Indranil Thakur

About Indranil Thakur

Senior Backend Software Engineer (Software Engineer with 6+ years of experience building distributed, event-driven systemsusing Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, and AWS components such as DynamoDB, SQS, Lambda, and Kafka. Proven track record of modernizing legacy platforms, improving system performance by 40–60%, and owning production-grade backend services at scale.

Experience

1. Software Engineer Iii

   Northwestern Mutual

   Oct 2024 — Present · Milwaukee, WI, US

   Contributed to the design and development of an event-driven, microservices-based commission calculation platform usingSpring Boot, AWS, improving processing throughput by 40% and reducing manual compensation adjustments by 60%. Owned backend services and Kafka workflows responsible for propagating financial advisor group membership changesacross compensation and reporting systems in real time. Partnered with cross-functional engineering, product, and platform teams to enhance a core compensation feature,coordinating backend changes, integration testing, and production deployment to ensure a smooth and reliable release. Implemented distributed systems resiliency patterns including idempotency, retries, and dead-letter queues, significantlyimproving fault tolerance and production stability. Built and maintained scalable REST APIs using Node.js, Express, and JOI, with unit and integration testing using Jest. Supported modernization of the WealthComp platform by providing backend APIs for React-based frontends, focusing onperformance, reliability, and clean service boundaries. Served as the primary DevOps practitioner for the team, supporting cloud migration efforts and improving CI/CD pipelines,deployment reliability, and observability. Collaborated with product managers, business analysts, and platform teams to translate complex compensation rules intoreliable, production-ready backend services. Mentored junior engineers, testing team and conducted technical demos and knowledge-transfer sessions to improveonboarding and team productivity.

Education

• Illinois Institute of Technology

  Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science

  2016 — 2018

• Terna Engineering College

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering

  2010 — 2014

Skills

• Javaserver Pages (Jsp)
• Bootstrap
• Microsoft Office
• Servlets
• Sql
• Hibernate
• Struts
• Microsoft Word
• C
• Java Database Connectivity (Jdbc)
• Java
• Microsoft Excel
• C++
• Html
• Javascript