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ROHIT KUMAR H

Backend Engineer with 4 years of experience designing scalable microservices, distributed systems, and real-time data pipelines. Specialized in high-performance backend architecture using NestJS, Node.js, Go, Kafka, Redis, Datadog, and ClickHouse. Strong expertise in API performance optimization, horizontal scaling, observability/monitoring, and distributed system design. Proven record of reducing latency, improving throughput, optimizing infra cost, and building reliable, production-grade services used by millions of users.

  • Role

    SDE 2 (Datadog Engineer)

  • Years of Experience

    3 years

Skillsets

  • Kafka
  • VS Code
  • TypeScript
  • Socket.IO
  • Redis
  • Python
  • Postman
  • PostgreSQL
  • PHP
  • Node.js
  • NestJS
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Ksql
  • Argo CD
  • Jenkins
  • JavaScript
  • Java
  • Grafana
  • Go
  • GitLab
  • Git
  • Debezium
  • Datadog
  • ClickHouse
  • C++
  • C

Professional Summary

3Years
  • Jan, 2022 - Present4 yr 1 month

    SDE 2

    Physics Wallah

Applications & Tools Known

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    Apache Kafka

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    VS Code

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    TypeScript

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    Socket.IO

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    Redis Stack

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    Python

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    PostgreSQL

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    Postman

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    PHP

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    Node.js

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    NestJs

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    MySQL

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    MongoDB

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    Argo CD

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    Jenkins

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    Javascript

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    Java

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    Grafana

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    GitLab

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    Git

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    Datadog

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    C++

Work History

3Years

SDE 2

Physics Wallah
Jan, 2022 - Present4 yr 1 month
    Led the backend architecture for PWs PI OTT platform, building scalable APIs, real-time watch-event ingestion, and distributed data models that process millions of interactions daily powering Home Feed, Top X Content, Continue Watching, Personalized Recommendations, and seamless playback state management at scale. Developed an internal NestJS caching NPM package with Redis + Debezium + Kafka-based automatic cache invalidation, reducing p99 latency by 2X across multiple microservices. Designed and deployed a robust video processing pipeline to simulate videos in multiple languages, improving accessibility and user engagement. Built four production-grade microservices (Doubt, Comments, Forms, Polls) handling millions of requests with strict SLAs. Integrated ClickHouse in the Doubt service to enable real-time analytics with advanced, filter-based insights. Designed and integrated Kafka and KSQL streams to manage emoji reactions in 200k+ concurrent student live classes, ensuring seamless real-time interaction. Reduced infrastructure costs across multiple services by different approaches while saving data in cache without compromising performance.

Major Projects

2Projects

College Fellow

    A social media (CHAT) platform only for college students. Features real-time chat (seen, typing, active now), advanced search engine to find students by college and admission year, and follow/unfollow functionality. Built using NodeJs, MongoDB, and Socket.io.

Photo Sharing

    An online photo sharing website similar to pexels.com. Users can share photos, download others' photos, like, and comment. Built using PHP and MySQL.

Education

  • B.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering

    Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur (2022)