Anuraag G Rao
Software Engineer & Systems Architect based in Bengaluru, India. Designing scalable microservices, resilient IoT time-series pipelines, and high-performance backend infrastructure.
About Me
Experienced Software Engineer with 5+ years specializing in resilient backend engineering, microservices, and high-throughput data infrastructure using Python, Django, Flask, and FastAPI.
Deeply experienced in orchestrating distributed asynchronous workloads with Celery & RabbitMQ, designing idempotent IoT time-series schemas in TimescaleDB, and hardening containerized cloud platforms across AWS and GCP. Known for high velocity bug triage, clear engineering communication, and building systems that hold up under pressure.
Engineering Principles
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Idempotency by Default: Every API, worker task, and data backfill must be safe to retry.
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Zero-Guess Observability: If it isn't monitored with metrics and traces, it doesn't exist in production.
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Speed with Guardrails: CI/CD automation that empowers fast shipping without breaking contracts.
Experience
Software Engineer I
GameChange EnergyGlobal clean energy infrastructure company delivering high-performance utility solar tracker systems operating reliably across decades.
- CI Consolidation: Led CI migration from CircleCI to GitHub Actions with reusable workflows, composite actions, and aggressive dependency caching — slashing pipeline duration and eliminating flaky builds.
- Tracker Diagnostics CLI: Expanded internal diagnostic tracking engine with modular subcommands, strict parameter validation, contextual help, and end-to-end regression tests.
- IoT Telemetry Ingestion: Engineered telemetry pipeline ingesting raw device streams into TimescaleDB with time-series hypertable schemas, idempotent stream consumers, and monitoring for drift.
Software Development Engineer II
KredilyFast-growing HRMS & Payroll platform — full backend architecture ownership across high-concurrency payroll engines, compliance, and enterprise integrations.
- Batch Payroll Engine: Architected automated batch payroll processing pipeline, eliminating human bottlenecks and accelerating processing time by 40%.
- Enterprise Feature Delivery: Shipped Digital Signing, Asset & Roster Management, B2B Insurance modules, dynamic Income Tax updates, and Google reCAPTCHA across Web/Android.
- Biometric Attendance: Integrated proprietary facial recognition (Kredeye) for secure, contactless real-time attendance verification.
- CI/CD Acceleration: Deployed Bitbucket Pipelines reducing release delivery time by 80%; resolved 2× more Jira tickets than peers with clean regression-free code.
Software Development Engineer I
KredilyEngineered backend REST APIs and fintech payment integrations for StaffApp mobile and web users.
- Built high-throughput backend APIs supporting Android StaffApp workflows for employee onboarding, leave management, and approvals.
- Integrated Karza API suite for InstaCash (instant salary advance / micro-lending verification).
- Connected banking gateways including IDFC Bank and Billdesk for company rewards and payout reconciliation.
Backend Developer
OpenlyE-commerce startup platform — fullstack systems, data warehousing, delivery logistics, and AWS infrastructure.
- Designed foundational REST architecture, speeding up product release iterations by 25%.
- Integrated Dunzo logistics API, payment gateways, and real-time chat/SMS notification channels.
- Managed AWS cloud footprint (EC2, RDS, S3) with automated backup lifecycles and cost optimization.
Projects & Systems
🕹️ Anuraag Rao Virtual Arcadia // Web Game Lab
Unified gaming portal and experimental game laboratory showcasing three custom web titles. Features real-time Web Audio DSP synthesizers (coin inserts & haptic blips), native 60+ FPS starfield particle canvas, original multi-track soundtracks, and direct launchers for all three games.
⚔️ Companion Protocol
Edge protocol survivor roguelite where human operators are mortal, but guardian familiars (Koji, Mochi, Kai) are immortal anomalies orbiting with neural tethers, autonomous railguns, and emotional retry dialogues.
🪐 Orbit Drift // Relativistic Slingshot
Deep-space celestial trajectory simulator with RK4 N-body numerical gravity integration, 320-step predictive aim trails, pulsar hazards, wormholes, and 8 campaign sectors plus infinite procedural seeds.
🕹️ Tetra Overflow Ultra
Open-source, mobile-first arcade puzzle engine featuring custom touch drag/flick gestures, progressive Zodiac level challenges, and a signature time-dilation Zone mechanic.
⚡ Dual & Multi Audio Mirror // Real-Time Synchronizer
Zero-bloat multi-output audio router duplicating audio across 2, 3, 4, 5+ headphones and speakers with near-zero latency (<10-15ms). Native pure WASAPI standalone on Windows (<250 KB) and Rust + egui + cpal on macOS & Linux. Features real-time 60 FPS LED stereo VU meters, single-instance mutex & Unix socket IPC focus-wakeup, and Universal Apple Silicon + Intel DMG installer.
📊 Dynamic Status Biome Engine
Procedural real-time status dashboard with 6 animated biomes (Cyberpunk Neon Skyline, Alpine Snow, Sakura, Twilight Meadow) driven by Mulberry32 seeded PRNG, live Spotify playback, and GitHub events.
✨ Craft Studio // 3D Camera Flight & Animal Turntable
State-of-the-art interactive digital studio powered by Next.js 16 and Three.js. Features camera flight along narrative chapters, synthesized Web Audio haptics, and a dedicated 360° interactive 3D turntable showcase for three beloved animal companions (Koji the Cyber Panda, Mochi the Zen Capybara, Kai the Kitsune Fox).
🛠️ Utilities // High-Performance Recon Toolkit
Zero-ads, zero-telemetry client-side developer toolkit with 15 production utilities (JSON Studio, Screen Ruler, Subdomain Scout, Cron, Regex, Crypto) wrapped in a 3D WebGL cyber matrix with resident guide Koji.
📈 Edge Telemetry & Analytics Hub
Cookie-less, privacy-preserving telemetry engine running on Cloudflare Workers and D1 SQLite. Captures sub-10ms beacons, geo-routing analytics, and route performance across 10+ custom subdomains without third-party tracking scripts.
⚡ VoltWatch // Battery Telemetry & Edge D1
Real-time mobile battery health, discharge analytics, and charging intelligence suite. Features multi-user Google & Firebase authentication, automated Android webhook ingestion, Cloudflare Workers + D1 serverless edge database migration, and live telemetry dashboards with time-series scrolling.
🧠 Context0 // Adaptive Quiz Platform
Full-stack knowledge evaluation and spaced repetition platform. Powered by an async Python FastAPI backend, PostgreSQL relational schema via Alembic migrations, JWT authentication, and a sleek React SPA with multi-category trivia, streak tracking, and weakness analysis.
✨ Project Kei // Neural Chief of Staff
Personal autonomous AI operator pairing infinite-ceiling Obsidian memory vaults, bidirectional push-to-talk voice pipeline with Kokoro TTS, and reactive matrix visualizer with silhouette rendering.
🎵 Music Stuff Web Player
Mobile-first personal streaming player with Firebase Storage integration, Lucide audio controls, lyrics fetch service, and responsive visualizers.
🎬 EpiCountdown Tracker
Real-time countdown system for TV series and anime releases. Automatically synchronizes release air dates across TVmaze and Jikan API endpoints.
🧾 FMCG Catalogue Engine
Automated cataloging system reducing manual inventory entry by 70%. Scraped and processed 36k+ FMCG products with image verification and deduplication.
📊 Political Sentiment Analyzer
Neural predictive model analyzing social media discourse with 95% classification accuracy using trained TensorFlow embeddings and interactive dashboard.
🧩 Interactive Fidget Suite
Playable tactile sensory simulations with spring physics, bubble wrap pops, and haptic audio responses crafted for focus and micro-breaks.
Technical Arsenal
Languages & Backends
Databases & Streaming
Cloud, DevOps & Infra
Architecture & AI
Education & Highlights
B.E. in Information Science & Engineering
Vemana Institute of TechnologyCore foundation in distributed systems, database management, algorithms, and computer networks. Active builder throughout undergraduate labs.
Key Engineering Achievements
- CI Overhaul: Accelerated deployment velocity by ~60% through unified GitHub Actions matrices and cross-step caching.
- Latency Optimization: Drove 40% reduction in p95 query latency via indexed hypertable queries and read-replica routing.
- Cost Efficiency: Trimmed ~30% off monthly cloud spend by eliminating orphan container allocations and tuning worker autoscale limits.