Hi, I’m Himanshu
I build backend systems that don’t break when things get real.
My Journey
Started with curiosity
Learned by breaking things
Moved to distributed systems
Now
My Journey
2016 – 2020
B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering
Siddaganga Institute of Technology
Started with electronics, moved into software.
2021 – 2022
Accenture
Application Development Analyst
Enterprise systems and real-world complexity.
2023 – Present
Synchrony Financial
Software Development Engineer II
Scaling distributed systems and APIs.
What I’ve worked on
High-traffic API systems
Event-driven architecture
System resilience
What I’m strong at
Java & Backend
System Design
Distributed Systems
Kafka & Event Systems
DSA & Problem Solving
What I think about
- → Why systems break at scale
- → Designing APIs that survive real traffic
- → Why some systems degrade gracefully while others collapse
- → Trade-offs in distributed systems
Currently exploring
Scaling microservices
Advanced Kafka patterns
High availability systems
API performance tuning