Akash Paudel
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Senior Software Engineer

Akash Paudel

Senior Software Engineer building AI-enabled, high-scale backend and platform products

Senior Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience across fintech and SaaS platforms. I design and ship scalable backend systems, event-driven services, and AI-enabled developer features used by large customer bases and engineering teams.

Focus areas: AI-assisted engineering workflows, scalable backend platforms, and resilient distributed systems.

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Based in

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Security Clearance

NV1 Security Clearance

Hobbies & Interests

Building AI side projects and product experimentsFitness and workout planning productsOpen-source developer toolingMentoring and teaching aspiring developersRapid prototyping mini apps and gamesPlaying Cricket and Soccer on WeekendsGym addicts on lots of areas like cardiovascular, strength, and flexibilityReading books on technology, business, and personal developmentTraveling to new places and exploring different culturesLearning new skills and technologiesBuilding new products and servicesHelping others and making a positive impactGiving back to the community and helping others

Experience

Software Engineer · Atlassian (Bitbucket)

Dec 2025 - Present

Melbourne, VIC

  • Building scalable backend systems used by millions of developers globally.
  • Integrated an AI agent to auto-create pull requests for stale or GA feature flags, reducing manual effort while preserving SLOs.
  • Led migration of a major Bitbucket pipelines service from Dropwizard to Spring Boot.
  • Designed and maintained Pub/Sub event-driven workflows for high-throughput asynchronous processing.

Senior Software Engineer / Software Engineer II · Zendesk

Jan 2023 - Dec 2025

Melbourne, VIC

  • Led replacement of in-house heartbeat infrastructure with Kubernetes-native capabilities to reduce recurring operational cost.
  • Led development of Sandbox Banner UI library to cut duplication and save engineering time for repeated UI changes.
  • Introduced Redis caching for endpoints, reducing latency by around 50%.
  • Delivered entitlement service improvements to simplify integrations and improve response reliability for sandbox access.

Junior Backend Developer · CoinJar

Feb 2022 - Nov 2022

Melbourne, VIC

  • Worked on distributed backend services with strong focus on security fixes and technical debt reduction.
  • Shipped production features using Ruby on Rails, Elixir, Phoenix, REST, GraphQL, and gRPC.

Ruby on Rails Developer · Beddoes Institute

May 2021 - Feb 2022

Melbourne, VIC

  • Built product features across Ruby on Rails and React in a small team focused on clean code and automated testing.

Academic Teacher (Part-time) · Coder Academy

Oct 2022 - Sep 2023

Melbourne, VIC

  • Taught multiple cohorts of aspiring software engineers across HTML/CSS/JS, Python, and MERN stacks.

Skills

A mix of core engineering strengths and technologies used across projects.

JavaSpring BootDropwizardPythonRuby on RailsTypeScriptJavaScriptReactNode.jsAWSKubernetesDockerPub/SubEvent-Driven ArchitectureDistributed SystemsGraphQLgRPCRedisObservabilitySystem DesignAgentic AIRAGMCPRubyHTMLKotlin

Education & Certifications

Education

Deakin University

Master of Information Technology

Start - 2017

G B Pant Engineering College

Bachelor of Computer Science and Engineering

2008 - 2012

Le Wagon

Bootcamp - Computer Software Engineering

Start - 2021

Certifications

  • Front-End Web Development with React
  • SQL and Relational Databases
  • Multiplatform Mobile App Development with React Native
  • Full-Stack Web Development with React
  • Data Visualization with Python

Projects

Selected work from GitHub and previous portfolio projects, including AI products, developer tools, and practical mini apps.

Git Trace

Open-source Kotlin CLI for improving Git blame workflows; expanded with Homebrew distribution and IntelliJ plugin support.

KotlinGitCLIJava
GitHub

homebrew-gittrace

Homebrew formula for seamless installation and upgrades of Git Trace.

RubyHomebrew
GitHub

Brotocol Fit

Generative AI fitness product that creates adaptive workout flows.

ReactTypeScriptPythonFastAPIPostgresDocker
Live

Savvy (in progress)

Upcoming product using Agentic AI + RAG + MCP patterns for high-value task automation.

Agentic AIRAGMCPReactTypeScriptPythonFastAPI

Top 5 Percent

Mobile game project (pending Play Store approval).

React NativeTypeScriptSQLiteFigma

Vegan Blog

Social/blog platform project with AWS-hosted media and modern frontend.

ReactSCSSAWSServerless
GitHub

Pig Game

Classic dice game project focused on clean frontend interactions.

HTMLCSSJavaScript
GitHub

Monthly Budget Planner

Budget planner app for straightforward personal expense tracking.

HTMLCSSJavaScript
GitHub

Contact

Open to interesting engineering opportunities, product collaborations, and technical conversations.

Preferred contact method: LinkedIn message for fastest response.

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