Summary
Varad Paralikar is a Senior Software Engineer with 9 years of experience building high-performance backend systems and APIs using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and PostgreSQL. He has driven performance optimizations at scale—improving API efficiency by 20% at Zoho—and implemented resilient microservices and event-driven flows for banking and SaaS products. Comfortable with Hexagonal Architecture, TDD, and CI/CD, he has delivered production features that span async processing, Keycloak integration, and real-time notifications. An open-source-minded engineer and Red Hat Certified contributor, he has experience with Fedora and Foreman automation work from his internship and community contributions. Based in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, he continuously explores machine learning and cloud-native patterns to evolve system design choices. Known for combining pragmatic problem solving with measurable performance wins, he thrives in fast-paced, high-stakes engineering environments.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
HSC, Information Technology, 81%, HSC, Information Technology, 81% at Deogiri College Aurangabad
SSC, Science, 93%, SSC, Science, 93% at Sarang Swami Vidyalay, Parbhani, Maharashtra
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science, 79%, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science, 79% at Deogiri Institute of Engineering and Management Studies, Aurangabad
English, Hindi, Marathi, Japanese