// hello, world. i'm

Achal Kansal

I build |

Technical Lead at Info Edge (Naukri.com), where I own the login and job-apply systems that millions of job seekers use. After hours I build Android apps, AI tools and small utilities that I actually use.

$ ./view-projects $ ./say-hello
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01. about.md

      

        

          

            I've been writing software professionally since 2015. I spent six years at SAP Labs building
            OData/REST master-data services on SAP Cloud Platform and led security there, running threat-modelling workshops.
          

          

            Since 2021 I've been at Info Edge, where I lead the backend for Job Search & Apply,
            Apply with Naukri, One Tap Login and the central Login Service.
            These are high-traffic Java microservices where latency, caching and reliability matter.
          

          

            I care about clean APIs, boring and reliable infrastructure, and leaving codebases better than I found them.
            Lately that means Java 21 and Spring Boot upgrades, CVE cleanup, and AI-assisted engineering workflows.
          


          

            
0years shipping

            
0public repos

            
0companies, 0 regrets

          

        


        

          

            
            Achal.java
          


public final class Achal extends Engineer {

  String role     = "Technical Lead";
  String company  = "Info Edge (Naukri.com)";
  String location = "Noida, India";

  List<String> stack = List.of(
    "Java", "Spring Boot", "Kafka",
    "Aerospike", "MySQL", "MongoDB",
    "Kubernetes", "Docker", "NGINX"
  );

  List<String> sideQuests = List.of(
    "Android", "Python", "React", "LLMs & MCP"
  );

  @Override
  public Coffee fuel() {
    return Coffee.strong(); // non-negotiable
  }
}

        

      


      

        
backend
  • Java 8→21
  • Spring Boot
  • Jersey / JAX-RS
  • REST & OData
  • JPA / Hibernate
  • Microservices

        
data
  • MySQL
  • Aerospike
  • MongoDB
  • Kafka
  • PostgreSQL
  • SAP HANA

        
infra
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • NGINX
  • Cloud Foundry
  • GitLab CI
  • Observability

        
also
  • Android (Kotlin/Java)
  • Python
  • React / JS
  • TypeScript
  • MCP servers
  • Threat modelling

      

    


    
    

      
02. git log --career


      
    
        
  1. 
          
    
          
    
            
    a7c2f19 (HEAD -> main) Nov 2021 — present
    
            
    Technical Lead @ Info Edge (Naukri.com)
    
            
      
              
    • Job Search & Apply: the REST services behind the whole job-seeker journey, from search results to submitted application.
      • 
              
    • Apply with Naukri: lets job seekers apply on third-party career sites with their Naukri profile.
      • 
              
    • One Tap Login and the central Login Service: single-click multi-vendor sign-in and the auth backbone for all of Naukri.
      • 
              
    • Platform upkeep: Java 21 and Spring Boot upgrades, CVE remediation, and Jersey → Spring MVC migrations backed by regression suites.
      • 
            
    
            
    javaspring-bootjerseyaerospikekafkamongodbk8s
    
          
    
        
    2. 

        
  2. 
          
    
          
    
            
    3e91b0d Aug 2015 — Oct 2021
    
            
    Developer & Security Lead @ SAP Labs India
    
            
      
              
    • Business Partner Service: REST and OData APIs that replicate master data from on-prem to cloud S/4HANA and C4C.
      • 
              
    • MDM Registry: entity resolution and data cleansing over many sources (Apache Olingo, CDS, Fiori).
      • 
              
    • SAP Marketing: Campaign Management, Profile Services (clickstream) and an IoT in-store experience for a boutique in Germany.
      • 
              
    • Security lead for the team: ran threat-modelling workshops and secure-design reviews.
      • 
              
    • Awards: top performer 2018, top contributor 2017, SPOT award; top 5 at the internal hackathon.
      • 
            
    
            
    javaodataeclipselinksap-capui5cloud-foundry
    
          
    
        
    3. 

        
  3. 
          
    
          
    
            
    tag: v2.0
    
            
    M.Tech, Software Engineering @ BITS Pilani
    
          
    
        
    4. 
        
  4. 
          
    
          
    
            
    tag: v1.0 initial commit
    
            
    BCA @ GGSIP University, Delhi
    
          
    
        
    5. 
      

    


    
    

      
03. ls ~/projects

      
Things I built because I wanted them to exist.


      

        
        
        
        
        
        
      


      


      
→ more on github.com/AchalKansal

    


    
    

      
04. try the terminal

      
It's a real (ish) shell. Type help to start.


      

        

          
          guest@achalkansal.com: ~
        

        

        

          
          
        

      

    


    
    

      
05. ./contact.sh

      
Let's build something.

      
I'm happy to talk about backend architecture, interesting problems, side projects or opportunities. My inbox is open.

      $ mail hi@achalkansal.com