About

Rahul S. is a skilled Backend and Data Engineer with over three years of experience in back-end development and cloud design and implementation on AWS. He holds a bachelor's degree in IT Technology and possesses active listening skills, adaptability, and a passion for learning new technologies. Rahul is proficient in a range of programming/scripting languages, including JavaScript/NodeJs, Python, PHP, Java, and CPP. Currently, Rahul works as an SDE II at Zee5, where he is responsible for developing and maintaining the back-end infrastructure. In his previous role as an SDE I at Zee5, he was part of the Recommendation and AdTech Team. Additionally, he worked as a Product Engineer and was part of the Core Services Team at Zee5 and HiPi - the OTT subsidiaries of the Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited. Rahul has experience in following agile methodologies and implementing the requirements in the core middleware APIs, migrating middleware APIs from a PHP monolith to multiple NodeJs (Express) microservices, and implementing data pipelines on AWS to send live user behavioral data and asset metadata to vendors. He has also optimized API performance with the caching system and authored multiple CRON jobs and Lambda scripts for data cleansing and handling. Rahul's tech stack includes AWS (EC2, API Gateway, Kinesis, S3, SNS, SQS, Lambda, ElasticCache - Redis, ElasticSearch, SageMaker), NodeJS, Express, Python3, PHP, Java, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Solr, Algolia, Coralogix, and Instana. He has a relevant experience of 3.18 years and has a strong educational background, having completed his Engineer’s Degree from KJ Somaiya College of Engineering, Vidyavihar. He also holds a Higher Secondary School Certificate (Science) from K. V. Pendharkar College of Arts, Commerce and Science and a Secondary School Certificate from The S. K. Patil English Medium High School. Overall, Rahul is a highly skilled and motivated Backend and Data Engineer with a passion for learning and implementing new technologies. He is a valuable asset to any team and has a proven track record of delivering high-quality work.