Abhishek Deb

Engineering Portfolio

Abhishek Deb

Staff / Principal Software Engineer – Platform & Distributed Systems

Staff / Principal Software Engineer with 13+ years of experience building and scaling distributed, data-intensive systems. Deep expertise in Node.js, GraphQL Federation, Server-Driven UI, cloud-native architectures, and DevOps. Proven record of leading engineering teams, optimizing platform performance, and delivering measurable business impact.

Work Experience

Staff Software Engineer

Grid Dynamics

2025-08present
  • Built multiple Server-Driven UI (SDUI) components and services using federated GraphQL, increasing engagement by 5% for a global NBFC fintech client.
  • Optimized GraphQL query planner, achieving 7x latency reduction in overall response times.
  • Led roadmap planning and data-intensive API PoCs serving 100K+ requests per day.
  • Awarded Best Team Delivery 2025 within 4 months of joining.

Senior Software Engineer (Contract)

Remote Co

2025-012025-08
  • Improved user retention by 20% through SDUI initiatives and system design.
  • Built AI-driven image-to-video platform using ComfyUI and LLMs, increasing sales by 20%.
  • Migrated CMS to Next.js headless architecture achieving 97% SEO improvement.

Senior Software Engineer

Pluralsight

2023-062025-01
  • Reduced core API response time by 90% by porting services to Node.js and optimizing PostgreSQL queries.
  • Led reliability and scalability initiatives for APIs serving 1M+ users using Kubernetes, Helm, and smoke testing.
  • Drove micro-frontend architecture and DDD adoption, reducing defect rates.
  • Led development of analytics dashboard from scratch, resulting in 30x increase in user engagement.

Head of Engineering

Metaversal Imagarium Pvt Ltd

2021-042023-06
  • Led 8+ engineers delivering fault-tolerant REST APIs with OAuth2/JWT, RBAC, and IAM-based access control.
  • Architected centralized digital asset leasing platform, reducing project turnaround time by 70%.
  • Owned CI/CD, DevOps, and billing, achieving 50% monthly cloud cost reduction.

Software Engineer

Spacejoy

2017-042021-04
  • Built in-house rendering farm using Node.js, React, Blender, MQTT, Socket.IO, and MongoDB, reducing external software costs by 70%.
  • Owned platform architecture and scalability strategy, increasing daily project release frequency by 60%.

Senior Unity Developer & Server Programmer

Thinqbot Technologies

2015-122016-12
  • Developed Socket.IO and message-queue-based IoT systems.

Game Developer & Integration Engineer

Roar Games Pvt Ltd

2015-052015-12
  • Built real-time multiplayer features and backend services for in-house games.

Software Development Engineer

VirtualSoft Technologies Pvt Ltd

2015-032016-05
  • Developed Android games using C#.NET and Unity3D.

Selected GitHub Work

vikz91/hook-relay

webhook relay management server - nodejs bullmq mongoose

Commit activity20 commits
Last commit Aug 17, 2025
vikz91/mealroll

MealRoll - A mobile-friendly meal planning app to reduce decision fatigue and make weekly meal prep seamless.

Last commit Dec 03, 2024
vikz91/rpi-home

dashboard for rpi manager

Commit activity4 commits
Last commit Jun 01, 2025

Focus Areas

Systems Architecture

Service boundaries, scalability constraints, and trade-offs.

Reliability

Failure modes, operational guardrails, and resilience work.

Platform Foundations

Core APIs, primitives, and long-lived engineering systems.

Skills

backend

Node.jsTypeScriptGraphQL FederationMicroservicesREST APIs

frontend

ReactNext.jsMicrofrontend FederationESM Bundling

architecture

Distributed SystemsServer-Driven UISOLIDDomain-Driven Design

data

MongoDBPostgreSQLRedisPinecone

devops

DockerCI/CDAWSEKSKubernetesHelmMLOps

ai

Agentic AINLPLangChainLangGraphOpenAI

observability

ELK StackDataDogPagerDutyNewRelic

leadership

Engineering StrategyMentorshipRoadmap Planning

Certifications

Apollo Graph Developer – Associate
OWASP Secure Coding Big Picture (2023–2024)
Data Privacy & Information Security V3.2-2023
Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption V2.02
A Practical Guide to GraphQL: From the Client Perspective

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