AJAY PRAKASH
@ajayprakash
Software Engineer at Cactus Communications
Delhi, India
Ajay Prakash is an experienced Software Engineer with expertise in full-stack development and cloud infrastructure. He specializes in optimizing system performance and building scalable microservices using Python, FastAPI, and Django. His technical skills include AWS services (ECS, Lambda, SQS), Docker, and Terraform, enabling him to deliver robust, high-availability solutions.
Experience
Software Engineer
Cactus Communications
Reduced API response time by an impressive 98% through seamless transition from threading to asyncio for optimized asynchronous processing. Strategically elevated system efficiency and performance by migrating backend storage infrastructure from S3 to AWS EFS. Achieved 100% system availability by orchestrating a robust timeout management solution. Seamlessly integrated AWS SQS as a Dead Letter Queue with AWS Lambda. Elevated user engagement by 5% by recommending articles to user based on feed history. Developed using FastAPI for robust API creation, Docker for efficient deployment, AWS ECS with Fargate for scalable container management, and Terraform for streamlined infrastructure orchestration. Designed and implemented an API for document classification through FastAPI, followed by deployment using Docker, AWS ECS with EC2 instances, and Terraform for efficient scaling and infrastructure management.
Full Stack Developer
Wellowise
Reduced report generation timeline from 1 week to 3 hours through the successful implementation of an automated process. This involved retrieving data from the backend, rendering it into HTML, and subsequently converting it into PDF format. Developed a Gateway API with robust JWT Authentication, seamlessly integrating diverse microservices for a unified platform. Utilized Flask, PyJWT, and Django to enhance security and data integrity. Engineered an AngularJS-based admin frontend, synergistically interfacing with microservices to facilitate efficient backend data manipulation through Django.
Tech Intern
MyWanderlust
Improved conversion ratio by 20% through strategic UI redesign, utilizing JavaScript for front-end and Django for robust back-end support. Increased revenue by 10% through the development of a holistic end-to-end system, automating certificate distribution for trek completions.
Education
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology(IIIT) Delhi
B.Tech.
Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
Minor in Computational Biology