Ankit Gajra

About Ankit Gajra

I\'m a software engineer with 10 years of experience in backend development, system design, and building distributed, data-intensive systems at internet scale. My journey began with a simple \"Hello World\". Over the years, it has evolved into architecting scalable platforms used by millions.At Dream11, I\'ve designed and managed systems that handle 15M+ concurrent users and 50M+ requests per minute, all while maintaining sub-20ms latency. My focus areas include performance engineering, reliability, and large-scale data systems. I\'ve helped improve system resilience through observability, load testing, and data-driven infrastructure optimization.I began my career as a full-stack developer but soon found my passion in backend systems, distributed architectures, and performance tuning. I specialize in Java, RxJava, and Vert.x with deep experience in MySQL, Aerospike, DynamoDB, ElasticSearch, Redis, Kafka, and Spark.Over the past year, I\'ve been going deep into AI engineering. I\'ve built LLM-powered agent pipelines, production RAG systems, and MCP-based orchestration workflows integrated directly into backend systems. The part I enjoy most is bringing production-grade thinking to AI systems that actually hold up at scale.I thrive in fast-paced, ownership-driven environments where I can collaborate with cross-functional teams and deliver impactful, high-quality systems. Whether it\'s building APIs, optimizing distributed systems, or designing intelligent workflows, I love solving complex engineering problems at scale.Outside of work, you\'ll find me gaming, playing cricket, table tennis, or hanging out with dogs. When I\'m not debugging production or exploring new tech (read: not stuck in the Matrix), I try to travel and experience new places.

Experience

1. Sde-3

   Dream11

   Jul 2023 — Present

Education

• St. Xavier's College

  Bachelor of Science (BSc), Information Technology

  2013 — 2016

Skills

• Python
• Bootstrap
• Artificial Intelligence
• Oracle Database
• Apache Spark
• Apache Flink
• Github
• Recommender Systems
• Apache Solr
• Android
• Confluence
• Sass
• Piwik
• Microservices
• Data Analytics
• Jsp
• Javascript
• Angularjs
• Web Development
• C++
• Java
• Laravel
• Json
• Servlets
• Css
• Apache Kafka
• Machine Learning
• Agile Methodologies
• Mahout
• Cassandra
• Html5
• Magento
• Jira
• Jquery
• C#
• Mysql
• Spring Mvc
• Php
• Saas
• Jquery UI