Rahul Rathod
Pune
Summary
Staff/Principal Software Engineer with 9+ years building cloud-native, scalable platforms in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, REST, and distributed systems. Led modernization from monoliths to microservices serving 2M+ users, boosting report performance 40%, cutting downtime 30%, and accelerating releases 50% via CI/CD and end-to-end observability. Deep expertise in API design, event-driven architectures, data integration/analytics, and enterprise security (OAuth2, JWT, SSO, RBAC). Cloud and DevOps across AWS/Azure/GCP, Docker/Kubernetes and Terraform/Cloud Formation. Known for driving adoption (+60%), reliability (+80%), and fast resolution of critical issues; seeking a Principal Software Engineer role to lead architecture, scale, and measurable business outcomes.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Software Engineer
UKG
04.2025 - Current
- Architected and shipped a cloud-native reporting suite (BIRT, Insights & Analytics, Configurable Insights Services) on a microservices WFM platform serving 2M+ users.
- Migrated legacy monolith reporting to microservices, improving report generation speed by 40% and reducing downtime by 30%.
- Implemented enterprise-grade Authorization/Authentication with OAuth2, JWT, and SSO; delivered fine-grained RBAC and user-specific permissions across services and APIs.
- Delivered dynamic, role-based configurable reporting that increased customer adoption by 60%.
- Established CI/CD pipelines and end-to-end observability (logs, metrics, traces) across 15+ services, accelerating releases by 50%.
- Drove architecture, security reviews, and scalability planning for the enterprise reporting platform.
Senior Software Engineer
Cohesity
05.2022 - 04.2025
- Core contributor to NetBackup IT Analytics, a large-scale enterprise data protection & analytics platform.
- Designed and shipped 10+ REST APIs integrating with Veritas ALTA, improving cloud-native data protection by 20%.
- Optimized the analytics engine in C++ (memory management, execution paths), improving execution speed by 15%.
- Resolved a critical production defect affecting three major customers; improved job data collection by 20% and earned the Veritas WOW Award.
- Built real-time job and asset collection pipelines with Kafka, improving product reliability by 80%.
- Member of the Customer Focused Team (CFT): resolved 75% of critical escalations within 24 hours and reduced technical debt by 40% in six months.
- Co-led integrations for HPE STOREONCE and CDM, contributing to a $1.2M enterprise contract; enhanced NetApp CRM and Dell EMC AVAMAR integrations supporting $10M+ in deals.
Senior Software Engineer
Great Software Laboratory (GS Lab)
09.2020 - 05.2022
- Built enterprise-grade backend services in Java/Spring Boot, C++, and Python.
- Resolved 50+ complex technical issues monthly, boosting customer satisfaction by 15%.
- Designed scalable REST APIs following SOLID principles, reducing technical debt by 25%.
- Led security assessments across 20+ third-party components, reducing vulnerabilities by 30%.
- Drove testing, performance tuning, and scalability improvements.
Senior Software Engineer
Synechron
11.2019 - 09.2020
- Delivered scalable finance technological solutions for subscription billing systems.
- Resolved 10+ critical production incidents during migration of 80K customers to a new billing platform.
- Automated manual operations with Shell scripting, saving 1+ hour per day of operational effort.
- Performed code reviews, bug fixes, and performance improvements to stabilize releases.
Software Engineer
Accenture
11.2016 - 10.2019
- Modernized legacy enterprise systems, improving performance by 20%.
- Built API-driven components that improved scalability and maintainability.
- Automated workflows, reducing manual effort by 85-90%.
- Delivered REST APIs with zero post-deployment defects, cutting API-related issues by 35%.
- Resolved a customer-management defect affecting 150+ daily users, protecting revenue.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Engineering
Sinhgad College of Engineering - Pune University
Pune06.2016
HSC - Science
Fergusson College
Pune06.2012
Skills
- Programming Languages: Java, J2EE, C, Python, JavaScript, Scala, Shell Scripting
- Frameworks: Spring Boot, Spring MVC, JPA, Hibernate, AngularJS, Nodejs, Nextjs, Vuejs
- Architecture: Microservices, Distributed Systems, RESTful APIs, Event-Driven Architecture
- Cloud & DevOps: AWS (EC2, RDS, CloudWatch), Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Terraform, CloudFormation
- CI/CD & Tools: Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Git, Maven, Gradle, IntelliJ, Eclipse
- Messaging & Streaming: Kafka, RabbitMQ, IBM MQ
- Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MongoDB, DB2, Teradata
- Observability: Splunk, ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana
- Data & Analytics: Apache Spark, Hadoop, Big Data Analytics, Power BI, Business Intelligence
- Testing: JUnit, Selenium, Cucumber, TDD, BDD
- Other: Design Patterns, OOP, Multithreading, Security, Linux, UNIX
Timeline
Staff Software Engineer
UKG
04.2025 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
Cohesity
05.2022 - 04.2025
Senior Software Engineer
Great Software Laboratory (GS Lab)
09.2020 - 05.2022
Senior Software Engineer
Synechron
11.2019 - 09.2020
Software Engineer
Accenture
11.2016 - 10.2019
HSC - Science
Fergusson College
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Engineering
Sinhgad College of Engineering - Pune University