Software Engineer / Distributed Systems

I build systems that stay reliable under real load.

Production-focused engineer working across Java, Kafka, APIs, databases, CI/CD, and the operational details that make distributed software dependable.

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Systems online

Selected impact

/02

Outcomes, not ornamental metrics.

A concise record of production work drawn directly from my experience - reliability, operational leverage, and systems that scale.

15+

Production enhancements

Delivered for large-scale Java distributed systems.

Impact / 01

99.9%

Reliable delivery

Designed into an event-driven notification framework.

Impact / 02

60%

Less manual overhead

Through Linux-based CI/CD rolling-upgrade automation.

Impact / 03

100+

Queues monitored

Across a continuous operational monitoring suite.

Impact / 04

Open source signal

Apache Tomcat contributor

Patched a critical multithreading concurrency bug in Tomcat's caching mechanism and merged the fix into the official project.

Merged upstream

Selected projects

/03

A home for the work behind the systems.

Project case studies will live here with the problem, contribution, architecture, and outcome. The structure is ready for the details you share next.

Experience

/04

Production is where the details matter.

Engineering across streaming, APIs, release automation, security, monitoring, and high-volume data systems.

May 2024 - Present

01 / 02

Zoho

Software Development Engineer

Building and operating production infrastructure for large-scale distributed systems.

Engineered Kafka middleware for multithreaded streaming pipelines handling terabyte-level volumes with zero message lag.
Migrated core REST APIs to standardized client-server protocols, accelerating integration for 10+ internal teams.
Architected an event-driven multi-channel notification framework backed by automated testing.
Designed encryption protocols and scalable data structures for a strategic ClickHouse infrastructure migration.

JavaKafkaREST APIsDistributed SystemsLinuxCI/CD

Feb 2024 - Apr 2024

02 / 02

Zoho

Software Development Engineer Intern

Improved concurrency, security, and repeatable operations across production services.

Patched a critical multithreading concurrency bug in Apache Tomcat's caching mechanism and merged the fix upstream.
Migrated hardcoded secrets to an encrypted centralized decryption interface.
Automated 10+ Linux and XML workflows, reducing manual operations by 8+ hours each week.

JavaApache TomcatLinuxShellXML

Systems toolkit

/05

The tools are nodes. The system is the skill.

A production-centered toolkit spanning code, architecture, data, cloud, quality, and emerging AI workflows. Switch lenses to change the emphasis.

Languages

/01

Java

Python

Go

SQL

Systems

/02

Distributed Systems

Microservices

Kafka

Docker

Data & Cloud

/03

PostgreSQL

ClickHouse

MongoDB

AWS

Quality

/04

Test Automation

Git

Shell Scripting

AI

/05

Agentic AI

Model Context Protocol

Prompt Engineering

AI & ML Concepts

Credential vault

/06

Structured learning, kept in motion.

Provider branding stays consistent across the vault while every credential keeps its own title, year, certificate image, and verification URL.

Contact

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Let's build the reliable part first.

I'm always interested in thoughtful conversations about distributed systems, backend engineering, production reliability, and practical AI.

palanivig12@gmail.com

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Education

Saranathan College of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli

B.E. Computer Science and Engineering

May 2024GPA 9.13 / 10