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Palak User

@palakuser5

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I build scalable Java backend platforms for advertising, finance, and travel products.

India

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At Wayfair, I architect and scale Java microservices for Supplier Advertising, supporting real-time sponsored-product bidding, campaign execution, and ad delivery. I built services for 60K+ live campaigns and an ad recommendation engine that drove $3M in annual ad revenue.

Previously, I delivered cloud-native financial workflow services at FICO and airline reservation APIs at Amadeus Labs. I work across Java, Spring Boot, distributed data systems, REST, gRPC, GraphQL, and production observability.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Software Development Engineer II

Current

Wayfair

Sep 2024 - Present (2 years 1 month)

Architected and scaled distributed Java microservices for Wayfair's Supplier Advertising platform, supporting real-time sponsored products bidding and campaign execution. Improved bid-recommendation adoption from 15% to 40% and drove $3M annual ad revenue.

Java Microservices PostgreSQL Aerospike Kafka Redis GraphQL Datadog Distributed Systems System Design

Software Development Engineer II

FICO

Jun 2023 - Sep 2024 (1 year 3 months)

Built a cloud-native platform for dynamic data model design and schema generation across multiple databases. Designed and delivered REST and gRPC APIs using Java and Spring Boot, and developed backend services for automated loan decisioning.

Java Spring Boot REST gRPC Microservices Cloud Computing BPMN API Design

Software Development Engineer

Amadeus Labs

Aug 2020 - Jun 2023 (2 years 10 months)

Developed backend services and RESTful APIs using Java and Spring Boot for the Altéa Reservation Desktop Web platform. Contributed to a global airline reservation platform used by approximately 100 airlines worldwide.

Java Spring Boot REST Angular Backend Development APIs

Software Development Engineer Intern

Amadeus Labs

Jan 2020 - May 2020 (4 months)

Developed a Django-based tool to replicate production data into test environments for development and QA teams. Automated test data preparation, improving developer productivity and reducing manual setup effort.

Django Python Test Data Management Automation