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Shrish Kumar

Independent Software Developer | Backend Engineer

Building AI-powered platforms and cloud-native systems. Designing robust, highly scalable APIs, microservices, and semantic retrieval architectures.

Key Metrics

Experience Flipkart & Freelance
LeetCode 1000+ Solved
Deployments 3 Core Platforms

My Journey

About Me

Driven by backend engineering and cloud-native solutions.

I design production-grade backend platforms, microservices, and AI-powered data architectures. With experience at Flipkart and building CogniFlow (Solo SaaS), I focus on clean architecture, scalable databases (NoSQL/Vector), and automated deployment pipelines.

1+ Years Professional Exp
Flipkart SWE Intern Alumni
1000+ LeetCode Solved

Professional Journey

Experience

Freelance Backend Engineer

CogniFlow (Solo SaaS)

July 2025 – Present Remote
  • Architected and deployed an AI-powered market intelligence platform using Spring Boot, Weaviate vector DB, and Google Gemini API – deployed serverlessly on Google Cloud Run with scale-to-zero capability for optimal cost efficiency.
  • Engineered a scheduled data ingestion pipeline using Cloud Scheduler, processing real-time stock data to generate contextual "vibe check" summaries via the Gemini API.
  • Implemented a production-grade Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline with hybrid search (BM25 + vector) over Weaviate, enabling natural-language queries on market insights.
  • Built a responsive Tailwind CSS dashboard with a deterministic mock-vector fallback, ensuring full demo functionality even without live API keys – a critical reliability feature for investor presentations.

Software Engineering Intern

Flipkart

Feb 2025 – July 2025 Bengaluru, KA
  • Developed the Albatross System, a backend platform built with Java and Spring Boot to centralize and log the full lifecycle of git commits, CI/CD pipelines, and operational workflows.
  • Implemented the data storage layer using HBase to handle high-volume logging; specifically selected NoSQL over relational databases to ensure fast write speeds and prevent system bottlenecks during traffic spikes.
  • Managed microservice deployments using Docker and Kubernetes within a staging cluster, ensuring system stability through rigorous validation before production release.
  • Streamlined the development lifecycle by automating the tracking of code changes and pipelines into a single platform, providing the team with end-to-end visibility of every deployment.

Flagship Development

Featured Project

cogniflowservice.europe-west1.run.app
CogniFlow landing page interface preview Active Cloud Run Instance

CogniFlow Architectural Deep Dive

Selected Weaviate as the core vector database to avoid proprietary SaaS vendor lock-in and ensure self-hosted deployment. This provides out-of-the-box support for high-speed hybrid search—merging BM25 keyword matching with HNSW semantic vector retrieval—which is crucial for precise stock earnings insight analysis.

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Ingestion Pipeline Automation

A serverless workflow scheduled daily queries stock filings via APIs, processes the textual content with Gemini LLM models for key extraction, computes vector embeddings, and indexes them directly in Weaviate.

Defensive Embedding Fallbacks

To mitigate network timeouts and vector database connection latency, local tokenization logic intercepts exceptions and serves pre-cached mock semantic data so dashboard renders are never blocked.

Exam Tracker Pro Architectural Deep Dive

Architected on an offline-first local database cache model utilizing Firestore IndexedDB persistence. By queuing updates locally and syncing automatically on network reconnection, the application achieves zero-latency interactions and absolute reliability in low-connectivity settings.

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Background Alerts & FCM

Background service workers handle push alerts via Firebase Cloud Messaging. Scheduled functions evaluate milestones daily, alerting users 2 days in advance with a Nodemailer SMTP backup route.

Browser Extension Integration

Developed a companion Chrome Extension utilizing Manifest V3 service workers, connecting directly to user document indexes via Google REST APIs to sync toolbar deadlines.

Query & Form State

State is isolated via TanStack Query, enabling customizable caching thresholds, automated network retry policies, and optimistic UI transitions on local forms before database validation.

Portfolio Directory

Project Showcases

CogniFlow vector memory search dashboard preview

CogniFlow

Production

An AI stock market intelligence engine integrating RAG pipelines and hybrid vector database retrieval patterns.

Spring Boot Weaviate Docker
500+ semantic queries processed
Exam-Tracker interface preview

Exam-Tracker

Live

A full-stack exam management application to create, schedule, and track exam deadlines with real-time countdown timers and personalized reminders.

React Node.js Express Firebase Tailwind CSS
200+ active users (beta)

Technical Toolkit

Skills & Tech Stack

Programming Languages

Java (Core & Advanced) C++ Python SQL JavaScript TypeScript

Backend & Infrastructure

Spring Boot Microservices REST APIs Docker Kubernetes HBase (NoSQL) Weaviate (Vector DB) Gemini API (RAG)

Frontend & Tools

React.js Next.js Tailwind CSS Git / GitHub Firebase TanStack Query PWAs & Service Workers

Get In Touch

Let's Connect

Have a project or a role in mind?

I am actively looking for backend engineering positions, cloud development roles, or independent software opportunities. Reach out via email, check my GitHub repositories, or connect on LinkedIn.

Or email directly: shrishku001@gmail.com