Dhruv Agnihotri

About Dhruv Agnihotri

I am a Full-Stack Systems Architect obsessed with two things: Scalability and Identity Security.Currently, as a Lead Engineer (LMTS) at Salesforce, I design the plumbing that keeps the cloud secure and fast. I re-engineered the cross-cloud authentication flow (moving from legacy tokens to JWT/OAuth 2.0) and optimized Kafka streams to handle 5 billion events/month—cutting latency from hours to minutes.Beyond the Corporate Stack: I believe the best way to master architecture is to build it yourself. I am the creator of the HeadlessKit Ecosystem, a suite of production-grade Python/React libraries that decouple business logic from the view layer.My open-source work isn\'t just theory—it powers my own live SaaS platforms (PdfCourt, ShuffleTurn), proving that my architectures handle real-world metered billing, auth-state synchronization, and distributed session management.Core Technical Focus:Identity: OAuth 2.0, JWT, DPoP, SSO, RBAC.Scale: Kafka, Spark Streaming, AWS Hyperforce.Stack: Python (Flask), Java, React/Next.js.

Experience

1. Lmts Software Engineer

   Salesforce

   Nov 2022 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   AuthN/AuthZ Modernization: Spearheaded the \'Zero Trust\' initiative for cross-cloud integrations by architecting a JWT-based OAuth 2.0 flow, replacing legacy refresh tokens and eliminating a major attack vector. Designed the DPoP (Demonstrating Proof-of-Possession) implementation research to future-proof auth against browser-side token theft.High-Throughput Streaming: Designed a Kafka-based engagement streaming system that increased throughput by 150%(2B to 5B events/month) while reducing processing latency from 60 minutes to ~1 minute.Infrastructure & Automation: Developed a containerized (Docker/Heroku) web application for automated package creation and customer push upgrades. Integrated with Slack/GitHub for approval workflows, saving 20+ engineering hours per week.Public Cloud Migration: Led the migration of core platform services to AWS (Hyperforce), enabling Salesforce expansion into GDPR-compliant regions like India.

Education

• D.A.V. Public School, Sreshtha Vihar

  Senior Secondary, Science with Computer Science

  1995 — 2011

• University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate School

  Graduate Data Science Certificate , Big data and Analytics

  2018 — 2018

• Jamia millia Islamia, FET

  Bachelor's degree, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

  2011 — 2015

• University of Michigan

  Masters of Science(MS), Electrical and Computer Engineering

  2017 — 2018

Skills

• Deep Learning
• Statistics
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Microsoft Office
• Julia
• Adobe Photoshop
• Tableau
• Html
• Computer Vision
• Probability Theory
• Matrix
• Data Mining
• C++
• Python
• Sql
• Python Scikit
• R
• Big Data
• Machine Learning
• Tensorflow
• Java
• Artificial Neural Networks
• Matlab
• Apache Kafka
• Tflearn
• Scada