Masters of Engineering Graduate · New York City · Open to Relocate

Shreyas
Bhakta

Backend Engineer /

Backend engineer with 3+ years building scalable distributed systems across fintech & mobility. Recent MEng graduate from Stevens Institute of Technology, ready to contribute to high-performance backend, cloud-native, or AI-integrated teams.

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About Me
Shreyas Bhakta

Engineer who builds systems
that actually scale.

Backend engineer with 3+ years designing distributed systems for fintech and mobility. I specialize in high-performance APIs, event-driven architectures, and payment infrastructure that operates reliably at production scale.

At Vymo, I led a 5-engineer team to deliver collections and settlement systems for HDFC Bank, cutting latency by 40% and unlocking 90% of planned payment capabilities. At SIXT R&D, I built Kafka-driven microservices supporting 6,000+ daily checkouts and drove test coverage to 80%.

Recent Master of Engineering graduate from Stevens Institute of Technology, with coursework in system design, product strategy, and engineering leadership. Actively seeking SDE / SDE-2 roles in backend, cloud-native, or AI-integrated systems, open to relocate.

Penetration Testing & IR Cyber Security Essentials MITRE ATT&CK Agile Coach Responsive Web Dev
Java Spring Boot Python Node.js Apache Kafka Docker Kubernetes AWS MongoDB Redis PostgreSQL React Kotlin JavaScript Git Firebase Java Spring Boot Python Node.js Apache Kafka Docker Kubernetes AWS MongoDB Redis PostgreSQL React Kotlin JavaScript Git Firebase
Languages Backend Cloud & DevOps Databases AI / GenAI Security & QA
// Languages
Java Python JavaScript (ES6+) Kotlin C++ SQL Bash HTML5 / CSS3
// Backend & APIs
Spring Boot Node.js Express.js RESTful API Design Microservices Apache Kafka Event-Driven Systems gRPC GraphQL JWT / OAuth 2.0
// Cloud & DevOps
AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda) GCP Docker Kubernetes Jenkins CI/CD Pipelines Prometheus Grafana SonarQube
// Databases & Messaging
PostgreSQL MongoDB Redis MySQL Firebase ScyllaDB RabbitMQ ETL Pipelines
// AI & GenAI
LangChain LlamaIndex RAG Pipelines Pinecone FAISS OpenAI API Hugging Face Prompt Engineering
// Security & QA
JUnit / Jest Mockito TDD (80%+ Coverage) OWASP Guidelines DevSecOps Metasploit Wireshark SAST / DAST SSL / TLS Postman / Swagger

Career

Work
Experience

Vymo — Fintech SaaS, Series C Sep 2023 → Jan 2025

Member of Technical Staff

Java Spring Boot Microservices HDFC Bank Prometheus Agile
  • Reduced end-to-end API latency by 40% by profiling and eliminating redundant inter-module calls, applying request-level caching and DB query optimization across the Java/Spring Boot microservices stack.
  • Unlocked 90% of collection features for HDFC Bank by architecting and integrating a payment aggregator module, enabling real-time payment processing and reconciliation at scale.
  • Led a cross-functional team of 5 engineers to design and deliver a settlement module in close collaboration with HDFC Bank stakeholders, delivered on schedule using Agile/Scrum.
  • Improved system observability with Prometheus-based monitoring, reducing mean time to detect (MTTD) production incidents by 30%.
SIXT R&D, Global Mobility / Car Rental Tech Mar 2022 → Jul 2023

Software Development Engineer

Java Kafka Redis JUnit SonarQube REST APIs
  • Boosted Digital Checkout Service adaptability from 2% to 6%, enabling 6,000+ daily checkouts, by developing RESTful APIs with dynamic configuration in a microservices architecture.
  • Cut API response time to under 300 ms by implementing request-level caching with Redis, reducing downstream service load significantly.
  • Reduced service-level latency by 30–40% by implementing Apache Kafka funnels for asynchronous tracking and configurable validation chaining.
  • Raised unit and integration test coverage to 80% using JUnit and Mockito; integrated SonarQube for continuous code quality enforcement.
Brane Enterprises, Enterprise Technology Solutions Jul 2021 → Dec 2021

Platform Security & Development Engineer

Penetration Testing Metasploit OWASP DevSecOps CI/CD
  • Identified 11 security vulnerabilities through manual penetration testing and automated scanning (Metasploit, Wireshark), reducing platform attack surface by 50–60%.
  • Implemented DevSecOps practices including automated SAST/DAST scans in the CI/CD pipeline, integrating OWASP guidelines into the SDLC.
  • Delivered a comprehensive security assessment report with remediation recommendations adopted by the engineering leadership team.
JSW Pvt Ltd & Schaffen Softwares Aug 2020 → May 2021

Android App Developer

Kotlin Android Firebase
  • Developed a Kotlin-based internal Android application for JSW employee service access, achieving a 70% reduction in access latency over the legacy system.
  • Built a Kotlin utility app at Schaffen Softwares with QR code generation, scanning, and text translation; promoted within 3 months for delivery quality.

Work

Featured Projects

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Academic

Education

Master of Engineering

Stevens Institute of Technology

Engineering Management · Hoboken, NJ, USA
Coursework: System Design, Product Management, Engineering Economics, Agile Project Leadership, Decision Analysis

2025
—26

Graduated May 2026

Bachelor of Engineering

Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering

Information Science & Engineering · Bengaluru, India
Coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms, DBMS, Operating Systems, Computer Networks, Machine Learning, Software Engineering

2018
—22

Graduated Jun 2022

Get In Touch

Let's Build
Together.

Recent MEng graduate, ready to join a team immediately. Open to SDE / SDE-2 roles in backend, cloud-native, or AI-integrated systems, open to relocate.

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