Kshitiz Anand

SDE-3 @Tesco | B.Tech NIT Rourkela

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

About

  • Principal/Staff Software Engineer with 13+ years of experience designing and scaling distributed, cloud-native platforms at enterprise scale.
  • Proven track record of leading system architecture for high-throughput event-driven platforms, influencing cross-team technical direction, and driving long-term platform reliability, scalability, and developer productivity.
  • Deep expertise in backend and platform engineering using Java, SpringBoot, Kafka, Kubernetes, and cloud-native architectures, with hands-on experience applying GenAI and RAG-based systems to improve incident response and operational excellence.

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 system design of a Kafka-based Messaging as a Service (MaaS) platform, enabling standardized event streaming across multiple teams and regions.
  • Designed a multi-region, multi-tenant, API-first event streaming platform, establishing architectural patterns for scalability, reliability, security and high availability.
  • Evaluated and influenced platform adoption decisions across Kafka ecosystems (Confluent, Strimzi), balancing performance, operational complexity, and enterprise requirements.
  • Owned end-to-end platform delivery, from architectural vision and technical roadmap to production launch, working closely with platform, security, and SRE stakeholders.
  • Architected a GenAI-powered incident resolution framework to reduce MTTD and MTTR through automated analysis, guided remediation, and execution plans.
  • Implemented RAG-based workflows using LangChain, vector databases, and open-source LLMs, improving operational response quality and developer productivity.

Intuit, Bengaluru

Staff Software Engineer | Bengaluru, India | Jan 2022 - Sept 2024
  • Led system design and implementation of Custom Dimensions for 250K+ QuickBooks Advanced customers using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and PostgreSQL.
  • Defined and institutionalized Hexagonal Architecture patterns, improving maintainability, testability, and scalability across microservices.
  • Designed and scaled batch processing platforms with multi-cluster support, improving throughput and fault tolerance.
  • Led reliability initiatives including FMEA and chaos testing, strengthening platform robustness under failure scenarios.

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