Open to work · SDE, Forward Deployed & AI Engineer roles · New York, open to relocate

Shreyas
Bhakta

Software Engineer /

I build the backend that moves money and the AI agents that do real work. 6 years shipping production systems: payment infrastructure embedded with HDFC Bank, checkout APIs carrying 6,000+ transactions a day at SIXT, and now deployed agentic platforms on LangGraph and Claude.

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About Me

I ship systems that
hold up in production.

I'm a backend and agentic AI engineer with 6 years of building software and 3+ years owning production systems in fintech and mobility. I like the whole job: sitting with the client, designing the architecture, writing the code and being on call for it.

At Vymo I was embedded with HDFC Bank, designed their payment aggregator from scratch and led 5 engineers to ship it, unlocking 90% of their collection suite and cutting API latency by 40%. At SIXT R&D I built the checkout APIs and Kafka pipelines behind 6,000+ daily transactions and took test coverage from near zero to 80%.

Now I build agents that do real work. Trailmarked learns legacy banking UIs once and replays them without an LLM in the loop, and CareerReboot runs my own job search with a team of LangGraph agents. I finished my M.Eng at Stevens with a 4.0 GPA and I'm looking for SDE, Forward Deployed and AI Engineer roles, anywhere in the US.

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Penetration Testing & IR Cyber Security Essentials MITRE ATT&CK Agile Coach Responsive Web Dev
Java Spring Boot Python Node.js Apache Kafka Docker Kubernetes AWS MongoDB Redis PostgreSQL React Kotlin JavaScript Git Firebase Java Spring Boot Python Node.js Apache Kafka Docker Kubernetes AWS MongoDB Redis PostgreSQL React Kotlin JavaScript Git Firebase

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Work
Experience

Vymo — Fintech SaaS, Series C Sep 2023 → Jan 2025

Member of Technical Staff

Java Spring Boot Microservices HDFC Bank Prometheus Agile
  • Reduced end-to-end API latency by 40% by profiling and eliminating redundant inter-module calls, applying request-level caching and DB query optimization across the Java/Spring Boot microservices stack.
  • Unlocked 90% of collection features for HDFC Bank by architecting and integrating a payment aggregator module, enabling real-time payment processing and reconciliation at scale.
  • Led a cross-functional team of 5 engineers to design and deliver a settlement module in close collaboration with HDFC Bank stakeholders, delivered on schedule using Agile/Scrum.
  • Improved system observability with Prometheus-based monitoring, reducing mean time to detect (MTTD) production incidents by 30%.
SIXT R&D, Global Mobility / Car Rental Tech Mar 2022 → Jul 2023

Software Development Engineer

Java Kafka Redis JUnit SonarQube REST APIs
  • Boosted Digital Checkout Service adaptability from 2% to 6%, enabling 6,000+ daily checkouts, by developing RESTful APIs with dynamic configuration in a microservices architecture.
  • Cut API response time to under 300 ms by implementing request-level caching with Redis, reducing downstream service load significantly.
  • Reduced service-level latency by 30–40% by implementing Apache Kafka funnels for asynchronous tracking and configurable validation chaining.
  • Raised unit and integration test coverage to 80% using JUnit and Mockito; integrated SonarQube for continuous code quality enforcement.
Brane Enterprises, Enterprise Technology Solutions Jul 2021 → Dec 2021

Platform Security & Development Engineer

Penetration Testing Metasploit OWASP DevSecOps CI/CD
  • Identified 11 security vulnerabilities through manual penetration testing and automated scanning (Metasploit, Wireshark), reducing platform attack surface by 50–60%.
  • Implemented DevSecOps practices including automated SAST/DAST scans in the CI/CD pipeline, integrating OWASP guidelines into the SDLC.
  • Delivered a comprehensive security assessment report with remediation recommendations adopted by the engineering leadership team.
JSW Pvt Ltd & Schaffen Softwares Aug 2020 → May 2021

Android App Developer

Kotlin Android Firebase
  • Developed a Kotlin-based internal Android application for JSW employee service access, achieving a 70% reduction in access latency over the legacy system.
  • Built a Kotlin utility app at Schaffen Softwares with QR code generation, scanning, and text translation; promoted within 3 months for delivery quality.

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Education

Master of Engineering

Stevens Institute of Technology

Engineering Management · Hoboken, NJ, USA
Coursework: System Design, Product Management, Engineering Economics, Agile Project Leadership, Decision Analysis

2025
—26

Graduated May 2026

Bachelor of Engineering

Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering

Information Science & Engineering · Bengaluru, India
Coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms, DBMS, Operating Systems, Computer Networks, Machine Learning, Software Engineering

2018
—22

Graduated Jun 2022

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Recent MEng graduate, ready to join a team immediately. Open to SDE / SDE-2 roles in backend, cloud-native, or AI-integrated systems, open to relocate.

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shreyasbhakta@gmail.com