About

Raj Thakur is a highly skilled and experienced Backend Engineer with expertise in System Design, Distributed Systems, Architecture, Kafka, Golang, Java, HLD, LLD, Design Patterns, OpenSearch, and AWS Cloud. Currently, he is working with Amazon as an AWS AI SDE II, where he is responsible for developing and maintaining AI-based systems. Raj has a total of 5.86 years of relevant experience in the tech industry. He has worked with top companies like Amazon and Grab, where he held prominent roles as a Software Development Engineer II and Senior Software Engineer, respectively. At Grab, he led the development of the Settlement Platform, which involved designing and developing core business units for post-payment to SME merchants and payment gateways. He also facilitated international payments and scaled the Settlement Platform from a worker-based system to an event-based system. Raj holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College and has completed a Full Stack Web Development course from Free Code Camp. He is a skilled designer with expertise in AWS, Software Engineering, AI, Backend, Java, Golang, Kafka, Docker, Javascript, MySQL, MongoDB, Spring, Mobile, and Senior Software Engineering. In addition to his technical expertise, Raj is an excellent team player and has a proven track record of helping his peers in design discussions and writing modular codes. He is also skilled in maintaining the resilience and robustness of the system. Overall, Raj Thakur is a highly skilled and experienced Backend Engineer with expertise in System Design, Distributed Systems, and Architecture. He is a valuable asset to any organization and is always willing to go the extra mile to ensure the success of his team and projects.