Ashutosh Soni

Senior Software Engineer

8+ years building backends & data platforms · Node.js · Kafka · AWS

I build and scale distributed backends, real-time data pipelines, and cloud-native systems—turning complex requirements into reliable platforms for millions of users.

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Ashutosh Soni, Senior Software Engineer — professional portrait
About

Engineering systems that scale

Senior Software Engineer / Lead Developer with 8+ years of experience building and scaling distributed backend systems and high-throughput, real-time platforms. I am well versed with JavaScript, Node.js, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Redis, AWS, React.js, Clojure, ClojureScript, and Docker.

I have scaled systems for 5M+ users, built Postgres → Kafka → ClickHouse pipelines for analytics at scale, and led architecture and performance decisions with strong ownership. I actively leverage AI-powered developer tools like Cursor, ChatGPT, and Claude to improve development speed and code quality, while mentoring developers and driving end-to-end feature delivery in Agile/Scrum teams.

Skills

Technical skills

Languages

  • JavaScript
  • Clojure
  • ClojureScript
  • SQL
  • HTML
  • CSS

Runtime & frameworks

  • Node.js
  • React.js
  • Express.js
  • Re-frame
  • Microservices

Architecture

  • Monolith
  • Microservices
  • REST
  • GraphQL
  • Event-driven

Data & infra

  • MongoDB
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • Redis
  • Elasticsearch
  • Kafka
  • ClickHouse

DevOps & cloud

  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS
  • Jenkins
  • GitLab
  • Azure

AI-powered engineering

  • Cursor
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • AI-assisted development
  • Productivity workflows

Delivery & collaboration

  • System design ownership
  • Performance optimization
  • Technical mentoring
  • Agile
  • Scrum
  • Sprint planning
  • Backlog grooming
Experience

Professional experience

  1. Senior Software Engineer

    Pidge Technologies Gurugram · Aug 2025 – Apr 2026

    Pidge Platform — Large-scale logistics: real-time trip lifecycle, 100K+ orders/day; built rider incentive system from scratch.

    Kafka, ClickHouse, Postgres, Node.js, AWS, microservices

  2. Senior Software Engineer

    Stem Inc Gurugram · Aug 2023 – Apr 2025

    Athena Platform — Energy storage assets in wholesale markets: data ingestion, cleaning, and backend features.

    Microservices, Node.js, AWS

  3. Senior Software Engineer

    PT Zenius Education Indonesia · Mar 2020 – Aug 2023

    Zenius Apps & LMS — Backend design and development for Indonesian students’ learning experience.

    Microservices, Node.js, React, MongoDB, AWS, Elasticsearch

  4. Software Engineer

    Haldor Topsoe A/S New Delhi · Nov 2017 – Aug 2019

    Plant Optimization with ML — Web apps, admin portal, ML deployment, DB design, Azure, DevOps to production.

    Full-stack, Azure, ML integration

Projects

Selected projects

TrueTemp

SPA for analytical and graphical temperature studies of chemical plant walls; subscription-based features.

ClojureScript, Reagent, re-frame, Stylefy, MongoDB, Azure App Service

Real-time data pipelines

Postgres → Kafka → ClickHouse flows enabling analytics at scale (as noted in professional summary).

Kafka, Debezium, ClickHouse, PostgreSQL

More on request

Additional systems, internal platforms, and references are available in conversation or via LinkedIn and GitHub.

Details shared under NDA where applicable

Contact

Let’s talk

Open to senior backend, platform, and technical lead roles. Happy to share references and discuss fit for your team.

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