Rohit Ahuja
Software Development Engineer
Designing and operating scalable AI agent-based backend systems with strong DevOps ownership
Gurugram, India
Software Development Engineer with 5+ years of hands-on experience building and operating production backend and cloud systems at both startups (Launchpad Fintech, Forwood Safety) and enterprises (NatWest). At NatWest, I own the team's MongoDB Atlas infrastructure and built the AI agent platform on AWS ECS with GitLab CI/CD and Terraform — shipping production agents (including a Product Requirement System and a Source of Fund agent) powered by OpenAI and Google Gemini, and cutting AWS spend by ~$10,000 through ECS auto-scaling.
My sweet spot sits at the intersection of backend engineering, DevOps, and applied AI — designing cloud-native services on AWS, authoring infrastructure as code with Terraform (HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate), wiring up CI/CD in GitLab and Jenkins, and making systems observable, resilient, and cost-aware. I've taken services from whiteboard to production — and been the person on-call when they broke.
Beyond writing code, I've led release management, mentored engineers, and driven architectural decisions as a Technical Lead. I care about clean operational ownership — systems that ship, scale, and stay up without heroics.
- rohitahuja725@gmail.com
- Address
- Gurugram, India
- Contact
- +91-8053185860
Experience
Nov 2025 – Present Current
Software Engineer
DevOps & AI
NatWest
Gurugram, India
- Set up and own the team's MongoDB Atlas infrastructure end-to-end.
- Built the AI agent platform on AWS ECS, orchestrated with Terraform and GitLab CI/CD.
- Co-designed the Product Requirement System agent with the team and built it end-to-end as the sole developer — Python, OpenAI + Gemini, LangChain.
- Co-designed the Source of Fund agent with the team and built it end-to-end as the sole developer — Python, OpenAI, for banking workflows.
- Implemented ECS auto-scaling that cut AWS spend by ~$10,000.
Oct 2022 – Nov 2025
Technical Lead
Forwood Safety
Queensland, Australia
Dec 2024 – Nov 2025
Technical Lead
Oct 2022 – Dec 2024
Full-Stack Developer & Release Manager
- Led technical delivery as Technical Lead, working with product managers, stakeholders, frontend, and mobile teams to align engineering execution with business priorities.
- Architected backend APIs for the Safety+ mobile app and owned end-to-end deployment across environments.
- Built a multilingual translation system with Lokalise, enabling real-time localization across 23 global languages.
- Managed release lifecycles, hotfixes, and environment operations using AWS, Terraform, Jenkins, and Ansible.
- Architected and implemented Multi-Factor Authentication for client login flows across email and SMS channels.
- Raised engineering quality through test automation, code reviews, pair programming, mentoring, and maintainable team documentation.
Jan 2021 – Oct 2022
Full-Stack Developer
Launchpad Fintech Pvt. Limited
Gurugram, India
skills
DevOps / Cloud
AWS
Terraform
Docker
Jenkins
AI
OpenAI
Gemini
LangChain
AI Agents
Backend
Python
Django
Frontend
React
Next.js
JavaScript
HTML
CSS
Databases
MySQL
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
Git & API tooling
Git
Postman
projects
Blog Website
A Django-based blog platform that lets users write, manage, and publish posts from anywhere.
My Portfolio
A static personal portfolio website hosted on GitHub Pages to showcase my experience, projects, and contact details.
Achievements
Patent
Patent Holder — Electrical Portable Toothbrush
Innovated and secured a patent for the design of an electrical portable toothbrush — a rare cross-domain innovation signal.
HashiCorp Certified
Terraform Associate (HCTA0-004) — production-grade infrastructure as code on AWS and beyond.
A+ Performance Rating
Top annual performance rating at Forwood Safety for consistent delivery, technical ownership, and leadership impact.
Star Performer Award
Recognized as Star Performer at i8Labs (July 2020) for outsized contribution and delivery velocity.
GDSC Co-Lead
Co-led Google Developer Student Club chapter, running hands-on workshops and collaborative sessions for student developers.
Writing
Medium
How I Optimized an API to Handle 25,000+ Users Without Increasing Cost
A real-world backend performance write-up on reducing query complexity, trimming payload size, and rethinking API pagination to improve reliability without scaling infrastructure.
Read on Medium