Saurabh Padul

Backend Engineer with 2 years of production experience in the iGaming industry, building real-time sportsbook and analytics platforms at scale. Specialized in event-driven microservices, settlement engines, and low-latency data pipelines using Java, Spring Boot, Apache Kafka, and Redis. Proven ability to optimize application performance and maintain high platform availability through proactive monitoring, log analysis, and targeted query tuning in enterprise environments.

Backend Engineer - NE Group - Hyderabad, India

(2024-10 - 2026-01)

Project Title: CYRUS (Real-Time Sportsbook Platform) Technologies: Java 11/17, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis, PostgreSQL, Datadog, Splunk, Jenkins, Swagger/OpenAPI, JUnit, Mockito

• Architected core concurrent betting market modules, managing real-time odds updates and heavy player transaction flows under sustained traffic load.
• Built event-driven odds pipeline using Apache Kafka for real-time bet lifecycles, and integrated RabbitMQ for sub-second sports feed ingestion.
• Engineered a high-performance settlement engine covering 5 complex bet types (single, multi, system, split, combi) backed by optimized Redis caching tiers.
• Eliminated retrieval bottlenecks via targeted PostgreSQL indexing and execution plan analysis, dropping high-frequency read latency from seconds to sub-100ms.
• Utilized Datadog APM traces and Splunk log analytics to actively investigate L2 support escalations, identifying root-cause defects, memory leaks, and slow database queries to ensure maximum service uptime.
• Secured 15+ REST API endpoints using Spring Security, JWT, and RBAC while maintaining full Swagger documentation and high JUnit/Mockito test coverage.

Backend Engineer - NE Group - Hyderabad, India

(2024-10 - 2026-01)

Project Title: ASTRA (Multi-Tenant Analytics Platform) Technologies: Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes, Flyway, GitHub Actions, Grafana, Kibana

• Automated multi-tenant onboarding using Flyway schema migrations, completely eliminating manual provisioning steps and accelerating client setup.
• Optimized scheduler-based batch processing stability by implementing Redis distributed caching layers, reducing redundant database loads during peak hours.
• Refactored backend service initialization logic to support clean, faster container startup and baseline horizontal scaling within a Kubernetes-managed infrastructure.
• Integrated ClickHouse for lightning-fast analytical data aggregation, powering robust, real-time tenant-level reporting and operational metrics dashboards.
• Monitored platform health and proactively responded to infrastructure alerts using Grafana dashboards and Kibana log analysis pipelines.

Java Mentor - Naresh IT Technologies - Hyderabad, India

(2024-01 - 2024-10)

Technologies: Core Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, SQL, REST API, JUnit, Mockito, Git

• Mentored 200+ engineering students in robust Core Java, Spring Boot architectures, relational database management, and web service patterns.
• Conducted regular code reviews focused on explaining root causes of defects, and enforced clean code practices, SOLID principles, and TDD strategies.

Bachelor of Computer Applications - Computer Applications - Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University (2020 - 2023)