Krishnam Dhawan

About Krishnam Dhawan

Passionate Software Development Engineer 2 at Swiggy with a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering from Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur. I lead cross-functional teams to architect scalable, high-performance systems that drive significant business impact.**Leadership & Impact:**• Led teams of 2-5 engineers across critical projects, delivering measurable improvements in performance and cost optimization• Achieved 80% latency reduction (100ms → 20ms) through Java to Go migration, saving $20K/month in infrastructure costs• Scaled systems to handle restaurants and concurrent data points simultaneously• Reduced DynamoDB costs significantly by introducing direct Databricks and Microsoft Fabric querying **Key Technical Achievements:**• Built real-time data pipelines using Databricks, Kafka, and DynamoDB for ML model outputs and data-driven decision making• Designed scalable cloud systems on AWS (S3, DynamoDB, SQS, Secrets Manager) using microservices architecture• Implemented key-based authentication using AWS Secrets Manager, supporting 200K+ restaurants with secure key rotation• Created event-driven pipelines using AWS SQS and Kafka for reliable order synchronization and real-time reports• Migrated from Redis-based tokens to real-time policy-based authorization using Abacus, OPA, and AWS S3 **Technical Stack:**Java, Go, Spring Boot, Python, AWS (S3, DynamoDB, SQS, Secrets Manager), Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Kafka, Abacus, OPA, Redis, gRPC, Docker, Kubernetes, API Gateway **Previous Experience:**Arcserve (SDE R&D)| PeopleStrong (SDE-1)| Nowshop Foundation (Python Developer Intern)**Achievements:**Swiggstar 2025-26 Winner of Smart India Hackathon 2020 & HackZurich | 4-star CodeChef | Kaggle ML Expert | Head of T&P Cell at HBTUI thrive in dynamic environments where I can leverage problem-solving skills, lead teams, and work with cutting-edge technologies to build systems that scale and deliver measurable business value. d••••••••@gmail.com |+91••••••••56Working journey started in January 2022 - and will go on until I have made a successful impact.

Experience

1. Sde 2

   Swiggy

   Dec 2024 — Present · IN

Education

• HBTU KANPUR

  BTech - Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science

  2018

• St. Mary's convent inter College

  School, Science

  2004 — 2017