Nikhil Shinde

About Nikhil Shinde

I am an Engineering Leader and Architect with 11+ years of experience designing and scaling secure, high-performance, cloud-native backend systems across FinTech, E-commerce, and Analytics domains. Currently at Persistent Systems and leading engineering efforts for Mastercard (client), I work at the intersection of deep technical architecture and hands-on leadership.My expertise spans distributed systems, microservices architecture, event-driven design, domain-driven design and building reliable platforms that handle large-scale workloads. I enjoy solving complex engineering challenges, driving architecture decisions, and enabling teams to deliver robust, production-ready solutions.One of my key strengths is the ability to balance technical depth with leadership impact—guiding teams, shaping technical strategy, improving engineering execution, and ensuring systems are resilient, scalable, and observable.Core strengths- Architecting scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems and backend platforms- Leading teams in design reviews, roadmap planning, and engineering best practices- Hands-on expertise with Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes- Building secure, reliable, cloud-native systems with strong observability and performance- Coaching engineers, improving code quality, and driving cross-team technical alignmentI am actively growing toward Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, and Engineering Manager roles where I can influence architecture at scale, mentor engineering talent, and contribute to the evolution of complex distributed systems across FinTech, E-commerce, and data/analytics platforms.I thrive in environments that value ownership, system thinking, clean engineering practices, and long-term technical vision.

Experience

1. Architect Lead Engineer (Client Mastercard)

   Persistent Systems

   Aug 2024 — Present · Pune, IN

Education

• Walchand College Of Engineering, Sangli

  B. Tech, Computer Science and Engineering

  2010 — 2014

• Dayanand College of Arts & Science, Solapur

  HSC, Science

  2009 — 2010

• Chhatrapati Shivaji High School, Solapur

  SSC

  2007 — 2008

Skills

• Data Structures
• Databases
• Algorithms
• Pl/Sql
• C
• Elasticsearch
• Java
• C#
• Oop
• Redis
• Core Java
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Mongodb
• Operating Systems
• Angularjs
• Microsoft Azure
• Sql
• Asp.net
• Node.js