Rakesh PD
Senior Software Engineer (IC3)
Backend & Distributed Systems | Golang | Ruby on Rails | High-Scale Architecture | Fintech & Microservices
Background & Core Expertise
I’m a backend-focused Senior Software Engineer (IC3) with 10+ years of experience designing, building, and scaling production systems used by millions of users across KSA, Bahrain, India, and UAE.
My expertise spans distributed systems, Golang/Ruby microservices, high-performance APIs, scalable architecture, system design, and real-time/event-driven pipelines. I enjoy solving complex problems with clean, maintainable engineering — not over-engineering.
At HungerStation (Delivery Hero), I work across mission-critical domains including billing, finance, vendor platforms, payouts, and global integrations. I own features end-to-end: architecture, coding, testing, debugging, deployment, and cross-team coordination with product, finance, infra, and data engineering.
❯ Key Strengths & Capabilities
Career History
- Designing and maintaining backend services that power core billing, payouts, finance, vendor operations, and global integrations.
- Built and optimized Golang/Rails microservices handling millions of monthly transactions.
- Implemented critical APIs, data pipelines, and distributed workflows for invoice generation, vendor payouts, ledger sync, and financial reconciliation.
- Improved system reliability and reduced operational issues by enhancing logging, monitoring, and fail-safe mechanisms.
- Debugged large-scale production issues under pressure with fast turnaround.
- Collaborated with product, data, infra, and global teams (Delivery Hero) to ship features aligned with business goals.
- Contributed to architecture decisions across microservices, event-driven systems, PostgreSQL models, and API contracts.
- Developed features and backend services for food delivery operations using Ruby on Rails.
- Improved API performance and reliability for high-traffic flows.
- Worked closely with product and engineering teams to deliver time-sensitive releases.
- Led backend development for TravelMob, VRBO, and HomeAway integrations.
- Migrated thousands of users from legacy TravelMob systems to the HomeAway ecosystem.
- Delivered production deployments, automated integration pipelines, and large-scale data migrations.
- Implemented APIs and backend modules with TDD/BDD practices.
- Troubleshot production issues reported daily and resolved them with fast turnaround.
- Built Ruby on Rails backend systems enterprise apps.
- Contributed to product architecture, enhancements, and technical planning.
- Coordinated with UI/UX teams, gathering requirements and delivering end-to-end features.
- Ensured high reliability through QA testing, debugging, and fast fixes for critical issues.
- Developed backend features in Ruby on Rails.
- Participated in requirement gathering, planning, development, and testing.
- Supported production issues and provided remote development support to clients.
- Implemented Ruby on Rails modules for enterprise products.
- Wrote SRS documentation, performed QA testing, and improved system reliability.
- Built concurrency improvements resulting in better throughput.
- Delivered backend development and deployment support.
- Identified and resolved production bugs with full follow-up.
- Maintained continuous customer communication and progress reporting.
Key Projects & Platforms
HungerStation Platform
Core billing, payout, vendor operations, and financial ledger services powering one of the leading online food ordering platforms connecting thousands of restaurants across Saudi Arabia & Bahrain.
TravelMob & HomeAway Marketplace
Large-scale vacation rental marketplace integration with >2,000,000 rentals across 190 countries in 23 languages. Migrated thousands of legacy TravelMob users into HomeAway ecosystem with high availability pipelines.
Kerala Entrance Coaching (PEECS)
Government of Kerala engineering entrance coaching platform. Built and maintained the largest LMS platform in India serving over 400,000 students across the state.
VirtualX — Online Examination System
Open-source automated exam management system (LGPL license) supporting 12 question types, 5 graphical feedback reports, and automated candidate evaluation for universities and enterprise institutions.
HashMyBag
C2B communication chat platform featuring searchable merchant catalogues, secure private messaging, in-chat purchases, smart notifications, custom payment workflows, and ticket bookings.
Circles Asia Telco Platform
Singapore-based digital telco platform designed to re-imagine the mobile experience through custom data-focused mobile packages and real-time user control.
TryCarriage Logistics Delivery
Logistics food delivery platform providing high-performance ordering and dispatch services across Gulf countries.
Eagle-Review.com
Premier travel advisor portal for hunting and fishing outdoor sports destinations worldwide, enabling sportsman evaluations, media reviews, and location discovery.
World Startup Expo CMS
Custom CMS architecture for Asia’s major startup exposition managing 3-day exhibitions, 2-day conference schedules, award systems, and hackathons.
Skills & Spoken Languages
⚡ Top Technical Skills
🌐 Spoken Languages
Education & Certifications
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Computer Science
+2, Computer Science
Honor Code Certificate for Linux
Diploma in Dotnet
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