Rohit Deshmukh

About Rohit Deshmukh

Backend Engineer with 4+ years of experience designing and owning real-time, low-latency backend systems for fintech and trading platforms.I specialize in building event-driven, distributed systems using Node.js, Kafka, Redis, and MongoDB, with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and scalability. I’ve worked on high-throughput order processing pipelines, real-time market workflows, and settlement systems handling continuous event streams in production.My experience includes designing microservices architectures, optimizing API latency, implementing Redis-based caching strategies, and deploying services on AWS using Docker, GitHub Actions, ECS/EC2, and MSK.Tech stack:• Backend: Node.js, NestJS, Express, Spring Boot • Messaging & Streaming: Kafka, AWS MSK, Redis Streams • Databases: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis • Cloud & DevOps: AWS, Docker, CI/CD • Concepts: Distributed Systems, Event-Driven Architecture, Low Latency, High ThroughputI’m currently targeting Backend / Platform Engineer (SDE-2) roles at product-based companies where I can own backend systems, work on distributed architectures, and solve performance-critical problems.

Experience

1. Backend Engineer

   Idea Usher

   Apr 2024 — Present

   1) Designed and implemented backend (monolithic and micro-service) architectures from scratch, ensuring seamless deployment from development to production.2) Deployed applications using GitHub Actions, ensuring efficient continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.3)Utilized technologies like Node.js, Express.js, Redis, kafka, docker and MongoDB to build scalable and performance-driven backend solutions.

Education

• St Anne's High School

  10th, Mathematics

  2010 — 2015

• Institute of Engineering & Technology DAVV, Indore

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, electronic and instrumentation

  2018 — 2022