Open to opportunities · Bengaluru, Karnataka

Somya Prasad

BackendEngineer× AI & Real-Time Systems

Backend engineer with 4+ years building distributed, event-driven systems. Specialized in LLM-integrated apps, RAG, and real-time pipelines with Kafka, MQTT, and PostgreSQL—production systems at 10K+ concurrent device streams and AI-powered workflows.

MY STORY

Career Journey

From frontend and APIs to distributed backends, RAG, and real-time data at scale

09/2024 – Present

Full Stack Developer

Asentria · Bengaluru

Real-time MQTT ingestion for 10K+ concurrent device streams; Python telemetry pipelines; Kafka + Redis event-driven architecture; PostgreSQL schema and indexing work (~60% faster queries on hot paths); AWS operations. Built a RAG conversational interface over SiteBoss device specs—hybrid retrieval, grounded LLM responses, streaming APIs, and embedding cache.

10/2023 – 09/2024

Full Stack Developer (Contract)

Morfdesk

Backend for LLM-driven Shopify automation (Node.js, Prisma). RAG with embeddings and vector search; OpenAI integrated with relational data; Kafka pipelines for async LLM jobs; Redis cut inference latency ~45%.

09/2022 – 10/2023

Software Engineer

Fuze India · Bengaluru

Distributed backend modules with gRPC and Redis (99.95% uptime). Scaled MySQL for 100K+ ride records/day; Redis caching reduced load ~55%; AWS auto-scaling for production.

10/2021 – 09/2022

Front-End Developer

Karewise · New Delhi

SEO lifted landing traffic ~45%. React and Material UI; performance with Context, useMemo, and useCallback (~40% fewer re-renders); lazy loading and route-based code splitting (~60% faster initial load). Node.js REST APIs and Redis server-side caching (~30% faster APIs).

04/2021 – 06/2021

Associate Software Developer Trainee

Tidbeat · Hyderabad

Migrated a large React codebase to Next.js (SSR/SSG; ~25% Lighthouse SEO gain). GraphQL integration; WhatsApp Business API for support; real-time delivery tracking with Google Maps and Geolocation APIs.

03/2022

B.Tech

BMSIT · Bengaluru

Undergraduate degree. Also completed Python fundamentals certificates (Coursera): Python Basics and Python Functions, Files and Dictionaries.

TECH STACK

Technical Arsenal

A comprehensive toolkit spanning full-stack development to cutting-edge AI technologies

LLM & retrieval

RAGEmbeddingsVector searchOpenAI APIsPrompt engineeringContext grounding

Backend & distributed

Node.jsTypeScriptPythonKafkaMQTTRedisgRPCMicroservices

Data & storage

PostgreSQLPrisma ORMMySQLRedis

Frontend

React.jsReduxNext.jsHTML5 / CSS3SEOResponsive design

Cloud & DevOps

AWS (EC2, S3)DockerCI/CDSystem monitoring

Languages

JavaScript (ES6+)TypeScriptPythonGo (learning)EnglishHindi
PORTFOLIO

Featured Work

Selected work across RAG, real-time data, and distributed backends

Distributed RAG Telemetry Intelligence

Hybrid retrieval with PostgreSQL filters plus vector similarity; log-to-root-cause pipeline using embeddings and LLM inference; Kafka ingestion for real-time context; natural-language APIs over structured and unstructured telemetry.

RAGPostgreSQLKafkaEmbeddingsPythonLLM

SiteBoss NL Device Assistant

Retrieval-augmented conversational interface for SiteBoss capabilities—domain embeddings over product specs, hybrid retrieval with structured filters, grounded LLM answers for sensor configs and telecom deployment guidance, plus streaming query orchestration and cached context.

RAGOpenAIVector searchNode.jsRedis

LLM Shopify Automation (Morfdesk)

Backend systems for LLM-driven Shopify workflows: Prisma and Node.js, RAG pipelines, OpenAI with relational data, Kafka-triggered async jobs, and Redis to cut repeated-inference latency ~45%. Shipped multiple production storefronts.

Node.jsPrismaKafkaOpenAIRedis

Fuze distributed ride platform

gRPC and Redis services with strong concurrency; MySQL scaled for 100K+ ride records per day; caching dropped backend load ~55%; AWS auto-scaling for reliability.

gRPCRedisMySQL

Karewise marketing & product UI

Landing SEO (+45% traffic), responsive React and Material UI, performance tuning with Context and memoization, Node.js auth APIs, and Redis-backed APIs (~30% faster responses).

ReactMUISEO

Tidbeat Next.js migration

Large React codebase moved to Next.js for SSR/SSG and stronger Lighthouse SEO; GraphQL data layer; WhatsApp Business automation; live delivery tracking with Maps and Geolocation APIs.

Next.jsGraphQLWhatsApp API
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Backend engineer with 4+ years building distributed, event-driven systems. Specialized in LLM-integrated apps, RAG, and real-time pipelines with Kafka, MQTT, and PostgreSQL—production systems at 10K+ concurrent device streams and AI-powered workflows.

Location

Bengaluru, Karnataka

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