Salman Siddiqui
Software Engineer
Bangalore
Summary
Seasoned Software Engineer, with experience in developing highly scalable applications, using go, microservice-architecture, and AWS cloud solutions.
Self-motivated to work on low-level designs, and then to develop and test the same.
Detail-oriented developer, capable of working at fast pace to meet tight deadlines.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Engineer II
Disney+ Hotstar
Bangalore
8 2022 - Current
- Developed and deployed highly scalable backend application using microservice architecture approach, leveraging containerization (using docker and containerd), Kubernetes, and AWS Cloud.
- Designed high-level architectural designs for custom-scaling-solution which is responsible for rapidly scaling all applications at Disney+ Hotstar.
- Designed low-level architectural design for scaling solutions, where the components were developed using Ruby On Rails (ROR), React (Frontend dashboards), Go, Kafka, Postgresql (RDS), REST-APIs, AWS-GO SDKs, Kubernetes APIs, and custom-metrics for scaling using prometheus adapters.
- Implemented Data Analysis, and Data-Processing to visualize and control the infrastructure cost.
- Developed scalable and maintainable code, ensuring long-term stability of the software.
- Predicted the components/modules required, time needed to develop, maintaining pros and cons against the popular and readily available solutions during the high-level design phase of the solution.
- Continuously improved the existing designs and solution, keeping it updated with the latest technologies.
- Coordinated with other engineers to evaluate and improve software and hardware interfaces.
- Worked with the team members to design and develop robust testing solutions to minimize testing effort after every phase of development.
- Reviewed project specifications and designed technology solutions that met or exceeded performance expectations.
- Developed robust, scalable, modular and API-centric infrastructures.
- Participated in architecture, design and implementation of back-end features using Go, and Ruby On Rails (ROR)
- Maintained existing software systems by identifying and correcting software defects (bugs and integration issues).
- Mentored team members mainly WRT Go, popular design solutions, and performance issues.
- Practiced Agile methodologies to ensure timely delivery and continuous improvement
- Engaged across all phases of product development, from initial design to implementation and rigorous testing.
- Contributed significantly to the entire lifecycle, ensuring product excellence and reliability.
- Participated and lead design reviews with peers
- Reviewed the code of team members and others to make sure standards and modern approach is followed.
- Provided assistance for debugging production problems
- Implemented server side logic for REST API based backend application
- Created and maintained user friendly docs
- Created automation for Devops using 'Infrastructure As a Code' tools
- Optimized algorithms for faster processing, reducing overall computation time
- Collaborated with front-end developers to ensure seamless integration of back-end functionality into user interfaces
- Mentored junior developers in best practices and coding standards, fostering a collaborative team environment
- Enhanced system performance by optimizing back-end code and implementing efficient algorithms
- Maintained detailed documentation of back-end systems for easy reference by other team members during development cycles or maintenance periods
- Maintained strict budgetary and scheduling guidelines with high-quality, targeted designs
- Developed scalable APIs for seamless integration with other Micro-services and front-end applications, improving overall user experience
Senior Software Engineer
Radisys India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
12.2018 - 08.2022
- Worked in open-source project managed under ONF (Open Network Foundation), with objective to create white-box (open) network devices which would be vendor agnostic.
- Developed scalable solution for 'Deutsche Telekom', which managed control and data plane, write from new user addition, to existing user authentication, to establishing flow rules using open-flow protocol, leveraging GPON and XGS-PON technologies for providing high speed internet access over broadband.
- Trained and mentored junior developers and engineers, teaching skills in Go, gRPC, NoSQL, Prometheus, Grafana, and working to improve overall team performance.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design innovative software solutions
- Interacted with project managers, product owners, developers, QA and customers to resolve technical issues.
- Led software development initiative as subject matter expert and primary point-of-contact for project management staff.
- Checked client code for bugs and weaknesses using approved troubleshooting methods.
- Worked with development teams to correct problems and run test scenarios.
- Participated in internal code reviews
- Increased performance of backend code by 50% using Go
- Increased service responsiveness by identifying and resolving bottlenecks in server-side processes
- Refactored legacy code to improve maintainability and align with modern programming techniques
Software Engineer Intern
Radisys India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
06.2018 - 12.2018
- Shadowed team members to learn new tasks and how to appropriately handle technical issues.
- Developed unit tests, fixed SCA issues for open source project which was maintained under ONF (Open Network Foundation).
- Achieved 90%+ code coverage in existing codes
- Did thorough benchmark testing of application to identify performance bottlenecks.
- Analyzed source code to identify functionality issues.
- Ported applications that was required to be highly performant, from Python to Go.
- Learned best practices, wrote clear, clean code for various projects.
- Partnered with team members to learn best practices in software design.
- Participated in code
- Performed thorough code reviews to identify potential errors or inconsistencies within software application.
- Conducted thorough testing of new software features to ensure reliability and usability before deployment.
Education
B.Tech - Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
MJP Rohilkhand University
Bareilly 07.2013 - 06.2017
Skills
Strong skills in Go
Work Availability
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