Abhijith Kunchati
ABSTRACT
A highly motivated Computer Science professional, holding a Master's from USC (4.0 GPA) and a Bachelor's from DSCE (3.7 GPA). Demonstrated expertise in full-stack development, distributed systems, and performance optimization through impactful roles at Juspay Technologies, contributing to significant improvements in user experience (15% conversion uplift, +18 satisfaction points) and developer productivity (50% build time reduction). Skilled in Go, JavaScript, Haskell, Java, AWS, Docker, and building scalable systems. Seeking to apply robust technical skills to challenging software engineering problems.
Keywords: Software Engineering, Distributed Systems, Performance Optimization, Full-Stack Development, Cloud Computing, Microservices, Go, JavaScript, Haskell, AWS, Docker, Raft Consensus.
I. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Software Development Engineer
Juspay Technologies (Jul 2022 - Sep 2023)Enhanced Juspay-Safe browser's OTP auto-submit, reducing friction for merchants like Amazon, Swiggy, Myntra. Accelerated payment page load by 3 seconds via lazy loading & JavaScript bundle splitting, boosting conversions by 15%. Improved page responsiveness (non-blocking APIs, dynamic patching), increasing customer satisfaction scores by 18 points. Implemented a new type system in Haskell, eliminating redundant encode/decode, achieving 50% faster build times and increasing developer productivity.
Software Development Engineer Intern
Juspay Technologies (Mar 2022 - Jun 2022)Developed a DSL translating JavaScript to Objective-C/Java for iOS/Android cross-platform development.
Integrated Stripe, Paypal, Adyen into the payment orchestrator.
Reduced Android resource check latency by 200ms (80%) with JSON-based caching.
Designed a high-performance animation framework (GIF/Lottie) using GPU acceleration.
II. EDUCATION
University of Southern California
Master's- Computer Science (May 2025) - GPA: 4.0Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering
Bachelor's- Computer Science (Aug 2022) - GPA: 3.7III. COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
Graduate: Adv. Web Technologies, Artificial Intelligence, Information Retrieval, Computer Networks, Database Systems
Undergraduate: Machine Learning, OS, Distributed Systems, Cloud Computing, Computer Architecture, Data Structures & Algorithms
IV. SELECTED PROJECTS
InvestIQ – Stock Trading Platform 🡵
Built a trading platform using microservice architecture in Go. Implemented services for DB, order processing, logging. Frontends in React and Android. Containerized with Docker, deployed on AWS EC2. Utilized RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, MongoDB for data pipeline. Integrated finnhub API for real-time data streaming with sub-millisecond latency.
ScaleStore – Distributed KV Store 🡵
Developed a Redis-like key-value store in Go featuring sharding and replication. Implemented the Raft consensus protocol using gRPC/Protocol Buffers for strong consistency, leader election, log replication, and automatic failure recovery.
Weenix – Mini Unix OS 🡵
Constructed a foundational Unix-like OS including processes, threads, mutexes, device drivers (terminals, disks), and S5FS file system. Implemented virtual memory management (maps, page fault handler) and system calls.
V. ACHIEVEMENTS
PUBLICATION: "The Role of Cloud Computing in Business Management," International Journal of All Research Education & Scientific Methods, Vol. 10, Issue 7, 2022.1st Place, HackMan 2022: Developed winning real-time ML solution for accident detection, outperforming 2,000+ participants.
Co-founded "Point Blank" competitive programming club.
VI. TECHNICAL SKILLS
Languages: Go, Java, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Haskell, C, SQL, HTML/CSS
Frameworks/Libs: React, Node.js, Express, gRPC, Protocol Buffers, Android SDK
Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis
Tools & Platforms: AWS (EC2, S3, etc.), Docker, Kubernetes, Git, RabbitMQ, Linux
VII. LINKS
linkedin.com/in/abhijithkunchati
github.com/abhijithkunchati