Atul Yadav

Technical Lead with experience designing and scaling distributed backend systems for global enterprises. Expertise in Kafka-based event-driven architectures, Redis caching, database normalization and migration, cloud-native microservices, and observability. Proven ability to drive system design, improve performance, and mentor engineers.

Technical Lead (Senior Software Engineer) at KPIT Technologies (2025-10 – Present)

• Architected and built a Task orchestration Engine supporting 30+ concurrent tasks, with priority scheduling, queueing, polling, and cancellation, integrating AI-driven automation, CI/CD agents, and human workflows.
• Led database normalization and large-scale database migration across 10+ core tables, achieving zero data loss and improving query performance by 30–40%.
• Implemented Redis caching for 5+ high-traffic services, reducing p99 latency by approximately 35% and lowering database load by 40%+.
• Designed partition-based throttling for Kafka consumers processing about 30k of events/day, stabilizing throughput during peak traffic.
• Set up Grafana dashboards and DLQ alerts covering 20+ critical metrics, reducing mean time to detect incidents by 50%.
• Owned system design decisions, mentoring 4–6 engineers and collaborating with product, DevOps, and platform teams.

Senior Software Engineer at KPIT Technologies (2024-10 – 2025-09)

• Forward Deployed Engineer for Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Ford, converting 3+ POCs into long-term enterprise deployments.
• Built high-performance backend services using Spring Boot and FastAPI, handling 10M+ API requests annually.
• Designed a global hardware management platform supporting 1,000+ hardware devices across multiple regions.
• Integrated Kafka-based asynchronous messaging across 5+ microservices, improving throughput and fault tolerance.
• Optimized secure access workflows using Apache Guacamole, reducing login latency by 85% and improving developer productivity.

Software Engineer at KPIT Technologies (2023-06 – 2024-08)

• Led development of a Unified Portal managing 1,000+ cloud and on-prem environments globally.
• Contributed to 8+ microservices enabling secure provisioning, monitoring, and orchestration for Virtual test environment.
• Implemented distributed locking and multi-region workflows to ensure reliability under high concurrency.
• Automated CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, Docker, and Kubernetes, reducing deployment time by 65%.

Software Engineer Intern at KPIT Technologies (2022-05 – 2022-07)

• Contributed to a microservices-based SaaS platform focusing on backend performance and fault tolerance.
• Developed REST APIs and inter-service communication to improve throughput and reduce latency.

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) – Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi (2019-08 – 2023-05)