Backend & Platform Engineer | Systems Thinker | Builder

I design and operate backend and platform systems that hold up under scale, failure, and scrutiny.
My work lives at the intersection of API boundaries, data flow, reliability, and long-term operability.

I prefer boring systems that behave predictably. Chaos is easy. Engineering is not.

• Distributed backend systems and platform architecture
• API and data contract design (REST, GraphQL)
• Event-driven and asynchronous system design
• Reliability, failure modes, and operability
• Internal developer platforms and tooling
• Modernization of legacy systems without reckless rewrites

• AI-assisted system documentation and architecture generation
• Automated code → diagrams → printable system docs
• Event-driven and streaming pipelines under partial failure
• Raspberry Pi–based edge, networking, and server infrastructure
• Platform-style deployment models and lightweight orchestration
• Redesigning mission-critical legacy UIs with modern design discipline

Languages
Java · Kotlin · Python · SQL · Dart

Backend & Systems
Spring Boot · REST · GraphQL · gRPC · WebSockets
Event-driven & asynchronous systems

Data & Cloud
BigQuery · MySQL
Google Cloud · AWS

DevOps & Infra
Docker · Kubernetes · Helm
GitHub Actions · CI/CD · Security Scanning

Architecture
Distributed systems · Reactive programming
Contract-driven APIs · Control-plane thinking

Apr 2024 – Present

• Designed and owned a data publication platform using Kotlin and BigQuery
• Defined contract-driven APIs (GraphQL + REST) to reduce producer–consumer coupling
• Applied event-driven patterns to handle bursty workloads and downstream backpressure
• Built internal service templates and CI/CD automation for standardized deployments
• Made architectural trade-offs across cost, latency, security, and operability in a regulated environment

Aug 2021 – Mar 2024

• Designed service-oriented backend systems for modular consumer applications
• Built production mobile apps with clean API boundaries and separation of concerns
• Developed configurable backend workflows with extensible, event-driven interactions
• Contributed to DIGIT DPG, a government platform supporting rural utilities across states
• Introduced ownership discipline and backlog hygiene to reduce unresolved work

Sep 2019 – Feb 2021

• Built backend services for digital patient management and scheduling
• Translated ambiguous product requirements into maintainable backend systems
• Worked closely with stakeholders to define realistic system boundaries

• Experiment with container runtimes and lightweight orchestration
• Explore event-driven and reactive pipelines under load and partial failure
• Work with protocol-level communication (gRPC, WebSockets)
• Maintain architecture notes and system design documents
• Use personal projects as a sandbox for applied distributed systems learning

• Lead system design discussions with focus on boundaries and failure modes
• Define API standards, versioning strategies, and service ownership models
• Mentor engineers toward systems thinking over feature thinking

B.Tech — Computer Science
GLA University, Mathura (2021)

Professional Google Cloud Architect — Google Cloud

• Backend-heavy or platform-centric products
• Internal developer tooling and infrastructure platforms
• AI-powered documentation and system visualization
• Legacy system modernization done responsibly
• Open-source projects with real operational constraints

If the system needs to survive real users and real failures, I’m interested.

• GitHub: https://github.com/rahuldevgarg
• LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rahuldevgarg
• Email: rahul@codingdevs.com

Build systems that explain themselves.
Future engineers will thank you.