Akshita

Backend engineer with 1+ year of experience building scalable microservices using FastAPI and PostgreSQL, with hands-on experience in AI systems including RAG pipelines, LLM integration (Gemini), and real-time streaming APIs. Delivered 50+ RESTful APIs with JWT auth, multi-tier RBAC, async sessions, and 80%+ Pytest coverage across production systems.

Associate Software Engineer at TechAhead (2025-02 – 2026-03)

Backend engineer building scalable microservices with FastAPI and PostgreSQL

• Built 50+ REST APIs across microservices; improved average response time by 25% via query optimization.
• Architected JWT auth with multi-tier RBAC (Super Admin, Sub Admins, Advisors, Clients) — zero unauthorized access incidents in production.
• Developed async APIs using SQLAlchemy async sessions; supported 200+ concurrent users with sub-100ms response times.
• Optimized PostgreSQL schema design, improving data retrieval performance by up to 30%.
• Implemented gRPC-based inter-service communication between auth microservices for low-latency, typed data exchange.
• Wrote 50+ Pytest test cases achieving ~80% code coverage; resolved 20+ production and staging issues.
• Deployed and monitored services on AWS EC2 with RDS-backed PostgreSQL instances.

Master of Computer Applications in MCA – Amity University (2022-09 – 2024-06)

Bachelor of Computer Applications in BCA – Maharshi Dayanand University (2019-07 – 2022-06)