Software Developer with 3+ YOE who actively maps application-layer flows down to Operating System (OS) and Computer Networking (CN) fundamentals. I like engineering distributed systems with a deep appreciation for the entire lifecycle of data, from a network socket, through transport layers, all the way to memory allocations and physical storage.

• Languages: Java 21 (Virtual Threads, Records, Foreign Memory Access), SQL
• Frameworks & Core Tech: Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Hibernate, gRPC, REST APIs
• Distributed Systems & Storage: Apache Kafka, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis
• DevOps & Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, Nginx, GitHub Actions (CI/CD), Git

A production-grade, event-driven microservices architecture modeled around high-throughput trading data flows.

• Engineered decoupled service boundaries utilizing Spring Boot, gRPC, and Apache Kafka for streaming transactional events.
• Implemented distributed systems patterns including Idempotency Design and reliable event scheduling.

A custom, high-performance Bitcask-like NoSQL storage engine built to study low-level storage mechanics.

• Designed a structured Write-Ahead Log (WAL) engine with rigid binary serialization frameworks to guarantee crash-resiliency.
• Focused on low-level system principles, exploring zero-copy I/O paths, optimized memory management, and Linux kernel storage interaction constraints.
• Built with modern Java 21 features and backed by automated continuous integration (CI) workflows.

• Email: swe.rushikeshk@gmail.com
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