BACKEND SOFTWARE ENGINEER · PUNE, INDIA

Backend systems
built for scale.

I design and ship production-grade Java/Spring Boot systems, event-driven services and high-volume integrations — from architecture through production support.

Open to Software Engineer II · Backend opportunities
gaurav@engineering ~
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Gaurav Malik
Backend Software Engineer

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Java / Spring Boot
Kafka / Distributed Systems
AWS / Kubernetes
System Design

$ ship --impact

 5,000+ req/min
 <200ms p99
 100K+ policies
 90% fewer errors
01 / ENGINEERING IMPACT
5K+

requests / min

Sub-200ms p99
100K+

active policies

End-to-end lifecycle
₹3.5L

incremental revenue / day

Digit CPA integration
90%

fewer reconciliation errors

Idempotent settlement
20+

insurers onboarded

15-day compliance deadline
15×

faster builds

Maven → Gradle
02 / CASE STUDIES

How I solve
real problems.

Architecture, trade-offs and measurable outcomes — the engineering story behind the metrics.

01
TURTLEMINT · PLATFORM ENGINEERING

Multi-Insurer KYC Platform

How a config-driven integration layer onboarded 20+ insurers inside a 15-day government deadline without writing new integration code for each insurer.

20+ insurers15 days deadline100% on-time compliance
ClientAPIMappingInsurer
02
TURTLEMINT · EVENT-DRIVEN SYSTEM

Kafka Premium Engine

A real-time calculation pipeline designed for throughput and latency, using Kafka-driven async processing to power revenue-critical flows.

5K+ req/min<200ms p99Kafka async
APIKafkaWorkersQuote
03
TURTLEMINT · FINANCIAL SYSTEM

Idempotent Settlement Pipeline

Standardized quarterly settlements with idempotency, auditability and validation to eliminate repeat-processing errors and reduce reconciliation effort.

90% fewer errorsAudit trailIdempotent processing
InputValidateSettleAudit
04
TURTLEMINT · ASYNC PROCESSING

Kafka PDF Pipeline + DLQ

Moved PDF generation away from synchronous request paths into an asynchronous pipeline with dead-letter handling while meeting a sub-3-minute SLA.

Kafka asyncDLQ retries<3 min SLA
RequestKafkaPDFS3
03 / BUILT OUTSIDE WORK

Selected
projects.

Full-stack products demonstrating API design, authentication, state management and data modeling.

01

MemoryLane

Social platform with posts, image uploads, likes and threaded comments with protected REST APIs.

ReactJS · Node.js · MongoDB · JWT
GitHub ↗
02

StreamVault

Video streaming app with Google OAuth 2.0, JWT session management and protected React routes.

ReactJS · Node.js · OAuth 2.0 · MongoDB
GitHub ↗
03

ShopKart

E-commerce application covering catalogue, cart, order flow and JWT-secured accounts.

ReactJS · Node.js · MongoDB · REST APIs
GitHub ↗
04 / ENGINEERING STACK
01

Backend

Java · Spring Boot · Spring Cloud · Spring Security · REST · Apache Camel · Kafka · Multithreading · Async Processing

02

Data

MySQL · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Redis · Oracle · SQL

03

Cloud & DevOps

AWS EC2 · S3 · IAM · Lambda · Docker · Kubernetes · CI/CD · Prometheus

04

Architecture

Distributed Systems · Event-Driven Architecture · CQRS · DLQ Patterns · System Design

05

Testing

JUnit · Mockito · TDD · Integration · Performance Testing · Postman

06

Frontend

ReactJS · Redux · AngularJS · TypeScript · JavaScript · HTML · CSS · SASS

05 / EXPERIENCE
Aug 2022 — Present

Software Engineer · Turtlemint

Java · Spring Boot · Kafka · AWS · Kubernetes · Microservices

Dec 2021 — Jul 2022

Software Developer Intern · PhysicsWallah

Java · ReactJS · Ionic · JWT · OAuth 2.0

Mar 2021 — Nov 2021

Software Developer Intern · Spectronomy

AngularJS · Google Maps API · Redis

2018 — 2022

B.E. Information Technology · Army Institute of Technology

Pune, India

06 / CONTACT

Have a hard backend
problem? Let's talk.

Open to Software Engineer II / Backend opportunities involving distributed systems, reliability and scale.