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Saurabh Patil

@saurabhpatil1

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Lead Backend Software Engineer building scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems and optimizing cloud costs.

India

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a backend leadership role where I can architect distributed, event-driven systems, improve reliability and data integrity, and drive cloud cost optimization—translating fast-moving product needs into scalable technical architecture, ideally with remote flexibility.

I’m a hands-on architectural leader with 8+ years of experience building and scaling mission-critical distributed systems from the ground up. I’ve designed high-throughput, fault-tolerant infrastructure that handles millions of daily events, combining enterprise rigor with a builder’s mindset.

At Goldman Sachs, I Architected and scaled an event-driven distributed platform handling 2,000,000+ daily transactions with sub-second latency and strict data integrity using Kafka and Java. I lead technical direction for squads of up to 10 engineers, using AI-assisted developer tooling (Copilot, Claude) to accelerate delivery—while strengthening reliability and eliminating single points of failure.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Engineering Lead (VP)

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Goldman Sachs

Jan 2023 - Present (3 years 5 months)

Architected and scaled an event-driven distributed platform handling 2,000,000+ daily transactions with sub-second latency and strict data integrity using Kafka and Java. Led technical direction for up to 10 engineers and improved reliability by eliminating single points of failure across the processing pipeline.

Kafka Java Event Driven Architecture Distributed Systems Microservices Data Integrity Fault Tolerance Prometheus OpenTelemetry

Senior Backend Engineer

Goldman Sachs

Jan 2022 - Dec 2022 (11 months)

Engineered and deployed highly scalable backend services to support high-throughput platforms, ensuring seamless data flow and consistency across distributed databases.

Java Spring Boot Microservices High Throughput Systems System Integration Elasticsearch

Senior Backend Engineer

Barclays

Jul 2018 - Jan 2022 (3 years 6 months)

Led enterprise cloud modernization by migrating legacy infrastructure to AWS, reducing operational computing costs by 30%. Built high-availability backend services for core operations and improved engineering velocity and deployment efficiency through technical discovery and agile delivery practices.

Cloud Migration High Availability Backend Services Distributed Systems System Integration Agile Delivery Docker

Software Development Intern

Amazon A9

Jan 2018 - Jun 2018 (5 months)

Engineered automated fraud-detection pipelines for Android applications to mitigate illegal ad-serving behaviors at scale. Built a continuous scanning system for Chrome extensions to detect and flag unauthorized ad injections, improving platform security and user experience.

Fraud Detection Security Monitoring Continuous Scanning Data Processing