Harshit Malik is a backend-focused software developer with about 8 years of experience building scalable, secure distributed systems and microservices, now at Amazon after a rapid progression through engineering roles at Schrödinger. He combines strong academic pedigree—a President of India Gold Medal from IIT Ropar—with hands-on achievements like designing an LDAP/SAML authentication microservice that cut intra-server calls by 35% and migrating core services to Kubernetes to lower deployment costs by 20%. Skilled at identifying and fixing security vulnerabilities, Harshit also mentors junior engineers and drives measurable team productivity improvements. He favors performance-driven architecture and pragmatic infrastructure solutions that balance cost, resilience, and security. Based in Delhi, he brings a research-minded approach from internships at IIT Hyderabad and D. E. Shaw into production-grade systems. An avid problem-solver, he’s known for turning complex backend challenges into reliable, maintainable platforms.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
Higher Secondary Education, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Computer Science, Higher Secondary Education, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Computer Science at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Vigyan Vihar, NFC
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