Aaditya Pal
Distributed Systems · Backend Engineering · AI/LLMs
Who I Am
Engineer by day, reader and trekker by choice
// About me
type Engineer struct {
Name string = "Aaditya Pal"
Role string = "Software Engineer"
Company string = "Razorpay"
Location string = "Bengaluru, India"
Focus string = {"Distributed Systems", "AI/LLMs"}
Reads string = {"Finance", "Tech", "Psychology"}
Outside string = {"Trekking", "Music", "CP"}
}
I'm a software engineer based in Bengaluru who genuinely enjoys the craft of building things that scale. From integrating payment flows at Razorpay to shipping AI systems that reason over financial data — I care about the internals, the edge cases, and the reliability story.
Outside of work I'm an avid reader across finance, technology, and human behaviour. I enjoy trekking into the hills when time allows, and music is almost always playing in the background when I code.
I believe great engineering is equal parts curiosity and discipline — and I try to bring both to whatever I'm building.
Love disappearing into the hills — have trekked in the Western Ghats and Himalayas.
Almost always playing in the background — mostly lo-fi, indie, and classic rock.
Books across finance, distributed systems, psychology, and everything in between.
CodeChef 5-star, LeetCode Knight — problem solving keeps the mind sharp.
My Bookshelf
// books that shaped how I think
8 books
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Martin Kleppmann
"The best system design education I've had. Changed how I think about consistency, replication, and the real cost of distributed state."
The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel
"Wealth isn't about intelligence — it's about behaviour over time. This book rewired how I think about risk and patience."
Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert Kiyosaki
"The book that first made me think about assets vs liabilities seriously. A mindset shift more than a financial plan."
The Intelligent Investor
Benjamin Graham
"Margin of safety is everything. Graham taught me to separate investing from speculation — a lesson that applies to engineering too."
Atomic Habits
James Clear
"Systems beat goals. Small compounding changes — whether in code quality or daily routines — create disproportionate results."
Clean Code
Robert C. Martin
"Code is read far more than it's written. This shaped my obsession with naming, small functions, and leaving code better than I found it."
The Millionaire Next Door
Thomas J. Stanley
"Real wealth is quiet. Most millionaires live below their means — a counterintuitive but grounding lesson about building long-term wealth."
Think and Grow Rich
Napoleon Hill
"The mind is the starting point of all success. Hill distills lessons from hundreds of successful people into a repeatable framework for achievement."
Technical Arsenal
From Kafka event pipelines to RAG systems — tools I use to build at scale
Languages
4 skills
Frameworks
4 skills
Distributed Systems
5 skills
Databases
4 skills
Cloud & DevOps
5 skills
AI / ML
5 skills
Work History
Building at scale with ownership and depth
Software Engineer
CurrentBuilding and scaling payment infrastructure at Razorpay — integrating new payment methods, hardening NPCI flows, and improving checkout reliability for merchants across India.
Software Engineer
Owned payment microservice development for Moveinsync and Workinsync food booking modules, along with data migrations and Java version upgrades.
Associate Software Engineer
Developed inter-service communication infrastructure, RESTful APIs, and reporting/audit services for Nomura's fintech platform.
Software Engineer Intern
Improved service reliability and cross-platform compatibility for Nomura's fintech infrastructure.
Software Engineer Intern
Developed cross-platform mobile features for an IoT fleet management dashboard.
Things I've Built
Personal projects, open source tools, and AI-powered experiments
AlphaMind
Distributed AI system for stock prediction and natural-language Q&A using a 3-microservice architecture with TFT, RAG, and LLMs.
BlockEmerse
Blockchain-based web app for online purchases using NFTs for digital warranties and verification.
EDSE API
RESTful API for educational institutes with notice upload, attendance, profile, and transport management with Redis caching.
System Design
Visual architecture of systems I've designed and built
NPCI Callback System
Secure event-driven NPCI callback system using Transactional Outbox and Kafka CDC — improved reliability from 98.5% to 99.99%
Let's Connect
Open to interesting conversations about distributed systems, AI, or great engineering challenges
Say Hello
Whether you want to discuss distributed systems architecture, AI/LLM engineering, or geek out about Kafka — my inbox is open.
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