Summary
Akash Mathwani is a senior software engineer based in Bengaluru with 8 years of experience building high-performance backend systems and driving architectural transformation. He has led critical initiatives at Tesco, including GraphQL performance optimizations, a GraphQL-to-federation transition, Varnish cache tuning (25% hit-rate improvement) and production-grade observability via New Relic. As a co-founder and lead backend developer at Highfives, he built scalable web3 infrastructure—wallet integrations, smart-contract layers and token-gated systems—that improved platform performance by ~30% and powered a Solana-based freelance marketplace proof-of-concept. Comfortable bridging technical and business stakeholders, he translates complex distributed systems into measurable product outcomes and operational insights. His background spans serverless orchestration, microservices and blockchain, reflecting a practical knack for turning research-driven ideas into production-ready solutions. Colloquially described on GitHub as “What the Hack!”, he brings a curious, hacker mindset to robust engineering problems.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Neural Networks, Bachelor's degree, Neural Networks at National Taiwan University
Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad