MKHURSHID SHAH
Tech Lead
Mangalore,KA
Summary
Senior Backend Engineer with 9.5+ years of experience in Golang, specializing in high-performance backend systems, microservices, and distributed architectures. Proven contributor to national-scale platforms including the Skill India / NSDC ecosystem, serving millions of users and training partners. Strong expertise in API design, data modeling, system scalability, security, and backend reliability, with hands-on experience building and operating cloud-ready microservices using Go and MongoDB. Adept at owning complex backend modules end-to-end and collaborating across product, DevOps, and security teams. Seeking opportunities to contribute to building mission-critical, scalable, and cloud-native backend platforms in a product-focused environment.
Overview
3
3
Languages
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Backend Engineer (Golang)
Trans Neuron Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
08.2019 - Current
- Key contributor to Skill India Digital Platforms under the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), supporting large-scale training, assessment, certification, and placement workflows across India.
- Responsibilities & Impact:
- Designed and developed high-throughput Golang microservices handling large datasets and concurrent requests.
- Led backend modules for candidate lifecycle management, training partner workflows, and certification pipelines.
- Worked extensively with MongoDB, optimizing queries, indexes, and aggregation pipelines for performance at scale.
- Implemented secure authentication and authorization mechanisms using JWT and encryption techniques.
- Played a key role in data integrity, deduplication, and recovery processes in production environments.
- Collaborated with security teams to deploy fixes post VAPT approvals.
- Mentored junior engineers and acted as a module owner for critical services.
- Tech Stack: Golang, Microservices, MongoDB, JWT, REST APIs
Software Engineer (Golang)
Qwentic Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
11.2016 - 07.2019
- Worked on multiple backend-heavy products focusing on performance, scalability, and clean API design.
- Key Projects:
- E-Commerce Platform (Microservices)
- Migrated legacy Magento backend to Golang-based microservices.
- Built scalable services using Redis, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, and MySQL.
- Improved system performance and reduced response latency.
- Digital Media Selling Platform
- Designed and implemented end-to-end backend APIs for media upload, approval, and monetization.
- Integrated Google Cloud Vision API for automated content moderation.
- Augmented Reality Advertising Platform
- Developed APIs supporting location-based and AR-triggered advertisements.
- Ensured reliability and performance across high-traffic usage scenarios.
- Tech Stack: Golang, Microservices, MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis
Education
Master of Computer Applications - MCA
Allana Institute of Management Sciences
PuneB.Sc. - Computer Science
Poona College
PuneSkills
Languages: Golang (Expert), Basic C/C familiarity
Backend & Distributed Systems: Microservices, REST APIs, Event-driven design
Databases: MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL
Architecture: Service-oriented architecture, API gateways, JWT-based auth
Cloud & DevOps: Cloud-native design (AWS/Azure exposure), container-ready services
Security: Payload encryption/decryption, JWT, secure API design
Tools & Frameworks:
Go-kit, Gorilla Mux, GORM, JWT
Version control with Git
Understanding of agile methodologies
Interests
Exploring distributed systems, backend scalability, continuous learning
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Strengths: System ownership, problem-solving, backend performance tuning
Timeline
Senior Backend Engineer (Golang)
Trans Neuron Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
08.2019 - Current
Software Engineer (Golang)
Qwentic Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
11.2016 - 07.2019
B.Sc. - Computer Science
Poona College
Master of Computer Applications - MCA
Allana Institute of Management Sciences