Summary
Viraj Nilakh is a Senior Software Engineer with 10 years of experience building cloud-native, backend systems using Java, JavaScript, and Python. He has a strong track record at companies like Walmart Global Tech and Invitae, leveraging Spring ecosystem frameworks, gRPC/protobuf, and orchestration with Netflix Conductor to deliver scalable, testable services. Comfortable across databases from Postgres and MySQL to MongoDB, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch and Redis, he pairs hands-on coding with infrastructure fluency on AWS (EC2, S3) and Docker. His background includes a Master’s in Software Engineering from San José State and a history of moving quickly between startup and enterprise contexts, suggesting an ability to translate product needs into robust architecture. Notably, he blends traditional Java backend expertise with modern service communication patterns (gRPC) and orchestration, making him effective in complex distributed systems.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Computer Software Engineering, Master’s Degree Computer Software Engineering at San José State University
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) Information Technology, Bachelor of Engineering (BE) Information Technology at University of Mumbai
English, Hindi, Marathi