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Shivam Jha

@shivamxj

I'm an experienced Software Engineer based in Bengaluru, In. Looking forward to new opportunities.

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What I'm looking for

Looking for fast paced work environment in order to grow, learn and become a better Engineer involving skills in Backend / Full-Stack Development. Seeking new challenges in the realm of Software Engineering.

Shivam Jha | Backend Software Engineer

Backend Engineer with 4 years of experience engineering resilient distributed systems across GoKwik, Scale AI, Samsung R&D, and Amazon. Focused heavily on System Design, reliability engineering, and high-throughput data processing.

  • Languages & Infra: Go • TypeScript • Node.js (NestJS) • Python • C++ • AWS (Lambda, SQS, EKS) • Docker • Kubernetes • ArgoCD.

  • Data & Messaging: Kafka • Redis • ClickHouse • PostgreSQL • MongoDB • DynamoDB • Database Optimisation.

  • Practices & Security: Event-Driven Architecture • Idempotency/DLQ • SQL-Injection Prevention • PII Encryption.

  • System Design & Practices: Distributed Systems • Reliability Engineering • Production Security (VAPT) • High-level Design • Design Patterns • REST APIs • GraphQL • Websockets

  • AI Tooling: Claude Code • Cursor • Codex • MCP • Gemini • Perplexity.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Gokwik logoGO
Current

Software Engineer - Backend

Gokwik

Aug 2025 - Present (11 months)

• Architected an asynchronous, lossless media-compression pipeline (S3 → SQS → Lambda) in a dedicated kc-media-processor service with
idempotency markers, DLQ-backed retries, and full metadata/header passthrough, compressing images post-upload with zero added upload-API
latency and a >99% compression-success target on eligible files; later extended the same event-driven pattern to video.

Scale AI logoSA

Software Engineer

Dec 2023 - Jun 2025 (1 year 6 months)

Developed and maintained full-stack web applications using React, Next.js, TypeScript, and Go, implementing SSR and API routes to improve performance by 22%. Built RESTful APIs with Node.js/Express and optimized PostgreSQL interactions for large distributed datasets, integrating third-party services and observability with DataDog.

Samsung Electronics logoSE

Software Engineer

Mar 2023 - Dec 2023 (9 months)

Implemented React Web-Chat for 10,000+ users, cutting response time by 20%.
Revamped backend with Node.js, Socket.IO, Express, saving $1,800/month, boosting performance by 30%.
Orchestrated Docker, Kubernetes deployment, saving 40%, ensuring 98% uptime, handling 3x peak traffic.
Enhanced security with Bcrypt, JWT, OAuth, reducing unauthorized access by 95%, and upgraded encryption to Libsodium.

Amazon logoAM

Software Development Engineer Intern

Jan 2022 - Jul 2022 (6 months)

- Cut computation time by 96-97% for large datasets (2-5 Petabytes).
- Raised Amazon’s Data Quality Standards, saving $2,500/month.
- Optimized services with team of 7 using React, Java, Typescript, Python.
- Streamlined Data Quality Standards/Statistics calculation with Ray, upgraded data accessibility with Amazon DynamoDB.
- Engineered React-based UI to improve decision-making, user experience.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Lucknow logoIL

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Lucknow

Bachelor of Technology, Information Technology

2018 - 2022

Grade: 8.1 (CGPA)

Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology with coursework in Data Structures and Algorithms, Web Development, DBMS, OS, Computer Networks, and System Design.

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