Kshitiz Anand

SDE-3 @Tesco | B.Tech NIT Rourkela

Email: anandkshitiz@gmail.com
Phone: +91-9972306960

About

  • Staff Software Engineer with 13+ years of experience in building and scaling distributed, cloud-native platforms.Strong hands-on expertise in designing and implementing high-throughput event-driven systems using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, SQL/ NOSQL database and Kubernetes.
  • Proven ability to architect multi-tenant, large-scale platforms, influencing cross-team technical direction, reliability, and scalability. Focused on platform engineering, observability, and performance optimization.
  • Actively exploring and applying GenAI (RAG-based systems) for incident analysis, and leveraging agentic tools (OpenCode, Claude) to enhance development workflows and productivity.

Skills


Education

National Institute Of Technology(NIT), Rourkela
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) | 2008-2012

Professional Experience

Tesco, Bengaluru

SDE-3 | Bengaluru, India | Oct 2024 - Present
  • Led architecture and delivery of a Kafka-based platform processing ~1B+ events/ day across hybrid cloud clusters, enabling standardized event streaming at scale.
  • Designed and implemented a multi-region, multi-tenant, API-first platform with active-active replication, achieving p95 latency ~35ms.
  • Hands-on development of core services using Java/ Spring Boot, Kafka pipelines, Couchbase DB, gateway, custom RBAC etc.
  • Drove adoption across 25+ teams in 1 year, now supporting >50% of org traffic.
  • Led technical evaluation of Kafka platforms (Confluent vs Strimzi), influencing decisions through trade-off analysis (cost, performance, operations).
  • Built strong observability, fault isolation, and resiliency, achieving high availability with no major incidents.
  • Drove technical execution and cross-team alignment to standardize event-driven architecture.
  • Built a GenAI-driven incident analysis POC using RAG (LLaMA-class models) over logs, metrics, traces, and runbooks, enabling contextual root cause insights.
  • Designed end-to-end pipeline for SREs and application engineers, generating guided debugging and remediation steps, reducing manual log analysis through effective retrieval and prompt design.

Intuit, Bengaluru

Staff Software Engineer | Bengaluru, India | Jan 2022 - Sept 2024
  • Led architecture and implementation of Custom Fields & Dimensions for 250K+ QuickBooks Advanced customers, enabling flexible data modeling and reporting.
  • Hands-on development of scalable batch and streaming systems using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, PostgreSQL and drove adoption of Hexagonal Architecture, improving modularity and maintainability.
  • Influenced platform design and engineering standards across teams through design reviews and technical guidance.

athenahealth, Chennai

Lead Member of Technical Staff | Jul 2020 - Dec 2021
  • Led development of a highly available decision engine platform processing over 1000 TPS for 116K+ healthcare customers.
  • Designed event-driven data archiving systems using Kafka to support compliance and long-term data retention.
  • Maintained over 95% automated test coverage across backend services.
Senior Member of Technical Staff | Apr 2018 - Jun 2020
  • Provisioned cloud infrastructure on AWS including ECS, RDS, API Gateway, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Established DevOps practices and real-time monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana.

Oracle, Bengaluru

Programmer Analyst - 3 | Nov 2016 - Mar 2018
  • Designed, developed, and deployed cloud applications for Oracle Supply Chain Management on Oracle Cloud.
  • Led backend development efforts across design, testing, and production rollout.
Programmer Analyst - 2 | Jul 2015 - Oct 2016
  • Developed multiple cloud applications for Oracle SCM on Oracle Cloud.
  • Explored and prototyped internal AI- and voice-command based solutions as part of innovation initiatives.

Dassault Systemes, Pune & Bengaluru

Software Engineer | Jul 2012 - Jun 2015
  • Developed solutions using the 3DEXPERIENCE platform C++ SDK to generate MBOM from EBOM.
  • Built converters to transform designs and animations from DELMIA formats to 3DVIA Studio.
  • Integrated CAD constraints from legacy systems into the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

Awards

Tesco Spotlight
2024 | Tech Leadership
Intuit Superstar Award
2022 | Tech Excellence
Athena Hackathon
2019 | Voice Assistant
Oracle Hackathon
2017 | Cloud Dashboard
Oracle Intrepreneur
2015 | Meeting Assistant
DS Innovation Forwards
2013 | 3DVIA Animation
DS Star Performer
2013 | Weight & Balance