Bhavya Chahal

I have experience in building distributed, high-throughput backend systems in Java and Scala for a large-scale Equities Order Management System that processes billions of orders daily across EMEA and APAC markets.

Core expertise: System design, distributed systems architecture, SQL-based data services, API design, and building resilient microservices for high-volume, low-latency trading environments. I've architected automated test coverage using Scala and JUnit that significantly reduced production incidents, and I've cut mean-time-to-resolution by owning end-to-end investigation of critical production issues and identifying root causes and re-engineering fault-tolerant workflows across Linux/Unix infrastructure supporting FIX protocol trading.

Cross-functional impact: I work directly with traders and business stakeholders to translate ambiguous requirements into production-ready system designs and API contracts, driving technical design discussions that improve workflow efficiency across teams.

AI-augmented engineering: I integrate GitHub Copilot and LLM tools (Claude, ChatGPT) across the development lifecycle, code generation, review, testing, debugging, documentation — which improved my delivery velocity and reduced defect rates by 30%, cutting 40% of manual effort on routine tasks.

Background: B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering (IoT specialization), VIT. Certified in AWS Cloud Practitioner and Google Data Analytics.

What I'm looking for: Backend, distributed systems, or platform engineering roles at companies solving hard scale, reliability, or latency problems where I can deepen my system design expertise and bring strong technical ownership to a high-performing team.