HARISH VERMA

Software Development Engineer

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About

Highly accomplished Software Development Engineer with 4+ years of experience in designing, developing, and scaling robust, high-performance distributed systems and microservices. Proven ability to lead E2E platform development, manage technical teams, and deliver significant business outcomes, including sales boosts, cost savings, and operational efficiency, leveraging expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and AWS. Adept at architecting real-time data pipelines and optimizing critical business processes to ensure high reliability and scalability for millions of users.

Work Experience

Software Development Engineer - 2

Birla Pivot | Aditya Birla Group

Jul 2025 - Present

Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN

As Software Development Engineer 2, Harish owns the business-critical Order Service, reliably handling over 1,000 B2B daily orders and improving profit margins by 15% through optimized inventory management.

  • Owned and managed the business-critical Order Service, ensuring high reliability and scalability for over 1,000 B2B daily orders.
  • Spearheaded inventory and Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) management for complex Standalone & Back-to-Back Sales & Purchase Orders, boosting profit margins by 15%.

Software Development Engineer - 1

Birla Pivot | Aditya Birla Group

Nov 2023 - Jun 2025

Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN

As Software Development Engineer 1, Harish led the E2E design and development of a scalable user management and goal tracking platform, driving a 30% sales boost and reducing downtime by 30%.

  • Directed the end-to-end design and development of a scalable platform for role-based user management and goal tracking, overseeing a team of 3 engineers.
  • Architected and implemented a real-time data pipeline using Kafka, Redis, and Spring Boot, delivering over 20 key performance indicators (KPIs) to stakeholders and achieving a 30% sales boost.
  • Automated the bulk ingestion of 45,000+ SKUs across 15+ categories via event-driven pipelines (Kafka + S3), significantly enhancing scalability and streamlining manual catalog operations.
  • Integrated Adobe Magento for efficient product image synchronization, accelerating time-to-market by 40%.
  • Engineered resilient cron job frameworks for product synchronization and monitoring, reducing system downtime by 30%.

Software Development Engineer - 1

Navi

Jul 2022 - Aug 2023

Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN

As Software Development Engineer 1, Harish developed and scaled Tech Operations and Communication platforms for 2M+ users, enhancing SMS delivery rates to 85% and achieving 18% cost savings.

  • Designed and scaled Tech Operations and Communication platforms, supporting over 2 million users through distributed microservices architecture.
  • Implemented a robust retry mechanism, dramatically improving promotional SMS delivery rates from 40% to 85%.
  • Achieved 18% cost savings by directly integrating Airtel-IQ and eliminating reliance on third-party vendors.
  • Developed a Redis-backed dynamic blacklisting service, enhancing compliance and reducing database load.

Education

Computer Science & Engineering

Delhi Technological University

8.28/10.00

Aug 2018 - May 2022

Delhi, Delhi, IN

Courses

  • DSA
  • DBMS
  • OOP
  • Operating Systems
  • Computer Networks

Projects

Financial Assistant

Jun 2025 - Jul 2025

Developed a Personal Finance Assistant leveraging Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, JWT, OCR, Cohere API, and Docker for financial text summarization.

Real-Time Collaborative Document Editor

Jan 2024 - Feb 2024

Built a real-time collaborative editor with Spring Boot (WebSocket/STOMP), React, and QuillJS.

Awards

The Hacker Award

Birla Pivot

Jan 2024

Awarded for leading a team to deliver 7 features within 2 days during the Feature Blitz Event, demonstrating exceptional leadership and rapid development capabilities.

Languages

English

Skills

Languages

  • Java
  • Python
  • C++
  • TypeScript

Technologies & Frameworks

  • Spring Boot
  • Kafka
  • AWS
  • Jenkins
  • JUnit
  • React
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes

Architecture & Design

  • RESTful APIs
  • Event-Driven Architecture
  • Async Messaging
  • HLD & LLD
  • Design Patterns

Databases & Tools

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • Redis
  • MongoDB
  • Git
  • Grafana
  • Kibana
  • Jaeger