Jun 2025 – Present
Footsteps Space
A mobile app that turns trips into structured travel stories with maps, photos, and sync.
Vivek Mankonda
Senior Software Engineer · 7 years
I build backend systems and full-stack products that stay reliable under real load.
Open to senior IC roles · India & remote
Recent impact
- Automated enterprise customer onboarding with Terraform.
- Cut medical checkup wait time from 17 days to 3.
- Built a fintech backend with FIX 2.0 integrations.
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Current work
Footsteps Space, a travel storytelling product I am building end to end.
Experience
Seven years across backend, platform, and product delivery, including fintech, insurance, and observability.
- BuilderFootsteps SpaceJun 2025 – Present
Building a travel storytelling product end to end: mobile app, backend, and public web.
- Senior Software EngineerNew RelicJan 2025 – May 2025
Automated enterprise customer onboarding with Terraform and reduced mean time to resolution by 37%.
- Software Development Engineer 3AckoMar 2023 – Jul 2024
Built workflow automation with Camunda and cut medical checkup wait times from 17 days to 3.
- Senior Software EngineerGameskraft TechnologiesApr 2022 – Mar 2023
Optimized high-traffic backend architecture and cut AWS costs by 38%.
- R&D Engineer BackendNeedle InnovisionOct 2018 – Mar 2022
Built the FinchMoney fintech platform with FIX 2.0 trading integrations.
- Software EngineerThoughtclan TechnologiesAug 2017 – Aug 2018
Developed internal automation tools for operational efficiency.
Other projects
Additional products built alongside full-time engineering roles.
Emu Event Assistant
2026A lightweight assistant for small hosts to track guests, payments, and expenses.
gh-ruleset-sync
2026A GitHub CLI tool to apply and audit repository rulesets across many repos.
Case studies
Deeper notes on platform work, automation, and systems shipped in production.
Standardized enterprise cloud provisioning at scale
New Relic · Cloud Onboarding & Provisioning Automation
Implemented version-controlled Infrastructure-as-Code modules using Terraform to automate the onboarding of thousands of enterprise AWS accounts, replacing manual UI configurations with auditable, high-scale telemetry pipelines.
View case studyReduced medical checkup turnaround from 17 days to 3
Acko · Health Insurance Workflow Automation Platform
Architected a workflow-first backend using Camunda, BPMN, and DMN to orchestrate complex insurance operations, explicitly modeling long-running business processes and automating critical state transitions.
View case studyAligned user spending power with real-market settlements
Needle Innovision · FinchMoney: Automated Consumer Investing Platform
Engineered a pooled brokerage architecture and fractional share accounting system to reconcile real-time consumer spending with asynchronous market settlements, integrating complex liquidity management and FIX-based trading protocols.
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Technical stack
Languages
Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python
Backend
Spring Framework, Spring Cloud, ExpressJS, NestJS
Workflows & Messaging
Camunda, BPMN, DMN, Kafka, Kafka Streams, RabbitMQ
Cloud & Platform
AWS, Terraform, CloudFormation, Docker, Kubernetes
Interfaces
GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, Webhooks, HTTP 2.0, FIX 2.0
Observability & Data
Grafana, New Relic, Logstash, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis Cache
Contact
Message me on LinkedIn. Same-day replies when I can.
Resume link: vivek-tech-resume.vercel.app/resume
Education: B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata (2013 – 2017)
Hyderabad · Bengaluru · Pune · India (Remote)