Ashim Roy

About Ashim Roy

Senior Backend Engineer with 14+ years building scalable, secure, and high-performance systems across fintech and identity domains. Currently driving backend architecture for “Verified on LinkedIn” - enabling trusted verification for millions of global members and enterprise partners.What I do best:• Architect resilient distributed systems & microservices that scale• Design high-perf APIs, data freshness models & platform reliability frameworks• Build systems with Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, AWS, Redis• Optimize performance using caching, concurrency, monitoring, and profiling• Drive modernization — monolith to event-driven architectureA few wins:• Enabled partner verification flows (OAuth 2.0, OpenID) → trusted identity at global scale• Improved trade validation performance by 20% latency reduction using IBM MQ integration• Designed caching strategy improving throughput 50% without infra cost• Reduced API response times from ~500ms → ~50ms via Redis• Authored API docs + Postman collections → faster partner onboardingPassions:System design, performance engineering, platform reliability, and building infrastructure that earns trust at scale.Open to:Senior/Lead Backend Engineering or Distributed Systems roles shaping high-scale, cloud-native platforms.

Experience

1. Trust Engineering - Backend

   Linkedin

   Oct 2024 — Present · IN

   API Enablement and Partner Integration:• Drive digital transformation by designing and enabling LinkedIn’s “Verified on LinkedIn” APIs for identity and workplace verification.• Implement and maintain OAuth 2.0 (2L and 3L) authentication flows, versioning strategies, and API permission configurations to ensure secure and seamless integrations.• Author and maintain public API documentation, Postman collections, and developer onboarding guides to improve partner experience and reduce integration time.• Monitor and optimize API performance, reliability, and partner success metrics, ensuring smooth operation across environments. LinkedIn App Preloads and DigiLocker Program:• Lead backend and testing efforts for the LinkedIn App Preloads Program, creating and optimizing lightweight APK builds for preinstallation across partner OEM devices.• Collaborated with product, QA, and release teams to ensure APK performance, compatibility, and compliance with partner distribution requirements.• Contributed to the DigiLocker verification and redirect flow, testing and validating secure redirection back to the LinkedIn app post-verification to ensure a smooth and trusted user experience.• Partnered with mobile and identity teams to align backend configurations, redirect URIs, and app intents for a unified verification experience within the LinkedIn ecosystem.

Education

• Scaler

  Scaler Academy, Computer Software Engineering

• National Institute of Technology Agartala

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Mechanical Engineering

• Bodhjung H.S school

  HS(+2) / 12th, TBSE Board, Science

  2004 — 2006