About

Harshit Budhraja is a skilled and experienced software engineer with a passion for building innovative products that solve real-world problems. With over four years of experience in the retail industry, Harshit has a strong background in backend engineering, micro-services, and distributed scalable architecture. He is also an expert in community building and team leadership, with a proven track record of inspiring and motivating his colleagues to achieve their goals. Currently working as a Software Engineer (API Design) at Postman, Harshit is responsible for building and maintaining the company's API infrastructure. He has also worked as a Software Engineer at BigBasket, where he was responsible for developing and maintaining the company's backend systems. During his time at BigBasket, Harshit gained extensive experience working with technologies such as Node.js, Elasticsearch, Aerospike, MySQL, Apache Kafka, Bash, Python (Django), Vertx.io, RxJava, and React Admin (over React.js). He is also proficient in cloud technologies such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), as well as CI/CD and containerized deployment tools such as Kubernetes, Jenkins, Docker, and Helm. Harshit is a technical speaker and innovation enthusiast, always seeking out new ways to improve his skills and contribute to the tech community. He holds a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Computer Science and Engineering from NIIT and has completed a Nanodegree in Product Management from Udacity. He also holds a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Shiv Nadar University and a Higher Secondary degree from DAV Public School, Nerul. Harshit's technical expertise includes software engineering, Javascript, backend development, AWS, Python, NodeJS, microservices, Kubernetes, Docker, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Jenkins, web development, and Django. He is a highly motivated and dedicated professional with a strong work ethic and a commitment to delivering high-quality results.