Hi, I’m
Naveen Jothi
Chennai
Summary
Senior Backend Engineer with 5+ years of experience specializing in Go (Golang) and distributed systems. Expert in migrating legacy monoliths to high-performance Go microservices and architecting low-latency gRPC systems.
Overview
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Edvoy Technologies
Lead Developer
06.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Designed a high-performance authorization service using Go and gRPC based on Google Zanzibar, slashing resource access latency by 30% for a CRM serving 100,000+ users.
- Designed a high-availability orchestration layer for Generative AI features, integrating Vector Search and LLM providers. Optimized the retrieval pipeline to reduce token usage and latency, servicing concurrent user requests with 99.9% uptime.
- Re-architected IPC to an asynchronous model using RabbitMQ and Go consumers, increasing throughput by 50%.
- Drove the development of advanced search features using Elasticsearch and semantic search, boosting data retrieval accuracy by 35% and cutting P95 query latency by 25%.
- Engineered a Node.js-based data synchronization utility to ensure data consistency between upstream services and our primary database, cutting data-related error rates by 20%.
- Reduced monthly cloud expenditure by 20% by optimizing AWS infrastructure, implementing cost-efficient auto-scaling policies, and refining resource allocation.
- Mentored a team of 3 backend engineers, establishing best practices for code reviews and API design which improved team deployment frequency by 25%.
Edvoy Technologies
Backend Developer (formerly Full Stack)
11.2020 - 05.2022
Job overview
- Developed and maintained features for a high-traffic, customer-facing portal using React, reducing front-end development time by 25% by designing and implementing a unified GraphQL API layer.
- Contributed to the migration of critical business logic from a monolithic Rails application to a modern microservices architecture, improving application performance by 15%.
- Boosted Google search rankings by 40% by implementing Server-Side Rendering (SSR) with Next.js and optimizing API response times as a key part of the company's SEO strategy.
Education
Deakin University
Master of Data Science from Distance / Part-Time
01.2026
PSNA College of Engineering and Technology
Bachelor of Technology from Information Technology
01.2020
Skills
- Go (Golang)
- Python
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- SQL
- Nodejs
- NestJS
- FastAPI
- Microservices
- Event-Driven Architecture
- Goroutines
- Channels
- Gin
- Fiber
- Echo
- GRPC
- Protobuf
- Viper
- Go-Kit
- Cobra
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- Redis
- Elasticsearch
- Mongo Vector Search
- EC2
- ECS
- S3
- Lambda
- CloudFront
- ECR
- IAM
- Route 53
- CI/CD
- REST APIs
- RabbitMQ
- Docker
- RAG
- Google Zanzibar
Languages
Go (Golang)
Python
TypeScript/JavaScript
SQL
Key Technical Projects
- Candidate Ranking Microservice (Personal Project), Go, React, Next.js, Docker, AWS ECS, Designed and implemented a real-time candidate ranking microservice using Go to process and score applicants based on job descriptions., Developed the admin dashboard interface (React) to visualize the candidate scoring data., Deployed the application on AWS using Docker and ECS, demonstrating fast iteration and end-to-end feature ownership.
- Edvoy Genie (AI Assistant & Chat Platform), Python, FastAPI, RAG, OpenAI, MongoDB Vector Search, Redis Streams, PubNub, Docker, Architected and delivered a conversational AI assistant from the ground up, utilizing a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) model with OpenAI LLMs and Mongo Vector Search to provide accurate, context-aware responses to student queries., Engineered a resilient API integration layer (Tool Calling) enabling the system to fetch dynamic data from internal microservices., Implemented circuit breakers and caching strategies to prevent upstream service degradation during high-volume AI queries., Designed an event-driven communication architecture using Redis Streams and PubNub. Implemented Server-Sent Events (SSE) to handle real-time bidirectional data flow between the AI agent and client interfaces, ensuring millisecond-level responsiveness under load.
Personal Information
Title: Senior Lead Backend Engineer
Timeline
Lead Developer
Edvoy Technologies
06.2022 - Current
Backend Developer (formerly Full Stack)
Edvoy Technologies
11.2020 - 05.2022
Deakin University
Master of Data Science from Distance / Part-Time
PSNA College of Engineering and Technology
Bachelor of Technology from Information Technology