Milind Kumar

Senior Software Engineer @ Strides | Building AI Solutions for Manufacturing

Bengaluru South, Karnataka, India

About

At Strides, as a Senior Software Engineer, I contribute to developing scalable backend solutions, leveraging my expertise in Azure, Python and Pyspark. My role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams to enhance platform performance and scalability. A Computer Science graduate from Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, I have a proven track record of tackling complex engineering challenges. My professional journey reflects a strong focus on backend development, cloud infrastructure, and scalable solutions, underpinned by a commitment to efficient and secure technology implementation.

Experience

  • Senior Software Engineer at Strides
    Dec 2025 - Present · 8 mos

  • SDE - 2 at Scaler
    Sep 2025 - Nov 2025 · 3 mos

    • Developed the Dreamliner Reinforcement Learning platform at Scaler AI Labs, enhancing task generation for LLMs. • Implemented grading mechanisms for LLM outputs using both deterministic graders and LLM as judges. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure platform scalability and performance.

  • Ripik.AI ()
    • Lead Backend Engineer
      Aug 2024 - Sep 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

      • Spearheaded the development of Ripik Vision Platform, a cutting-edge computer vision platform, enhancing scalability and performance. • Designed and implemented robust REST APIs and a dynamic MongoDB aggregation system for zero-code API customization. • Achieved a $15,000 reduction in monthly cloud costs through strategic optimizations and best practices. • Led a team of engineers, fostering technical growth and ensuring cloud security across the organization.

    • Backend Engineer
      Oct 2022 - Aug 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

      • As a founding engineer at Ripik.AI, I architected cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, establishing a robust engineering culture. • Developed the backend for RipikIntelliverse, supporting 10,000+ concurrent sessions and ensuring compliance with data privacy regulations. • Engineered a low-latency data pipeline for Hindalco, achieving real-time aggregation under 1000ms and enhancing operational efficiency.

  • Software Developer (TCS Digital) at National Health Authority (NHA)
    Jul 2021 - Oct 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

    ◦ Health ID Generation: Developed a scalable application capable of generating and linking 5 million Health IDs per day using Spring Boot. ◦ User Session Tracking: Designed and implemented a concurrent user session tracking system that allows no more than one session per user using Redis. ◦ SMS Messaging API: Implemented a SMS delivery API processing 2 lakh messages a day backed by a H2 based persistent queue . ◦ Animated Captcha: Wrote an algorithm which produces random animated captcha using Java AWT library on the fly for increased security against bot attacks.

  • Web Scraping (Expert) at Career Hamster
    Apr 2020 - Jul 2020 · 4 mos

    ◦ University Courses Scraping: Scraped and consolidated details about graduation and masters courses provided by over 1000 universities around the world using Python, BeutifulSoup and Google Collab ◦ Bulk SMS Sending App: Created an Android application that could read contact details from a CSV file and send upto 150 SMS at a time using the cellular network