Akshay Ghutukade
Senior Software Engineer with more than 7 years of experience. I build fast, secure, and reliable backend systems for financial apps. I am great at making applications run faster,
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Senior Software Engineer with more than 7 years of experience. I build fast, secure, and reliable backend systems for financial apps. I am great at making applications run faster, fixing database speed issues, and using new AI tools to write code quickly.
Experience
Assistant Manager / Senior Software Developer at Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd (2022-06 – Present)
Project: Mo-Investor (Investment & Trading Platform)
- Architected and deployed secure, scalable REST APIs for the core investment onboarding platform, optimized application latency, and supported a frictionless user journey for high-volume transactions.
- Implemented Razorpay and Juspay payment gateways alongside secure banking integrations, establishing resilient callbacks and automated transaction reconciliation to protect critical financial workflows.
- Optimized relational database performance in SQL Server by refactoring complex queries, implementing strategic indexing, and eliminating deadlocks to lower database CPU utilization.
- Accelerated engineering velocity by integrating Amazon Q and Cloud AI tools into daily development workflows for automated code refactoring, rapid prototyping, and unit-test generation.
- Managed end-to-end production support, troubleshooting critical client-facing defects, establishing root cause analyses, and executing zero-downtime releases via PM2.
- Collaborated closely with cross-functional product teams to translate complex financial business logic into robust, maintainable technical designs while enforcing strict code quality standards.
Senior Software Developer at We3.Tech (2020-12 – 2022-06)
Project: Chatbot Automation Platform
- Redesigned chatbot communication pipelines using an asynchronous microservices architecture, improving platform response times under peak traffic conditions.
- Engineered customizable conversational workflows, UI schema visualization elements with mxGraph, and automated configuration architectures to scale third-party enterprise integrations.
- Partnered directly with corporate clients to capture technical specifications and delivered structured, localized deployment code options.
Software Developer at Login Advertising Pvt Ltd (2019-01 – 2020-12)
Project: Insurance Management Portal (Client: UIB)
- Participated in full-lifecycle SDLC executions to scale business-critical web portals tailored for international insurance providers.
- Led a technical pod of 2 developers, establishing codebase tracking metrics, optimizing code review cycles, and acting as a primary liaison for stakeholder requirements.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science – Mumbai University
