Alok Kumar

Golang Backend Engineer with 5+ years of experience building scalable, high-performance backend applications, REST APIs, and microservices. Strong expertise in Go, concurrency (goroutines, channels, worker pools), performance optimization, and clean architecture. Proven ability to develop reliable, maintainable, and efficient backend services while delivering high-quality solutions in Agile development environments.

Senior Software Engineer (Backend - Golang) - American Express (Payroll: Source One Management Services Pvt. Ltd.) - Bengaluru

(2024-09 - 2026-01)

• Engineered scalable Golang microservices powering customer loyalty and rewards programs used for reward accrual, redemption, and benefits management.
• Developed high-throughput REST APIs and event-driven workflows to support real-time rewards processing and customer interactions.
• Optimized backend services and data processing pipelines, improving system responsiveness and operational reliability.
• Partnered with product, business, and engineering teams to deliver customer-centric loyalty features and platform enhancements.

Senior Software Engineer (Backend - Golang) - American Express (Payroll: FirstMeridian Global Services Private Limited) - Remote (Gurugram)

(2024-09 - 2025-06)

• Developed enhancements across microservices architecture to enable seamless transaction flows and support evolving business requirements.
• Designed and implemented robust APIs and business logic for transaction validation, orchestration, and processing workflows.
• Strengthened application security by resolving critical vulnerabilities and implementing secure development best practices.

Senior Software Engineer (Backend - Golang) - Accenture (Payroll: SCORG International Consulting Pvt. Ltd.) - Remote (Gurugram)

(2024-02 - 2024-09)

• Resolved critical security vulnerabilities identified through SonarQube scans.
• Refactored application code to improve security, maintainability, and performance.
• Upgraded vulnerable dependencies and implemented secure coding practices.
• Increased unit test coverage to reduce production risks.
• Collaborated with development and security teams to ensure compliance and code quality.

Software Engineer (Backend – Golang) - KloudOne - AccuKnox - Remote (Chennai)

(2020-05 - 2023-11)

• Developed scalable Golang microservices for Policy Management System, enabling centralized creation, versioning, and lifecycle management of security policies.
• Built REST APIs for policy creation, updates, validation, and enforcement across Kubernetes clusters.
• Enhanced Policy Daemon to synchronize and enforce runtime security policies on onboarded clusters.
• Implemented Policy-as-Code workflows to automate policy deployment and configuration management.
• Developed Cluster Management System features for onboarding, monitoring, and managing multi-cluster Kubernetes environments.
• Designed cluster onboarding workflows to securely register and integrate Kubernetes clusters with the AccuKnox platform.
• Integrated security controls for process, file, and network policy enforcement following Zero Trust principles.
• Optimized policy distribution and synchronization mechanisms, improving scalability and reducing enforcement latency.
• Collaborated with DevSecOps and security teams to implement fine-grained access control and workload protection features.
• Improved platform reliability and observability through logging, monitoring, and automated validation of policy deployments.

MCA - Lovely Professional University (2017 - 2019)

BCA - Lovely Professional University (2014 - 2017)

HSC - Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir (2013 - 2013)

SSC - High School Arout (2011 - 2011)