NILMANI PRASHANT
Bengaluru
Summary
Senior Backend Engineer with a strong background in architecting scalable systems that process millions of events daily. Successfully executed zero-downtime migrations and optimized high-performance microservices, driving operational excellence and ensuring service availability under peak loads.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Engineer (Senior Engineer)
ANZ
Bengaluru, India
04.2023 - Current
- Led end-to-end architecture and low-level design of horizontally scalable consumers and stream processors handling millions of events per day.
- Designed and implemented real-time, fault-tolerant streaming pipelines using Kafka, Pub/Sub, and Google Dataflow, processing terabytes of data daily with zero downtime.
- Built high-performance microservices in Java and Go, achieving millisecond-level latency under high concurrency.
- Successfully migrated production applications, databases, and messaging queues to a new data center with zero downtime, ensuring uninterrupted service availability.
- Led the migration of an OpenShift-hosted application to GCP by re-architecting the messaging layer from Apache Kafka to Google Cloud Pub/Sub.
- Collaborated with cross functional teams to support day to day operations and ensure smooth execution of tasks.
- Mentored junior engineers, reviewed designs and code, and resolved critical technical issues, facilitating on-time project delivery.
- Developed a tool to streamline automation testing for OpenShift-based consumer applications.
SDE Consultant (Backend)
Flipkart
Bengaluru, India
07.2021 - 03.2023
- I was Working as SDE consultant at promotion team of Flipkart
- Led end to end backend development, from requirement gathering to production deployment.
- Enhanced the performance and scalability of an existing API serving 150K RPS during peak load.
- Designed and implemented a new intent creation feature that significantly improved engineering efficiency by eliminating a critical bottleneck through a dedicated processing path.
- Managed database infrastructure operations, provisioning new replica nodes and executing master replica failover/switchover procedures to maintain high availability.
- Executed zero downtime datacenter migration by planning, validating, and orchestrating service cutover with minimal operational risk.
Software Engineer
Kantar Analytics(Formely Analytics Quotient)
Bengaluru
05.2019 - 06.2021
- Designed and developed REST endpoints for microservices, improving system integration.
- Created a resumable upload API to enhance user experience during file transfers.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to clarify project requirements and ensure deliverables alignment.
- Contributed to product development for Olympus.
Software Engineer
Tech Mahindra
Bengaluru
02.2017 - 04.2019
- Developed REST endpoint using JAX-RS to support application requirements
- Optimized SQL queries to improve database performance
- Collaborated with British Telecom to enhance Customer Quote Management application functionality
Education
B.Tech - Mechanical Engineering
Swami Keshvanand Institute of Technology, Management & Gramothan(SKIT)
Jaipur07-2016
Skills
- Java and Go
- Python programming
- Kafka and Google Pub/Sub
- Spring Boot framework
- Docker and Kubernetes
- GCP cloud services
- MySQL database management
- Cassandra and Redis
- Data structures and algorithms
- High-level design (HLD)
- Low-level design (LLD)
- RAG analysis
- Large language models (LLM)
Hobbies and Interests
- Software and Product Development
- Designing Systems
- Business Interactions
Timeline
Software Engineer (Senior Engineer)
ANZ
04.2023 - Current
SDE Consultant (Backend)
Flipkart
07.2021 - 03.2023
Software Engineer
Kantar Analytics(Formely Analytics Quotient)
05.2019 - 06.2021
Software Engineer
Tech Mahindra
02.2017 - 04.2019
B.Tech - Mechanical Engineering
Swami Keshvanand Institute of Technology, Management & Gramothan(SKIT)