Summary
Akshat Mittal is a Software Development Engineer 2 with a strong track record building large-scale distributed systems and interactive data-platform experiences at AWS and Amazon. Over a decade of engineering experience includes leading a team to deliver EMR Serverless interactive workloads and Apache Livy endpoints, as well as driving observability and UI integrations for Spark and Hive. He previously shipped advertising and bulk-campaign tooling at Amazon and earlier built consumer-facing mobile and desktop apps at Zomato, reflecting a blend of backend systems design and product-focused frontend work. A BTech in Computer Science from IIT Ropar (department rank 3) with academic roots in mathematics and CSE at UC San Diego, he couples rigorous technical foundations with pragmatic delivery. Notably, he co-founded a startup delivering in-vehicle wireless entertainment, showing entrepreneurial instincts and product ownership beyond corporate roles. Based in Delhi, he thrives at the intersection of distributed systems, developer-facing tooling, and customer-centric product engineering.
4 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science and Engineering, Department Rank 3, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science and Engineering, Department Rank 3 at Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
CBSE: 93.80 % (Rank - 2), CBSE: 93.80 % (Rank - 2) at Mata Jai Kaur Public School