Kushal Kumar
SDE & DevOps
Work Experience
Apr 2024 - Present
Oct 2023 - Apr 2024
Software Engineer
Webdenso

- Engineered orders & payments system with schema, using PostgreSQL in microservices with atomic transactions – boosting online purchase fault tolerance by 99% with retry function
- Architected Mongoose aggregation pipelines with gzip – reducing API size to 3kB from 15MB
- Optimized data search algorithm using trie and redis cache – upgrading filters and querying by 85% (600ms)
- Implemented NGINX load balancing and cluster module, improving horizontal scaling up to 30K users per node
- Automated AWS provisioning with Terraform and CI/CD build checks – boosting team productivity by 32%
- Designed media asset system with S3 bucket and CloudFront, reducing page TBT by 1.1s
Software Engineer
The MantraMugdh

- Responsible for clients' backend and API maintenance and infrequent UI requirements
- Proposed and performed project migration from JavaScript to TypeScript – resulting in 80% faster debug time
- Optimized clients’ SQL schemas via normalization, indexing and caching – benefiting query speeds by 17%
- Migrated databases from MySQL to Docker Azure – data availability reaching 99% uptime, remote work on updated data using secure shell – reduced security threats by 40%
- Created responsive frontend in Next.js and Tailwind CSS – decreasing render blocking time by 400ms
Projects
Skills
Languages:
C++
TypeScript
GoLang
Python
Everyday Tools:
Docker
Linux
Git
Cloud and DevOps
Cloud:
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Microsoft Azure
DevOps:
Apache Kafka
NGINX
Grafana
Terraform
Automation:
Ansible
Jenkins
GitHub Actions
Development
Frontend:
Next.js
React.js
Tailwind CSS
Astro
Backend:
GoLang
Nest.js
Express
Node.js
Flask
Databases:
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Redis
MongoDB
Miscellaneous
Multimedia and Art:
Photoshop
Blender
Premiere Pro
Discord:
Discord bots
Server management
Soft Skills:
Critical Thinking
Optimization
Fluent Communication
Adaptability
Education
2020 - 2023
BS Computer Science
St. Xavier's College

- CGPA 8.65/10
- Rank holder in final year with 9.4 SGPA (Web 99%, Algos 94%)
- Winner of Data Science department inter-college DSA competition: Eureka
Achievements
Others
Jul 2023 - Feb 2024
Jul 2023 - Sep 2023
Feb 2022 - Apr 2023
Node.js Instructor
BrightCHAMPS

- Conducted training sessions of Node.js, ensuring clear understanding of asynchronous programming, server-side development and cache fundamentals for the US and Canada students.
- Assisted in building RESTful APIs, integrating MySQL and hosting the server on Vercel.
Software Engineer Internship
The MantraMugdh

- Optimized clients’ SQL schemas using normalization, hash indexing and caching – benefiting query speeds by 27%.
- Developed responsive frontend components in Next.js with Tailwind CSS – decreasing render blocking time by 400ms.
Bot Developer
Discord Commissions

- Enhanced bot server scalability by decomposing existing monolithic architecture into microservices and integrating RabbitMQ for an event-driven processing workflow.
- Responsible for debugging and testing cycles, ensuring smooth auto-deployments using GitHub Webhooks.