About

Rakesh Agarwal is a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with over 7 years of experience in the field. He is currently working at Walmart Global Tech India as a Senior Software Engineer, where he manages the GraphQL Gateway project. This API gateway uses Apollo Federation to manage providers and support GraphQL queries. Rakesh is responsible for participating in the full development life cycle, from specification to design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance. He also writes plugins to support gateway functionalities and improves infrastructure for smooth onboarding of providers. His skills include Node.js, TypeScript, Apollo Federation, and GraphQL. Before joining Walmart, Rakesh worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Paytm, where he participated in the full development life cycle of the Recharges and Bill Payments and PAYOUT projects. He developed features for smooth recharges flow for consumers and developed metrics analysis of the system. He also developed the report generation for prepaid merchants and improved the commission lifecycle for revenue generation. His skills include Node.js, Mocha, Express, MongoDB, Kafka, Redis, and Java. Rakesh also worked as a Software Engineer at Cisco, where he developed business logic in Node.js and middleware for the INFINITE BROADCAST project. He followed Agile practices and provided healthy and faster releases. His skills include Node.js, Python, C, Express, and MongoDB. Rakesh holds a Master of Engineering in Software System from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, and a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Engineering from the University College of Engineering, Kota. His tech stack includes Software Engineering, JavaScript, testing, NodeJS, TypeScript, MongoDB, Kafka, infra, RabbitMQ, Elastic Search, Redis, Python, UI, and CI/CD. Rakesh is actively looking for an opportunity that provides intellectually challenging work in the field of computers, providing and enriching his knowledge. With his extensive experience and skills, he would be a valuable addition to any team.