About

Sumit Kumar is an experienced software engineer with a strong background in backend technologies, algorithms, problem-solving, and hands-on experience in Play framework, Java, MySQL, NoSQL, graph db, Rails, and Android. He is currently working as an SDE-IV at Meesho, a leading Indian social commerce platform. Sumit has a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He has over 9 years of relevant experience in the computer software industry, with a demonstrated history of working in various roles and projects. In his previous role as a Senior Software Engineer at Kiwi, Sumit designed and developed the backend in Play framework to support features like web-games, user-created gameshows, live stream gameshows, and Android and iOS apps to support real-time gameplay and automated dynamic question selection. He also developed an in-house bi-analytics framework and bi-dashboard to track all app events in real-time. Sumit has also developed a backend framework and features for web-based multiplayer arcade games, browse and stream support for native Android and iOS apps, and an automated adaptive level-based live user game infrastructure. In his previous role as a Software Engineer at Apus, Sumit developed the ACE Camera android app, which reached over two million downloads in three months of release. He also developed multiple features on camera hardware and OpenGL and developed a Filter SDK app, which creates filters for images in real-time based on OpenGL. Sumit has also worked on beauty and other features at Apus HQ in Beijing for ACE camera Android app. Sumit's technical skills include Software Engineering, Backend, Android, iOS, Web, Java, Infra, MySQL, NoSQL, AWS, Research Scientist, Microservices, Mobile, and C. He is a strong engineering professional with a proven track record of delivering successful projects.