Amit Verma
Software Engineer · Distributed Systems

Amit Verma

Gurugram, India

I build systems at scale and write about what breaks. ~3 years in production distributed systems — Kafka, WebSockets, ClickHouse, multi-tenant IoT.

10k+
WebSocket connections
50%
P99 latency reduction
~3yr
In production
1k+
LeetCode solved
Rating ~1,577

About

I'm a Software Engineer with ~3 years building production distributed systems at a Stealth Startup (Gurugram, India). I architect real-time data pipelines with Kafka, multi-database strategies (MongoDB, ClickHouse, PostgreSQL), and high-concurrency WebSocket infrastructure for IoT and NOC platforms — including enterprise deployments for Reliance and Altius Infra.

Previously: 1M+ daily notifications at JP Furnware, AI-powered SaaS at PinnacleWorks. B.Tech CS, CGPA 8.29/10.

This site exists because most content shows the clean answer. I show the seven approaches that failed first — real thinking, edge cases, and honest tradeoffs at scale.

I keep DSA sharp with LeetCode (~1,000 problems solved · contest rating ~1,577 (~top 27% globally)).

Experience

Jan 2025 — nowCurrent
Software Engineer — Stealth Startup

Kafka · WebSockets (10k+ connections) · ClickHouse · Multi-tenant IoT / NOC SaaS · LLM integration · AWS · Grafana/Prometheus · ~50% P99 latency reduction

KafkaWebSocketsClickHouseAWS
Jan 2024 — Jan 2025
Software Engineer — JP Furnware & Technologies

AWS SQS · WebSockets · Firebase · 1M+ daily notifications · 900ms → 40ms query optimization

AWS SQSFirebaseWebSockets
Jul 2023 — Dec 2023
Software Developer — PinnacleWorks Infotech

NLU engines · Node.js EventEmitter · Redis caching · 40% fewer redundant calls

Node.jsRedisNLU

Stack & Tools

~3 years in production software engineering roles What I ship with most often. Deeper on Node/TS; honest exposure on the rest.

Languages & runtime

Node/TS in production; Go for services, tooling, and performance-sensitive pieces.

  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • Go

APIs & real-time

REST + sockets under load.

  • Express.js
  • Socket.IO
  • WebSockets

Data & search

Right store for the job.

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • ClickHouse
  • Redis
  • Elasticsearch
  • Neo4j

Streaming & messaging

Events, fan-out, backpressure.

  • Apache Kafka
  • AWS SQS / SNS
  • RabbitMQ

Cloud & delivery

AWS-first, repeatable deploys.

  • AWS (EC2, RDS, SQS, Lambda, ALB, ASG)
  • Docker
  • GitHub Actions

Observability

Know when things fail.

  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Loki
  • SLA-style alerting

AI in production

Wiring LLMs into real systems — not demos.

  • LLM APIs
  • RAG
  • prompting
  • tool-calling
  • operational chat over telemetry

CS fundamentals & practice

Consistent problem solving — keeps algorithms and data structures sharp next to production work.

  • LeetCode @Amitverma2216
  • ~1,000 problems (Easy / Medium / Hard)
  • Contest rating ~1,577 · ~top 27% globally

Get in touch

Hiring, collaboration, speaking, or a question about something I wrote — email is best. I read everything.

amit.verma.codes@gmail.com

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