Gouse Shaikh
Backend Software Engineer · Java · Spring Boot · Kafka · Microservices
Backend Engineer with 4+ years of experience building low-latency trading systems and event-driven microservices in Java/Spring Boot, processing 100K+ daily transactions and serving 50K+ users. Track record of cutting order-processing latency by 97% and report generation time by 80%.
4+ yrs
Backend engineering
15+
Enterprise clients served
5K+
Concurrent users supported
99.9%
Platform uptime
Work experience
Apr 2025 – Present
Software Engineer
Orosoft Solutions · Mumbai, India
- Architected multi-tenant Spring Boot microservices for enterprise financial platforms, serving 50K+ active users across 15+ enterprise clients.
- Refactored 10+ legacy SQL stored procedures into domain-driven Java services, reducing report generation time by 80% (from roughly 25s to 3s per run).
- Engineered Kafka-driven event-processing pipelines integrated with Redis caching and gRPC communication, increasing throughput by 3x while reducing average response time from 450ms to 120ms.
- Streamlined application deployments using Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Azure DevOps, and CI/CD pipelines, reducing deployment time by 65%.
- Spearheaded database optimization and API design reviews across multiple microservices, identifying and resolving key performance bottlenecks and contributing to 99.9% platform uptime.
- Mentored 4 junior engineers on Spring Boot best practices and code review standards.
Jun 2022 – Mar 2025
Associate Software Engineer
Orosoft Solutions · Mumbai, India
- Built backend services using Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, REST APIs, WebSockets, and FIX Protocol integrations to process more than 100K trading transactions daily.
- Optimized multithreaded QuickFIX/J services, reducing order-processing latency from 39ms to under 1ms, a 97% improvement.
- Implemented JWT-secured REST APIs supporting trading operations and third-party integrations for 5K+ concurrent users.
- Resolved 35+ critical production incidents through root cause analysis and performance tuning, improving platform reliability and maintaining 99.8% operational stability.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver new features, including real-time market data streaming, order management, and reporting modules.
Technical skills
Languages
Frameworks & Libraries
Databases & Caching
Distributed Systems
Cloud & DevOps
Tools
Methodologies & Concepts
Testing & Build Tools
Selected projects
BookBazaarHub
An online marketplace for new and pre-loved books. Readers can browse and buy at fair prices, and anyone can list the books on their shelf for sale in a couple of minutes.
AI-Powered Log Analyzer
A log analysis tool that uses OpenAI's GPT-4 API to automatically analyze and summarize application logs, cutting through noisy output to surface what matters.
AI-Powered Recommendation Engine
A collaborative-filtering recommendation engine that generates personalized item recommendations from user behavior data.
Education
Jun 2019 – Apr 2022
B.Sc. Information Technology
Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College, Mumbai University
CGPA: 9.55 / 10
Certifications & awards
- Java Programming CertificationUdemy
- AI with GitHub Copilot CertificationUdemy
- Quarterly Performer AwardOutstanding Performance, Orosoft Solutions