Scalability | Cloud Computing | Microservices | API Security 📫 naman.lashkari@gmail.com • 🌐 Website • 🔗 LinkedIn • 🐙 GitHub

Software Engineer with a strong foundation in building scalable services and distributed systems. I focus on performance, observability, and clean architecture across large-scale microservices platforms.

• Backend-first developer experienced in Java, Python, TypeScript, and Lua
• Proven track record at Wayfair, Slice, and Cisco—leading system design, infra migrations, and API gateway extensions
• Hands-on with Kong Gateway, Terraform, Kafka, Kubernetes, and full CI/CD automation

• Languages: Java, Python, TypeScript, Lua
• Frameworks: Spring Boot, NestJS, Kong
• Cloud & Infra: AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Jenkins
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL
• Architecture: Microservices, Event-Driven Systems, IaC, Fault Tolerance, Distributed Caching

Senior Software Engineer — Wayfair 📍 Bengaluru, India | Nov 2023 – Present

• Built a scalable delete pipeline handling 100k+ daily requests, reducing errors by 60%
• Owned SDLC for Fintech record updates and Cart & Checkout services
• Architected data pipelines to reduce latency by 40%
• Led Terraform changes for infra efficiency, authored detailed tech docs, and collaborated with Google for performance boosts

Software Engineer II — Slice 📍 Bengaluru, India | Aug 2022 – Oct 2023

• Led CKYC compliance for 150k+ customers; reduced processing time by 40%
• Migrated services from ECS to EKS, saving $1.5K annually
• Built video KYC flows using Kafka and NestJS; mentored 2 interns (100% conversion)
• Tuned MongoDB storage for 13M+ records, improving query performance by 40%

Software Engineer II — Cisco 📍 Bengaluru, India | Aug 2019 – Aug 2022

• Enhanced custom Kong plugins for real-time health checks
• Reduced deployment time by 30% via K8s and Docker automation
• Led intern onboarding, technical sessions, and 100+ code reviews to raise quality
• Mentored 4 interns (100% full-time conversion)

Software Intern — Cisco (San Jose, US) 📍 Jan 2019 – Jul 2019

• Resolved 300+ Jira tickets in 3 days; improved onboarding and support efficiency
• Collaborated across Ops and Dev teams to speed up issue resolution

• YoutubeToSpotifyPlaylist – Automates YouTube-to-Spotify playlist syncing
• CloudOps Platform – Terraform-based infra automation for multi-cloud setups
• Custom Kong Plugins – Lua-based monitoring and API security tooling
• E-commerce Microservices – Built on Spring Boot, Kafka, and DDD patterns
• DataInsight – Big data analytics with Spark, Airflow, and D3.js

• 1st place – Wayfair Hackathon: Built a search service cutting address lookup costs by 35%
• Mountain View Hackathon: Built and deployed full-stack services across monolith and strangled models
• Developed a Release Manager tool reducing deployment errors by 25%
• Led dependency graph porting with Google, improving dev efficiency by 20%

B.E. in Information Technology Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (2015–2019)

Certifications:

• Kong Gateway Foundations – Kong Inc. (2024)
• Kong Gateway Operations – Kong Inc. (2024)
• Google Cloud Architect (In Progress)
• ELK Stack (2020)