Event Ingest Platform
Kafka · Spring Boot · Postgres
High-availability pipeline for ingesting and processing millions of events per day with schema evolution and replay support.
Shrutosom Bala
Backend Developer — building reliable APIs, scalable services & data pipelines.
I design and implement robust server-side systems using Java / Spring Boot, Node.js, and SQL/NoSQL databases. I focus on clean architecture, observability, and predictable performance at scale.
Skills
Core backend & adjacent skills
- Java
- Node.js
- Databases
- CI / CD
- Security
- Observability
Experience
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Senior Backend Engineer — Acme Systems
Led design of a high-throughput event ingestion pipeline (Kafka) and implemented microservices in Spring Boot. Improved end-to-end latency and reduced failure rate using canary deployments and better observability.
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Backend Developer — DataForge
Built RESTful APIs, migrated monolith to services, and modelled relational schemas for analytics workloads. Introduced automated testing and codified infra as CI pipelines.
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Software Engineer — DevStart
Worked on backend features, database performance tuning, and real-time messaging integrations for customer-facing products.
Education
- B.Tech — Computer Science, XYZ University — 2012–2016
- Cert: Cloud Architecture (Coursera) — 2021
- Cert: Advanced SQL & Database Design — 2018
Projects
Invoice Processor
Node.js · Serverless · MongoDB
Serverless microservice that normalises vendor invoices and triggers downstream accounting workflows.
Metrics Collector
Go · Prometheus · Docker
Lightweight exporter for internal metrics and auto-scaling signals used across internal services.
Contact
Email, GitHub, LinkedIn