Shivam Kasoudhan
@shivamkasoudhan
Backend software engineer building scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems.
What I'm looking for
I’m a Backend Software Engineer with 2+ years of experience building scalable, fault-tolerant backend systems across payments, refunds, booking workflows, and distributed services. I focus on clean API design, performance optimization, and event-driven reliability—so systems stay dependable under real traffic and failure scenarios.
At Ixigo, I improved refund reliability by building a platform to detect, retry, and resolve pending/failed refunds using SLA tracking, retry metadata, and idempotent state handling. I designed Redis-backed asynchronous callback processing, built a multi-tenant offer orchestration platform, reduced database load by 60% with route discovery APIs (K-shortest path + Redis-cached graph data), and automated financial reconciliation processing 100K+ records daily.
Previously at Policybazaar, I engineered scalable .NET Core insurance backend services used by 150K+ agents, improved plan listing performance by 3x, and reduced debugging time by 30% and downtime by 40% through real-time monitoring and anomaly detection. I’m also comfortable shipping with AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes, and I enjoy turning complex operational problems into measurable product outcomes.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Built a platform to detect, retry, and resolve pending or failed refunds using SLA tracking and automated initiation with CX escalation workflows across refund categories. Designed Redis-backed asynchronous callback processing with idempotent state handling to improve reliability of event-driven workflows.
Software Engineer 1
Policybazaar
Jun 2024 - Oct 2025 (1 year 4 months)
Engineered scalable .NET Core backend services for insurance workflows used by 150K+ agents, owning design, development, deployment, and production support. Improved performance and reliability by building REST APIs for plan workflows and implementing monitoring and anomaly detection pipelines.
Software Engineer Intern
Proactive for Her
Mar 2024 - May 2024 (2 months)
Built an AI-powered Google Business auto-reply bot to reduce manual responses using Dialogflow and Cloud Functions. Developed SQL-based Metabase dashboards and supported database operations to surface business insights.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech), Electronics and Communication Engineering
2020 - 2024
Activities and societies: IXI Premio at Ixigo; Rising Star and Titan of Technology at Policybazaar; Codeforces Specialist (max 1690) and LeetCode Knight (1900+).
B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad from 2020 to 2024.
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