Himanshu Mishra

About

Highly accomplished Software Engineer with 2.5+ years of backend development expertise across fintech, e-commerce, and AI-driven platforms. Proven ability to architect scalable microservices, deploy serverless applications on AWS, and optimize performance, demonstrated by a 1700+ LeetCode rating and successful contributions to Google Summer of Code.

Work Experience

Software Engineer Backend

Newme

Oct 2024 - Mar 2025

Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN

Spearheaded backend development for Newme, a real-time fashion e-commerce platform, by building core systems for product search, rewards, and performance optimization.

Developed an image-based product search prototype using Flask and third-party visual search APIs (Google, Yandex, Bing), enhancing core e-commerce functionality.
Built ~70% of the backend for the Newme Coins rewards system using Flask and PostgreSQL, deploying APIs via AWS Lambda to manage user incentives.
Optimized API performance and managed deployments, data storage (S3), and CI/CD workflows on AWS, ensuring high availability and scalability.

Software Development Engineer

PrivateBlok

Jan 2024 - Oct 2024

Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN

Designed and maintained critical backend microservices for PrivateBlok's AI Copilot platform, focusing on scalable metering, billing, and AI-powered data pipelines.

Built and maintained Python-based backend microservices using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, and CloudWatch for AI-powered features.
Independently designed and implemented a metering and billing system for AI features, enabling scalable client-specific usage tracking and billing automation.
Contributed to ingestion pipelines for generative AI use-cases, transforming unstructured startup data into structured formats using NLP tools.

Software Development Engineer

Multiply

Dec 2022 - Dec 2023

Gurgaon, Haryana, IN

Drove initial backend development for Multiply, a fintech app, and later led key initiatives including a credit card recommendation engine and an in-house OCR solution.

Spearheaded backend development from scratch as one of three core engineers, later leading the credit card recommendation engine and PDF parser for credit data extraction.
Built a scalable in-house OCR engine using Python to replace Amazon Textract, reducing OCR costs by 90%.
Designed and deployed a Java Spring Boot + Refine.dev admin portal handling over 5M transaction records with efficient pagination and filtering.
Led the winning team in an internal hackathon, building a functional product within 24 hours.

Education

Computer Science (Interactive Intelligence (AI))

Georgia Institute of Technology

Sep 2024 - May 2026

Remote

Engineering Physics (Minors in Computer Science)

Delhi Technological University

8.08 / 10

Aug 2019 - Jun 2023

New Delhi, Delhi, IN

General Studies

Lal Bahadur Shastri Senior Secondary School

80.4 / 100

Mar 2018 - Mar 2019

New Delhi, Delhi, IN

Projects

AI Resume Ranker | Web App

Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

Developed an AI-powered resume ranking system that analyzes resumes against job descriptions using Groq API, enhancing recruitment efficiency.

Awards

Cleared Phase 1 of Google Summer of Code (GSOC)

CERN HSF-Root

Achieved Phase 1 completion in the prestigious Google Summer of Code program with CERN HSF-Root, demonstrating advanced software development skills.

First Prize Winner, Internal Company Hackathon

Multiply

Jan 2023

Led the winning team in an internal hackathon at Multiply, successfully building a functional product within 24 hours.

Skills

Programming Languages

Python
Java
JavaScript
C++
SQL

Frameworks & Libraries

Flask
FastAPI
Java Spring Boot
Node.js
Refine.dev

Databases

PostgreSQL
DynamoDB
MongoDB

Cloud & DevOps

AWS Lambda
AWS API Gateway
AWS CloudWatch
AWS S3
Docker
Git

Architecture & Tools

REST APIs
Microservices
Serverless
Admin Tools

AI & Data Processing

Generative AI Integration
OCR
NLP