Hi, I’m Rajat Gade, a Software Engineer with 2+ years of experience building backend services and distributed systems for high-traffic, cloud-scale environments. I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust, scalable solutions and collaborating with product and operations teams to deliver value. I have a proven track record of improving performance and reliability across distributed systems—reducing API latency by 35% across regions, cutting peak processing times by 25%, and maintaining 99.9% uptime. I’m proficient in Java and Python, with hands-on experience in caching, asynchronous processing, CI/CD pipelines, and secure authentication flows (OAuth 2, JWT).

Rajat Gade

Hi, I’m Rajat Gade, a Software Engineer with 2+ years of experience building backend services and distributed systems for high-traffic, cloud-scale environments. I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust, scalable solutions and collaborating with product and operations teams to deliver value. I have a proven track record of improving performance and reliability across distributed systems—reducing API latency by 35% across regions, cutting peak processing times by 25%, and maintaining 99.9% uptime. I’m proficient in Java and Python, with hands-on experience in caching, asynchronous processing, CI/CD pipelines, and secure authentication flows (OAuth 2, JWT).

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Hi, I’m Rajat Gade, a Software Engineer with 2+ years of experience building backend services and distributed systems for high-traffic, cloud-scale environments. I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust, scalable solutions and collaborating with product and operations teams to deliver value.

I have a proven track record of improving performance and reliability across distributed systems—reducing API latency by 35% across regions, cutting peak processing times by 25%, and maintaining 99.9% uptime. I’m proficient in Java and Python, with hands-on experience in caching, asynchronous processing, CI/CD pipelines, and secure authentication flows (OAuth 2, JWT).

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Language

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Work Experience

Software Engineer at Accenture
August 1, 2022 - December 1, 2022
Optimized multi-region checkout and payment microservices by profiling critical paths, reducing p95 latency by 30% and doubling throughput; refactored cart and catalog workflows using asynchronous processing and SQL optimization, reducing failures and processing time by 25%; integrated authentication and verification APIs with resilient retries and caching, increasing login success by 20%; built OAuth 2 authentication flows with secure token handling, reducing authorization failures and improving login throughput by 20%.
Associate Software Engineer at Accenture
July 1, 2021 - August 1, 2022
Developed Spring Boot backend modules with optimized SQL schemas, supporting 5K+ daily transactions at 99.9% uptime and delivering 18% faster response times across multi-region deployments; implemented Redis caching layers with concurrent-safe pipelines, reducing database load and request latency by 15% and improving checkout responsiveness during traffic spikes; increased automated test coverage from 70% to 90%, reducing production defects by 30% and stabilizing cross-team releases; designed versioned catalog entities and APIs, reducing downstream integration time by 20% and accelerating feature delivery through backward-compatible schema evolution.

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science at University of Massachusetts Amherst
February 1, 2023 - January 1, 2025
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering at Savitribai Phule Pune University
July 1, 2017 - April 1, 2021
Master of Science in Computer Science at University of Massachusetts Amherst
February 1, 2023 - January 1, 2025
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering at Savitribai Phule Pune University
July 1, 2017 - April 1, 2021

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Computers & Electronics, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment