Hi, I'm Ayush Saluja
Senior Software Engineer specializing in distributed systems, backend architecture, and performance optimization at scale
About Me
I'm a Senior Software Engineer with 7+ years of experience building scalable backend systems and distributed architectures. Currently at LinkedIn, I lead performance optimization initiatives that serve 900M+ users worldwide.
My expertise spans across microservices architecture, stream processing, and cloud infrastructure. I've successfully led teams, mentored engineers, and delivered solutions that have generated millions in revenue impact while significantly improving system performance.
I'm passionate about solving complex distributed systems challenges and have a proven track record of optimizing performance, reducing costs, and building robust, scalable solutions.
Professional Experience
- Led gRPC migration achieving 5x performance improvement for 900M+ users
- Built end-to-end Flink testing solution, reducing deployment failures by 80%
- Implemented organization-wide stress testing initiative
- Mentored cross-functional team of 8 engineers on distributed systems
- Contributed to CosmosDB development with $50M+ revenue impact
- Key contributor to DocumentDB open-source initiative, now powering enterprise solutions
- Developed MongoDB v-core product achieving 99.95% availability SLA
- Automated disaster recovery reducing incident response time by 40%
- Implemented query optimization improving performance by 300%
- Developed rating system handling 50K+ QPS with event-driven architecture
- Integrated gRPC reducing cloud costs by 40% ($1.2M savings)
- Optimized Redis caches achieving 35% hit rate improvement
- Reduced response size by 94% improving mobile performance for 20M+ users
- Developed testing tools reducing manual effort by 70%
- Created RESTful APIs for Samsung OS data sharing
- Optimized test suite achieving 45% execution time reduction
- Trained 15+ engineers improving interview success rate by 80%
Technical Skills
Programming Languages
Frameworks & Tools
Databases
Cloud & DevOps
System Design
Featured Projects
DocumentDB Open Source Initiative
Key contributor to Microsoft's DocumentDB open-source project, helping transition enterprise database technology to the open-source community and enabling widespread adoption across organizations.
MongoDB Load Testing Framework
Comprehensive performance analysis tool that reduced manual testing by 80% using advanced monitoring and automation techniques.
DiceDB Contribution
Enhanced connection pooling efficiency in high-performance Redis-compatible database by adding functionality for managing open connections.
Flink Testing Pipeline
End-to-end testing solution for Apache Flink applications integrated with CI/CD, reducing deployment failures by 80%.
Mentoring & Consultation
With 7+ years of experience building scalable systems at top tech companies, I help engineers and teams solve complex distributed systems challenges, optimize performance, and advance their careers.
System Design & Architecture
Get expert guidance on designing scalable distributed systems, microservices architecture, and performance optimization strategies.
- Architecture reviews and recommendations
- Scalability and performance optimization
- Technology stack selection guidance
- Best practices for distributed systems
Career Development
Accelerate your engineering career with personalized mentoring from LinkedIn, Microsoft, and Swiggy experience.
- Resume and portfolio reviews
- Interview preparation (system design & coding)
- Career transition guidance
- Technical leadership development
Performance Engineering
Learn advanced techniques to optimize system performance, reduce costs, and handle massive scale like 900M+ users.
- Database and query optimization
- Caching strategies and implementation
- Load testing and performance monitoring
- Cost optimization in cloud environments
Technical Deep Dives
Master complex technologies and frameworks with hands-on guidance from real-world production experience.
- Apache Flink and stream processing
- gRPC and microservices communication
- MongoDB, Redis, and database design
- Kubernetes and container orchestration
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