Akhil Bhalerao
Backend Engineer
Backend engineer focused on building scalable systems that solve real problems. 4+ years in production — fintech infrastructure at Bright Money, AI-driven Sales Intelligence at 6sense. MLH Fellow, class of 2021.
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Work
Present
- Architected a full-stack DNC compliance module with projected $10M business impact — designed LLD, integrated international DNC data, and surfaced real-time eligibility to users globally.
- Owned end-to-end design and integration of an AI Email Writer, engineering a strategic connection with the Sales Intelligence credit system to optimize resource allocation and drive product adoption.
May 2025
- Architected and led end-to-end integration of a new banking partner (Continental) — designed HLD/LLD and core services for seamless partner onboarding and banking operations; +15% user conversion.
- Managed and optimized 22+ microservices including KYC, credit underwriting, and financial aggregators.
- Built a daily refresh pipeline for 500K users and 1M+ accounts at 99.99% uptime, boosting collection rates 15–20% and directly impacting revenue.
- Shipped an automated delinking flow that saved $33,000/month by removing stale users from aggregators and credit bureaus.
Jul 2023
- Built backend features for financial data aggregation — credit report pulling and account linking via external financial aggregators.
- Reduced API latency by 20% and database reads by 50% through query optimization and improved monitoring.
Jan 2023
- Optimized APIs from 500ms → 50ms — 10× improvement in response time.
- Built a distributed notification microservice handling 1M notifications at 99.9% uptime using Kafka and SNS.
Feb 2022
- Built an insurance CRM using Django and Exotel APIs, improving operational efficiency by 30% and lead conversion by 15%.
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Awards & Community
Awards
- MLH Fellow — Major League Hacking
- Winner — Barclays Tech Innovation Challenge
- Impact Maestro & 3× Sprint Star
- Runner's Up — Entrepreneurship Challenge 2020
Community
- Chair — ACM I2IT Pune
- Co-Lead — GDSC I2IT Pune
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Things I've built
Retrieval-Augmented Generation system with semantic search and text-chunking. Grounds LLM responses in domain documents to significantly reduce hallucinations for domain-specific queries.
File sharing service — upload a file, get a shareable download link active for 24 hours, or send it directly via email. Automated cron cleanup of expired files. 8 GitHub stars.
Converts tweets into shareable, visually styled images for Instagram and LinkedIn. Trended on Twitter on launch day — organic traction, zero marketing spend.
Daily coding challenge newsletter with email delivery, snooze, and one-click unsubscribe. 40 active users using it for DSA prep and placement preparation.
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