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Nishant Kumar

Bengaluru

Summary

Dynamic software engineer with extensive experience at Nutanix Technology, specializing in Go and microservices architecture. Proven track record in developing scalable backend services and enhancing API performance. Strong problem-solving skills and a commitment to delivering high-quality solutions in cloud infrastructure management. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive impactful projects.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Member Of Technical Staff 2

Nutanix Technology
Bangalore
03.2023 - Current
  • Worked on building microservices which supports managing private and hybrid cloud.
  • Designed and developed scalable backend services in Go to manage private cloud infrastructure across multiple environments.
  • Built REST APIs adhering to OpenAPI standards, enabling automatic multi-language SDK generation for developers and operators.
  • Implemented API robustness features such as idempotency, projections, and structured error handling to ensure reliability.
  • Enhanced system resilience by introducing rate limiting, circuit breakers, and retry mechanisms for fault-tolerant API consumption.
  • Contributed to API scalability and performance optimization, ensuring high availability under heavy workloads.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate APIs into the Nutanix Central platform, empowering users with AI-assisted infrastructure queries and management.

Technology Analyst

Goldman Sachs
07.2021 - 02.2023
  • Company Overview: Investment Banking, Finance and Technology
  • Responsible for building and maintaining applications that are used to manage over 2 trillion in assets across desk in Goldman's Investment Management division (Private Wealth Management).
  • Developed low-latency and high throughput compliance trading surveillance backend system from scratch, all the trades for private wealth business go through the system (both real time and post trade).
  • Enable compliance trading capabilities to convert portfolios into Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) compliant accounts across all assets.
  • Owned the complete software lifecycle of multiple applications and Micro-Service, using JAVA, SQL, Framework like Vert.X Hibernate.
  • Mentored multiple junior members of the team.
  • Interacted directly with business users and lead technology projects for the business.
  • Investment Banking, Finance and Technology

ENO Full Stack Developer

Credit Suisse
12.2020 - 07.2021
  • Company Overview: Investment Banking and Finance
  • Working as a Full Stack Developer.
  • Investment Banking and Finance

Associate Software Engineer

Amdocs Development Center
07.2019 - 12.2020
  • Created, Consumed, and processed different REST API for product development and integration.
  • Implemented CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins for Amdocs product deployment.
  • Installed and configure Kubernetes and Docker cluster under proxy environment.
  • Worked on distributed massaging broker Kafka.

Education

B.E - Computer Engineering

Maharashtra Institute Of Technology
Pune
06.2019

Intermediate -

Kendriya Vidyalaya Danapur Cantt
06.2014

Skills

  • Go programming language
  • C and C development
  • Python programming
  • Java development
  • GoKit framework
  • NATS messaging system
  • Temporal workflow management
  • CI/CD pipeline implementation
  • Microservices architecture
  • Data structures and algorithms
  • Microservice design
  • Vertx framework
  • Kafka messaging system
  • Multithreading techniques
  • Hibernate ORM
  • Linux operating system
  • Docker containerization
  • Kubernetes orchestration
  • Git version control
  • Maven and Gradle build tools
  • MySQL database management
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Competitive programming expertise
  • Cloud infrastructure management

Accomplishments

  • Hackathon - Multi-Domain Search, 01/01/25, Built an AI-powered assistant during a hackathon that allows system admins to query private cloud environments using natural language. Integrated with Nutanix NAI APIs to dynamically generate DB queries and external API calls, helping admins debug issues, monitor infrastructure, and scale environments efficiently. Project won first place at the hackathon.
  • 1st prize in Techno Coding Competition at MIT sponsored by CodeChef, 2019
  • 1st prize in Codethon Coding competition at MIT, 2017 and 2018
  • 1st prize in Code Racer in Technodium event, 2016
  • 2nd prize in project competition at PICT

Timeline

Member Of Technical Staff 2

Nutanix Technology
03.2023 - Current

Technology Analyst

Goldman Sachs
07.2021 - 02.2023

ENO Full Stack Developer

Credit Suisse
12.2020 - 07.2021

Associate Software Engineer

Amdocs Development Center
07.2019 - 12.2020

B.E - Computer Engineering

Maharashtra Institute Of Technology

Intermediate -

Kendriya Vidyalaya Danapur Cantt
Nishant Kumar