Nikhil Kunta

About Nikhil Kunta

Graduated with a Master’s degree in Computer and Information Science from Concordia…

Experience

1. Software Engineer

   Meta

   Mar 2024 — Present

   Developed scalable backend services using Python (FastAPI, Django REST Framework) and Node.js to power internal admin portals and public APIs for Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Served 500M+ users as part of the Platform Services Project.• Designed and implemented RESTful and GraphQL APIs, enabling real-time analytics, user management, and dashboards; improved response times by 40%.• Built dynamic, responsive front-end interfaces using React, integrated with backend APIs for the Content Moderation Pipeline, user reporting, and admin analytics dashboards.• Engineered high-throughput event pipelines with Kafka and Redis Streams, processing 10M+ events daily for notifications, transaction monitoring, and activity tracking in the Event Processing Platform.• Managed PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Snowflake databases; optimized complex queries and reduced latency by 30% for faster data retrieval.• Developed AI/ML-assisted features using PyTorch and scikit-learn for anomaly detection, content moderation, and risk scoring; deployed models in production to enhance system reliability and performance optimization.• Created modular microservices and backend tooling with Python, Node.js, and TypeScript for event validation, analytics, and secure data exports, ensuring data security and privacy compliance.• Implemented background jobs and task queues using Celery and AsyncIO, improving operational throughput by 20% while supporting scalable architecture.• Containerized services with Docker and orchestrated deployments on Kubernetes (AWS EKS & internal tools); leveraged Lambda, SQS, S3, and CloudWatch for production monitoring.• Automated infrastructure provisioning and CI/CD pipelines using Terraform and GitLab, enabling fully version-controlled deployments across dev, staging, and production environments.