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Vishal Agrawal

@vishalagrawal

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Backend engineer specializing in high-scale distributed systems, microservices, and AI-powered backend automation.

Zimbabwe

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What I'm looking for

I seek backend or platform roles where I can design scalable distributed systems, improve observability and performance, lead small teams, and apply AI automation to reduce operational costs.

I am a Backend Engineer with 6+ years building high-scale distributed systems using Java, Kotlin, and Spring Boot, focused on microservices, high-throughput APIs, and distributed data systems.

I have driven measurable operational and performance improvements: reducing MTTR by ~80% with AI automation, cutting CPU and I/O usage through caching and query optimizations, and implementing architectures that support thousands of RPS and millions of records per day.

I lead small cross-functional teams to deliver resilient, low-latency services and observability upgrades, and I design scalable systems for archival, real-time data delivery, and AI-driven pipelines that improve product relevance and developer productivity.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Software Development Engineer II

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Syfe (Svava Technologies Pvt. Ltd.)

Aug 2025 - Present (7 months)

Reduced MTTR ~80% via custom Claude Code automation integrating Datadog MCP and internal KB; optimized caching and queries to cut CPU by 28% and I/O by 65%, and built scalable archival and WebSocket-based market-data delivery supporting 100K+ users.

Java Kotlin Spring Boot WebSockets Datadog AWS Distributed Systems AI Automation

Senior Software Engineer

PharmEasy

Dec 2021 - Aug 2025 (3 years 8 months)

Led engineering teams to build AI-powered pipelines and a unified returns service, cutting manual effort 93% and delivering a subscription framework with <50ms latency and <0.02% error rate while achieving zero downtime for 6 months.

Java Kotlin Spring Boot Microservices Observability SQL Event Driven Architecture High Throughput Systems CI CD

Associate Software Engineer II

Optum Global Solutions

Jul 2019 - Dec 2021 (2 years 5 months)

Improved API performance ~90% through parallelization and query optimization and migrated monolithic flows to microservices to improve maintainability.

Java Spring Microservices Performance Optimization SQL REST APIs CI CD