
Senior Developer
PUBLICIS SAPIENT
Bangalore
07.2016 - 04.2018
- Developed full-stack features for large-scale e-commerce platforms, supporting critical user workflows and improving application performance and maintainability
- Implemented reusable component design and frontend best practices, improving maintainability, performance, and development efficiency
R&D Engineer
NOKIA
Bangalore
07.2012 - 07.2016
- Built full-stack applications for a Smart WiFi Service Manager platform enabling telecom operators to monitor and manage multi-vendor WiFi networks (Cisco, Ruckus), providing real-time visibility into network performance.
- Developed backend APIs and UI components for network monitoring and traffic steering, improving network utilization and system responsiveness
- Developed automated end-to-end test suites using Selenium WebDriver and TestNG, improving regression coverage and release stability.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Computer Science
Malnad College of Engineering
Hassan01-2012
Skills
BACKEND: Java, Spring Boot, Quarkus
MESSAGING: Kafka, RabbitMQ
CLOUD & PLATFORM: AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, CI/CD
LEADERSHIP ROLES
- Led architecture and design decisions across backend and platform components
- Mentored engineers and guided system design and implementation, improving code quality and design consistency across the team
- Drove cross-team platform initiatives, reducing integration friction and improving delivery velocity
- Collaborated with stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable system designs, improving delivery efficiency and alignment
Certification
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (In Progress)
Work Availability
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Timeline
Senior Software Engineer
NAGRA
07.2018 - Current
Senior Developer
PUBLICIS SAPIENT
07.2016 - 04.2018
R&D Engineer
NOKIA
07.2012 - 07.2016
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Computer Science
Malnad College of Engineering