About

About

Hi, I’m Shivam Ashtikar — a passionate and experienced Software Development Engineer (currently SDE II at Juspay), with over 6 years of hands-on expertise in building high-performance software systems. My journey has revolved around creating scalable systems, optimizing performance, and leading high-impact teams.

🧠 What I Do

  • Architect and develop backend and frontend systems with a focus on scalability and performance.
  • Lead cross-functional teams and provide technical mentorship to developers.
  • Actively involved in coding, debugging, and tuning software systems.
  • Specialize in building infrastructure automation tools, payment systems, and data engineering pipelines.

🛠 Technical Toolkit

  • Languages: Haskell, PureScript, Python, JavaScript, Java
  • Frameworks: React, Android Native, Streamly
  • DevOps: Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins
  • Automation & QA: Pytest, Katalon

💼 Experience

Juspay Pvt. Ltd. (2019 – Present)

  • SDE II (Mar 2023 – Present)
    • Led the Euler Dashboard team, integrating key features like Slack API, WhatsApp, OAuth 2.0, and Passkey authentication.
    • Achieved 90% reduction in production bugs via canary deployments.
    • Pioneered trunk-based development across services to boost release cycles.
  • SDE I (Jun 2021 – Mar 2023)
    • Spearheaded the onboarding of interns and new managers in the Payment Page team.
    • Reduced Purescript compile time 6x and improved overall delivery speed.
    • Built a DevTools app for payment flow testing and CI/CD improvements.
  • Associate SDE (Jul 2019 – Jun 2021)
    • Improved Android app render time by 66% using pre-rendering.
    • Played a key role in data pipeline migration to Haskell using Streamly.
    • Built a Haskell-based alternative to Fluentd for Kubernetes data collection.

FP Developer Intern (Dec 2018 – Feb 2019)

  • Improved Android performance by optimizing the JS-to-Java communication layer.

🎓 Education

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering
Pune University – Govt. College of Engineering and Research, Avasari(kd)
CGPA: 8.06 | Years: 2015 – 2019
gcoeara.ac.in

🌐 Find Me Online

Always curious, always building — let’s connect!