Bhavesh Sharma

About Bhavesh Sharma

Backend Engineer with 4+ years of experience building scalable backend systems for high-growth B2B SaaS products. My work spans distributed systems, analytics platforms, search infrastructure, and financial workflows, supporting organizations in production.I have led backend design and execution for ClickHouse-based analytics, Elasticsearch-powered search, warehouse and inventory systems, and enterprise-grade payments and approval engines, delivering 10× performance gains and measurable business impact.Former Google Summer of Code contributor (LibreHealth), with a strong foundation in system design, data integrity, and performance optimization.

Experience

1. Software Development Engineer

   Powerplay

   Jan 2022 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Worked across Android and Backend teams, contributing to large-scale system architecture upgrades, high-performance backend services, and major product flows impacting thousands of users.Key Backend Engineering Contributions• Re-designed the complete Elasticsearch architecture by replacing static Mongo-driven search with a dynamic, context-based search engine. Implemented dynamic min-score calculation, better tokenisation strategies, and thematic relevance scoring, improving search accuracy by nearly 10x compared to the previous system.• Built a highly reliable data sync pipeline between MongoDB and ClickHouse using queue-based processing, achieving a 99.99 percent sync success rate. Reduced heavy computation API response time from ~700ms to ~100ms using ClickHouse, enabling 7x faster API performance.• Developed an in-house monitoring and alerting system for scheduled jobs with real-time error visibility on the admin dashboard. This reduced job failure troubleshooting turnaround from almost a full day to just a few hours.Major Product & Platform Work• Designed and implemented the User Wallet System supporting thousands of concurrent transactions with strict consistency guarantees. Built accurate balance tracking, race-condition handling, multi-level approvals, and automated petty cash validations.• Enhanced the Warehouse Management System by expanding material procurement, project linkage flows, and introducing warehouse as a core system entity. Implemented Source-to-Destination transfer logic with correct expense booking and financial accountability.

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad

  B tech, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  2019 — 2023