Hi, I'm Rohit

Software Engineer · Exploring the edges of infrastructure and systems

I'm fascinated by how things work under the hood—whether that's migrating production systems to Kubernetes, figuring out why a database query is slow, or building a Discord bot in Rust just to see if I can.

Currently at Academia.edu, where I've spent the last 4+ years working across the stack—from payment flows to infrastructure migrations.

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Tech I work with

Languages

Ruby
Python
Rust
TypeScript
SQL

Infrastructure

Kubernetes
AWS
Terraform
Docker
Cloudflare

Data

PostgreSQL
Redis
GraphQL
Datadog

Frameworks

Rails
Flask
React
Next.js

Experience

Building products and infrastructure at scale

Academia.eduSan Francisco, CA

4+ years

Senior Software Engineer

Current

Led production migration to Kubernetes—writing migration tooling, supporting phased rollouts, and cutting deploy times by 50%
Prototyped Cloudflare Edge stack (DNS, WAF, CDN) as a CloudFront replacement, shaping long-term infrastructure direction
Built a custom Slack MCP integration to streamline platform workflows and boost engineering productivity
Partnered with infrastructure vendors on cost-reduction initiatives, balancing performance, reliability, and spend

KubernetesAWSCloudflareDockerTerraform

Software Engineer

Built and maintained revenue-critical payment flows and monetization features contributing directly to core business revenue
Drove deployment of Tailscale, standardizing secure internal service access to AWS-hosted systems
Developed an agentic workflow to translate research pseudocode into production-grade Python, accelerating experimentation
Optimized database queries and backend performance to reduce system load and lower operational costs
Designed a reusable library for large-scale data imports, reducing effort for future corpus expansion

Ruby on RailsPythonPostgreSQLRedisAWS

Side Project

What I'm building when I'm not at work

In Progress

Annie Mei

What started as a way to learn Rust turned into a full-featured Discord bot that I actually use daily. Annie Mei connects to AniList's GraphQL API to let users track their anime and manga progress directly in Discord. The interesting challenges have been around implementing OAuth flows, building efficient caching layers, and designing fuzzy matching for search. It's hosted on a mix of Upstash (Redis), Neon (Postgres), and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

▹Written in idiomatic Rust, emphasizing correctness and maintainability
▹OAuth integration with AniList for user authentication
▹Multi-layer caching with Redis (Upstash) and PostgreSQL (Neon)
▹Fuzzy matching for flexible anime/manga search
▹Deployed on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

RustGraphQLPostgreSQLRedisOAuth

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Other Projects

RustyBase

A database built from scratch in Rust without any "unsafe" blocks or external crates—just to see how far safe Rust can go.

Rust

Let's Talk

I'm always curious about interesting problems, new technologies, or opportunities to collaborate. Whether you want to chat about infrastructure, Rust, or anything in between—feel free to reach out.

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