Akshay Waghmare
Software Developer & Cloud Engineer
Passionate software developer with experience at Atlan, Google Summer of Code contributor, and competitive programmer. Specialized in cloud infrastructure, microservices, and building scalable platforms that serve thousands of users.
About Me
I'm a passionate software developer currently pursuing B.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering at IIIT Allahabad. With hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure, microservices architecture, and full-stack development, I've contributed to platforms serving thousands of users and open-source projects impacting the global community.
Languages
Cloud & DevOps
Databases
Frameworks
Work Experience
My journey through impactful internships and contributions to open-source projects
- • Contributed to Atlan's core infrastructure powering a global-scale data collaboration platform
- • Developed and optimized internal tooling using Kubernetes, AWS EKS, and Argo Workflows to streamline CI/CD and deployment pipelines
- • Designed and maintained Apache Airflow DAGs for orchestrating critical data pipelines and background platform operations
- • Worked across AWS compute, storage, and networking services to ensure platform scalability, reliability, and efficiency
- • Selected among 1,253 contributors from 29,000+ applicants for GSoC 2025 to improve accessibility in Ubuntu 22.04 Installer
- • Enhanced screen reader by optimizing Orca and fixing 37+ semantic errors in Flutter UI, improving navigation by 42%
- • Contributed 14 upstream patches to GNOME, Wayland, and Flutter, improving accessibility for Linux distributions
- • Impact: Improved software accessibility for Accessible Coconut for visually impaired users, with 8+ languages support
- • Led the end-to-end development of an online screening platform at a bootstrapped startup, focusing on scalability and performance
- • Designed a microservices architecture using Spring Boot, integrating RabbitMQ for messaging and Redis for caching
- • Implemented centralized authentication with Keycloak for 15,000+ users, supporting 8 role-based access levels
- • Managed APIs through Kong API Gateway with custom plugins and developed responsive UIs using React.js
Education
Featured Projects
A showcase of my technical projects that demonstrate expertise in full-stack development, cloud infrastructure, and innovative solutions
Built an end-to-end observability platform monitoring 12+ microservices across diverse tech stacks. Integrated tracing (Jaeger), logging, and metrics (Prometheus + Grafana), reducing issue triage time by 30%.
Key Features:
- • AI-assisted diagnostic tool analyzing 20+ alerts/day
- • Reduced false positives and alert fatigue
- • Centralized resolution system cutting incident resolution from 2.5 hours to 1 hour
- • Monitoring across diverse tech stacks
Cross-platform gamified learning app for autistic children with AI role-based avatars enabling natural communication for child, parent, and therapist interactions.
Key Features:
- • Real-time voice chat with Twilio integration
- • Deepgram speech recognition for accessibility
- • Video consultation scheduling with calendar integration
- • Cross-platform support (Web, iOS, Android)
Achievements & Recognition
Recognition for technical excellence, competitive programming, and leadership contributions
Top 105 among global participants
CompetitionSelected among 1,272 contributors from 25,000+ global proposals (5.1% acceptance rate)
Open SourceNational Finalist - 7 among 18,000+ participants
HackathonAIR 15 among 70,000+ participants
Machine LearningNational Top 10 Submission
AI/MLNational Semifinalist
InnovationLeadership & Responsibilities
Overall Coordinator
GeekHaven Technical Society, IIIT Allahabad
2025-26Mentor
She Hacks 2024, Google Developer Student Club
2024Competitive Programming
LeetCode - akshayw2204
Rating: 1,679 (Top 5% globally) | 800+ problems solved
Codeforces - void4zZ
Rating: 1,558 (Specialist) | 150+ problems solved
Technical Blog
Sharing insights on software engineering, DevOps, architecture, and my journey in tech. Exploring complex topics through hands-on experiences and practical examples.
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Get In Touch
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Let's Connect
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