Akshit Chadha

About Akshit Chadha

Staff-Level Backend / Java Engineer with 8+ years of experience designing, modernizing, and scaling distributed microservices platforms across fintech, payments, insurance, and enterprise domains. Proven expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Elasticsearch, and Google Cloud (GKE), with strong ownership of backend architecture, API design, data migration, and legacy-to-cloud transformations. Recognized for driving system reliability, performance optimization, and mentoring engineers while delivering business-critical platforms at scale.

Experience

1. Technical Lead

   Atos

   Aug 2022 — Present

   PayPalSoftware Engineer – Batch Privacy Data Rover CommonPrivacy Data Platform | ETL | GraphQL | MySQL | GCP | REST APIs• Developed a robust daily ETL pipeline to extract privacy-related data from GraphQL APIs and store it in a MySQL database.• Automated large-scale transactional file processing and backup to Google Cloud Buckets, enabling scalable data storage.• Built the Privacy Tracker Insight Service—a REST API layer over MySQL with advanced filtering and search features for historical privacy data.• Enhanced data retention, observability, and auditability to support compliance and analytics use cases.• Contributed to a scalable backend platform powering future dashboards and cross-functional data Insurance (formerly Genworth Canada)Software Developer – Insurance Portal ModernizationJava | Spring Boot | Microservices | GKE | Elasticsearch | API Gateway• Part of a 6-member team migrating Canada’s largest private insurance portal from legacy ASP.NET to a microservice architecture using Java Spring Boot.• Re-engineered 100+ REST APIs, improving system performance and scalability by 20%.• Applied microservice best practices (e.g, API Gateway Pattern) to enhance system resilience, security, and performance.• Deployed backend services on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) using YAML automation.• Integrated Elasticsearch to boost indexing and search speed, reducing query times by 35%.

Education

• NMIMS CDOE

  PGDBM (MBA), Information Technology and Systems Management

• Rayat & Bahra Institute of Engg. & Biotechnology

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE

  2013 — 2017