Haris Shah

Senior Software Engineer

Bengaluru, India · +91 70066 34196 · shahharis383@gmail.com · linkedin.com/in/theharisshah · github.com/theharisshah

Summary

Senior Software Engineer with 8+ years building and scaling backend-heavy systems. Strong ownership of payments and subscription platforms, including multi-gateway recurring billing. Proven ability to lead pods, design resilient architectures, and deliver business-critical systems handling millions of daily requests. Experienced in mentoring engineers, driving technical strategy, and partnering cross-functionally to resolve production issues.

Skills

Backend: Laravel (Expert), Django REST Framework · Frontend: ReactJS, jQuery, Tailwind CSS · Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis · DevOps & Cloud: AWS (EC2, SQS, S3), Nginx, Heroku, DigitalOcean

Experience

Kenko AI — Senior SDE-1 Jan 2024 – Present

Own the Payments domain end-to-end as Pod Lead — system design, architecture, delivery, and reliability of payment and subscription workflows.
Led the Adyen for Platforms integration, working directly with Adyen implementation engineers to design and launch scalable, compliant payment flows.
Serve as the technical escalation point for payments, resolving client-impacting production issues alongside Support and Operations.
Architected and built a gateway-agnostic Subscription Engine from scratch, enabling recurring billing across multiple providers and removing dependency on Stripe Subscriptions.
Mentor junior developers through code reviews and pair programming, resulting in 30% fewer production bugs.

Terminal33 Consulting — Full Stack Developer May 2023 – Dec 2023

thefinpage.com: advanced caching for 40% faster load times; optimized queries to cut server load 25% while handling 50K+ daily visitors.
zopper.com: 85% reduction in response times; robust error handling improved issue-resolution time by 60%.
Maintained 99.9% uptime across both projects.

1K Kirana Bazaar — Senior Software Engineer Mar 2021 – Mar 2023

Optimized the WMS codebase and database using async queues and DB partitioning, enabling efficient processing of 7–8 million requests daily.
Reduced pick-list creation time by ~90%, significantly improving order-conversion time.
Resolved critical database deadlocks with optimized locking mechanisms, cutting related downtime by 99%.
Owned the WMS project end-to-end with minimal supervision.

SabkaMandi — Software Engineer Feb 2020 – Mar 2021

Led initiatives to reduce technical debt, improving system reliability and performance.
Engineered APIs for delivery-agent, retailer, distributor, and sales-agent applications.
Implemented a centralized logging system that reduced debugging time by 40% across services.

DeepSpace9 Technologies — Software Engineer Jul 2018 – Feb 2020

Delivered applications across e-commerce and hospitality; translated business requirements into tailored solutions.
Integrated third-party payment gateways and messaging services.
Contributed extensively to a Warehouse Management System for an e-commerce platform.

Pay10 — Backend Engineer Jan 2018 – Jun 2018

Architected and built the backend for an order-taking service optimized for 30-minute delivery.
Contributed to system performance enhancements and helped craft a pitch deck for fundraising.

Certifications

Laravel Certification Course — Programming Hub (2021) · SQL Certification — Programming Hub (2019) · Python — Programming Hub (2019)

Education

Islamic University of Science and Technology — B.Tech, Computer Science & Engineering (2014–2017)
Kashmir Government Polytechnic — Diploma, Computer Science & Technology (2010–2013)