Summary
Rajat Gupta is a seasoned backend engineer with 11 years of experience building and scaling high-performance Java microservices, now serving as SDE IV at Cisco after senior roles at Upstox and Walmart Global Tech. He excels in system design, async architectures and production debugging, having migrated critical services from Node.js to Java to improve throughput and real-time calculations. Known as the go-to engineer for complex incident resolution and mentoring, he blends hands-on coding (Spring Boot, SQL, DSA, LLD) with technical strategy to improve reliability and notifications at scale. Rajat is actively preparing for Staff-level roles, sharpening expertise in bitmasking and distributed systems, and brings a quietly entrepreneurial, self-starter mindset reflected in his consistent cross-company impact.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Technology (MTech) Computer Science, Master of Technology (MTech) Computer Science at Nirma University
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Computer Science at iitm gwalior
12 Mathematics, 12 Mathematics at t c jain h s school ambha
English, Hindi, English