Piyush Kumar
Senior Software Engineer with 5+ years building Python backends, cloud-native APIs, and data pipelines. Currently at Atari.
ABOUT ME
Who I Am
I'm a Senior Software Engineer at Atari Inc, working on video game archival infrastructure and enhancing user experience on one of the oldest video game database sites.
Previously, I spent about 5 years at Gemini Solutions building critical market data systems for PIMCO - from async microservices and AI integrations to live data quality dashboards. My work is driven by a test-first mindset and a deep respect for system design.
Companies & Clients
EXPERIENCE
Where I've Worked
Senior Software Engineer
Current- • Integrated OAuth & SSO login (Google, LinkedIn, Steam) reducing user onboarding friction and increasing customer collection rate by 20%.
- • Resolved 20+ critical security issues (DB, network, DDoS) reducing potential breach probability by 15%.
- • Refactored analytics & visualisation on Jinja, Vue and Flask for better UI, driving up to 25% increase in monthly paid users.
- • Integrated Google Gemini AI-based data scraping in the backend for improved data availability.
Technology Solutions Lead
FastAPI Service for Market Data Operations - PIMCO
- • Designed & deployed FastAPI microservice for on-demand market data retrieval, improving API latency by 40% vs legacy batch jobs.
- • Added async job execution via AWS Step Functions, reducing data update time from ~15 min to <2 min.
- • Led team to build a GPT-4o based AI chatbot with integrated REST endpoints for non-technical user interaction.
Flask ETL Service Python Migration – PIMCO
- • Migrated core Flask codebase from Python 2.7 → 3.8, increasing execution speed by up to 20%.
- • Updated REST endpoints & ORM queries; increased Pytest test coverage by 50% and refactored core logic.
- • Added logging & monitoring on DataDog; automated unit/integration testing with Pytest.
DataOps – PIMCO
- • Spearheaded a live market data quality monitoring web app (Plotly, Flask, JS), reducing manual validation time by 75%.
- • Automated Data Quality checks & set up ETL pipelines for vendors (Bloomberg, JPMorgan, ICE), cutting human-hours by 90%+ since inception.
SKILLS
What I Work With
Technologies and tools I use to build robust systems.
PROJECTS
Things I've Built
ACHIEVEMENTS
Recognition & Impact
"On the Spot" Award - Q2 2024
Gemini Solutions
Recognised for timely client issue resolution and being one of the highest performers in the organisation.
"On the Spot" Award - Q1 2022
Gemini Solutions
Excellence in team contribution and developing a client-ready dashboard in record time.
Published Research Paper
International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology
"Krishi: A Price Prediction System" (Paper ID: 151698) - ML-based agricultural price forecasting.
Smart India Hackathon Finalist
Ministry of Education, India
EDUCATION
Academic Background
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science & Engineering
Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology
Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh (AKTU)
- • Published research paper on AI based price prediction for agricultural commodities using SARIMA model
- • Smart India Hackathon 2020 finalist
- • Freelance graphic designer and social media manager for college literary club
- • Represented college and won at multiple national level events, e.g., IIT-Roorkee
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Currently open to technical lead and platform engineering roles. Let's connect.