Ratnesh Maurya
Backend Engineer
I build scalable backend systems and cloud-native applications. Specialising in distributed systems, microservices, and secure APIs with Go & Elixir.
I'm a passionate Software Development Engineer at Initializ with 1y 6m of professional experience building scalable backend systems and cloud-native applications.
I specialise in distributed systems, microservices architecture, and secure APIs. My work spans high-traffic lending platforms, RAG-based AI assistants, and custom Kubernetes controllers.
When I'm not shipping production code, I'm writing about backend engineering, contributing to open-source, or exploring new technologies.
Experience
1y 6m
at Initializ
Location
India
Open to remote
Projects
5+
deployed & live
Blog posts
10+
on backend topics
Software Development Engineer
InitializDesigned RAG systems for document intelligence — PDF extraction, embedding generation, and Qdrant DB for efficient vector search and retrieval.
Pioneered a digital lending platform with NSDL, Aadhaar & PAN integrations, cutting user onboarding time by 57% and boosting approvals by 9%.
Designed PostgreSQL schemas supporting 50+ complex entities with high-performance data retrieval patterns.
Built a Secret Management Platform with client-side encryption and RBAC for fine-grained access to sensitive information.
Developed a Kubernetes Controller managing 50+ secrets dynamically, achieving a 67% reduction in update latency using Go concurrency patterns.
Software Developer Intern
EMSEC Pvt. Ltd.Developed scalable RESTful APIs using Python & Flask handling 1,000+ requests/minute, significantly improving backend performance.
Built an automated web scraping solution collecting SSL certificate data from 300+ domains.
Education
B.Tech — Computer Science & Engineering
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University
Nov 2020 — Jun 2024 · Kanpur, India
Certifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Associate
Oct 2023
LFD121: Developing Secure Software
Linux Foundation
GitHub Copilot
GitHub
Personal Tracker
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Rehabify
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JSONic
Lightweight utility for parsing, formatting, validating and manipulating JSON data. Built for developer productivity.
mdconverter
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npm-compare
Side-by-side npm package comparison with intelligent recommendations and detailed dependency analysis.
How Files Are Stored, Deleted, and Copied Inside Your Computer
Understand how files are actually stored on disk, why deletion is instant, and why copying takes time. A beginner-friendly deep dive into file systems and storage architecture.
The Mechanics of Compression: How 100GB Becomes 25GB
A deep dive into the mathematical 'magic' behind data compression, from Huffman Coding to the architectural differences between ZIP and TAR.GZ.
Building This Blog: A Modern Next.js Blog with Markdown
How I built this blog using Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and markdown for content management. A complete guide to creating a fast, SEO-optimized blog.
Optimizing Memory Layout in Go: A Deep Dive into Struct Design
In Go, struct design can play a significant role in optimizing memory usage, especially when dealing with applications that need to handle a large number of structs. Understanding memory layout and the concept of alignment is crucial for writing efficient code. Let's dive into how struct field ordering impacts memory and how we can improve its design for better performance.
Easily Deploy Your Nanoc Website to S3 with GitHub Actions
Learn how to deploy your Nanoc website to an AWS S3 bucket using GitHub Actions. This step-by-step guide provides detailed instructions for automating your deployment process.
Architectural Design for a Ride App such as OLA, UBER, RAPIDO
This blog post explores the design Pattern of a ride app such as OLA, UBER, RAPIDO.