Hello, I'm
Moksh Verma
Backend Engineer
Backend Engineer with 5+ years of experience building distributed systems at scale. Specialized in identity unification, real-time data pipelines, and cloud cost optimization at companies serving hundreds of millions of users.
Experience
Expedia Group
SDE-II
Apr 2024 - Present · Gurugram
- Unified 380M+ multi-brand user identities into a single identity system across Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo
- Migrated Tier-1 Kafka infrastructure to Confluent Cloud with zero downtime and zero event loss
- Reduced cloud costs by $200K+/year by redesigning ETL pipelines from scratch
- Decomposed a core monolith into an independently deployable Kotlin + Postgres microservice
- Accelerated delivery by ~30% using AI-assisted workflows (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot)
Radio Mirchi
Software Developer
Aug 2022 - Mar 2024 · Noida
Built backend services powering Radio Mirchi's digital platform — Podcasts, Videos, Articles, and Shorts.
- Increased user engagement by ~30% by designing a scalable Automated Push Notification module using Spark and Kafka
- Reduced login time and errors by 50% with a secure JWT-based login handoff from mobile app to webview
- Increased business revenue by 10% by building a high-performance Ads Rule Engine using Redis and MongoDB
Gaana (Acq. by Radio Mirchi)
Software Developer
Aug 2021 - Mar 2024 · Noida
- Boosted music playout from homepage by 40% for 50M Daily Active Users with personalized recommendation algorithms
- Reduced API response time by 35% with Aerospike caching strategies at high-latency points
- Solved Cold Start and Artist Similarity challenges through POCs that shipped to production
EPAM Systems
Junior Software Engineer
Feb 2021 - Jul 2021 · Pune
- Developed secure RESTful APIs using Singleton and Factory design patterns, improving data security and scalability
Skills
Languages & Frameworks
Databases & Caching
Streaming & Data
Cloud & Infrastructure
AI & Dev Tooling
Methodologies
Projects
Auto-Terminal
A command-line tool that converts natural language to shell commands using AI.
Song Hit Predictor 5000
A tool to predict whether a song has the potential to take off.
Education
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science, B.Tech (CSE)
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Delhi, India · 2016 - 2020