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SMIT

Backend & Distributed Systems Engineer

// 01 — ABOUT

Software Engineer with 4+ years designing and scaling distributed backend systems in Go and Python on AWS and Kubernetes. Currently at Radiant, building high-throughput event driven pipelines and backend infrastructure. M.S. Computer Science, University at Buffalo. I care about correctness, fault tolerance, and systems that hold together under load.

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DATA FRESHNESS
// 02 — EXPERIENCE
smit@terminus:~/career$ git log --graph --oneline --decorate
*a3f82c1(HEAD → main)[Mar 2026]radiant: fault-tolerant event-driven backend, distributed systems
Radiant
Mar 2026 — PresentPRESENT
Software Engineer
+Designed fault tolerant data ingestion pipelines with idempotency guarantees, exponential backoff, and DLQs, reducing pipeline failures by 30% under peak load.
+Built event-driven backend services in Python and Go processing high volume ERP streams with at least once delivery, improving data freshness SLAs by 40%.
+Implemented horizontally scalable stateless services with distributed locking and consistent hashing, enabling linear throughput scaling across multi node deployments.
+Instrumented distributed services with OpenTelemetry, high-cardinality metrics, and SLO-based alerting, reducing MTTD and MTTR of production failures by 35%.
*7b91de4[Jun 2025]redprint: high-volume API backend, PostgreSQL/Redis data layer
Redprint
Jun 2025 — Mar 2026
Software Engineer
+Built Go and Python backend services handling high-volume API traffic for workout tracking, social feeds, and leaderboard systems, improving request latency by 38%.
+Designed scalable data access layers with PostgreSQL and Redis caching, reducing database load by 45% under peak usage.
+Implemented async workflows and background workers for feed aggregation and analytics, increasing throughput by 2.1×.
+Instrumented services with structured logging, metrics, and tracing, reducing MTTR by 42%.
+Deployed microservices on AWS ECS and Kubernetes with automated CI/CD pipelines.
*2c45a8f[Feb 2024]o9-solutions: supply chain microservices, Kafka/Airflow pipelines, 100k+ DAU
o9 Solutions
Feb 2024 — Aug 2024
Software Development Engineer II
+Developed backend microservices in Python and Node.js powering enterprise supply chain platforms used by 100k+ daily users.
+Designed resilient ingestion pipelines using Kafka and Airflow, improving data freshness SLAs by 50%.
+Optimized API endpoints and database queries, cutting p95 latency by 35% across core services.
+Reduced production incidents by 28% through improved service reliability and rollout safety.
*9e17fa3[Feb 2022]o9-solutions: enterprise backend APIs, rate-limiting, Redis caching, 100+ deployments
o9 Solutions
Feb 2022 — Feb 2024
Software Development Engineer
+Built and maintained Python-based backend services supporting internal supply planning tools across 100+ enterprise deployments.
+Designed scalable APIs backed by PostgreSQL, Redis, and S3, improving system throughput by 40%.
+Hardened high traffic APIs with token bucket rate limiting, idempotency keys, and exponential backoff, preventing cascading failures by 30% during peak traffic.
+Added Redis-based caching and query optimizations to hot paths, reducing DB p95 latency by 40%.
*4d6c8b2[Jul 2020]tegasys-solutions: Go backend APIs, SLO monitoring, alerting pipelines
Tegasys Solutions
Jul 2020 — Feb 2022
Software Engineer
+Developed backend APIs in Go supporting internal business workflows, improving response times by 33%.
+Designed SLO-based service monitoring with high-cardinality metrics and structured logs, reducing MTTD of production failures by 45%.
+Built monitoring and alerting pipelines to track service health and data correctness, reducing operational issues by 25%.
Education
M.S. Computer Science & Engineering
University at Buffalo, SUNY
Aug 2024 — Dec 2025
B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering
IIIT Pune
Aug 2018 — Aug 2022
// 03 — PROJECTS
01
CHRONO
Go · Redis · Distributed Systems · Open Source
02
Redis clone
Python · Redis · AWS · In-Memory Store
03
Pablo-s-Therapy
Python · LangGraph · React Native · Agents
04
PulseLog
SwiftUI · SwiftData · Swift Charts · OSLog · os_signpost · URLCache
// 04 — TECH STACK
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Languages

Go · Python · Java · TypeScript · SQL · Bash

Backend

gRPC · FastAPI · Node.js · REST APIs · Microservices

Data & Storage

PostgreSQL · Redis · Kafka · Cassandra · OpenSearch · S3

Cloud & Infra

AWS · Kubernetes · Docker · Helm · GitHub Actions

Observability

OpenTelemetry · Distributed Tracing · Structured Logging

// 05 — CONTACT
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