About

Arun Prabhakaran is a Technical Architect at Zupee, where he is currently designing the backend architecture for a global consumer product. With over 7 years of relevant experience, Arun is an experienced Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working with Samsung. He is skilled in Python, Node, C++, and Erlang, and is a strong engineering professional who graduated from IIT Bombay. Prior to joining Zupee, Arun worked as Lead Backend Architect at Houm, where he led and designed the full backend architecture, implemented microservice architecture, and implemented PCIDSS complaint payment application integrating payment gateway using PHP. He also implemented Django based domain registrar using EPP protocol, patched Erlang based open source library (Erl-DNS, Couchdb) for internal use, and worked on CouchDb(a document based database) and patched open source microservice that acts as a replication target for PouchDb(mobile) and other CouchDb clients. Arun is an expert in Kubernetes for AWS and Gcloud. Arun began his career as a Software Engineer at Samsung, where he worked on various projects such as FHD Smart TV Evolution Kit and Speech Engine Optimization. He analyzed Kaldi, a speech recognition toolkit, and helped fix more than 200 issues related to Tuner and HDMI (video). Arun holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He also completed Intermediate from JNV Bangalore and Matriculation from 42. Arun's tech stack includes Python, Javascript, Mobile, Backend, Microservices, AWS, PHP, Kubernetes, NodeJS, RabbitMQ, Redis, Integration, ML, MySQL, NoSQL, Web, Django, Big Data, test, Docker, and Computer Vision. Arun is a Senior Software Engineer with a passion for designing and implementing scalable and robust solutions.