Hi, I am
Pushkar Agnihotri.
A dedicated Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience building MERN and Java Spring platforms across fintech and logistics domains. I leverage React, Node.js, Spring Boot, and AWS to design scalable, AI-powered systems.
Education.
Academic background and technical foundations.
California State University, Fullerton
Master's degree, Computer Science
Aug 2024 - May 2026
Government College of Engineering
B.Tech, Computer Science
Aug 2016 - May 2020
Achievements
- Winner of Smart India Hackathon 2019
- RunnerUp in Microsoft Hackathon 2.0 in 2018
Selected Work.
A collection of applications and technical projects I've built to solve real-world problems.
Published Apps
GoalFocus: Pomodoro & Habits
GoalFocus is your all-in-one productivity companion designed to help you stay focused, hydrated, and disciplined.
F1 Companion
F1 Companion is a comprehensive mobile application designed to assist F1 visa students throughout their journey—from preparing for their flight to the US to maintaining compliance during their stay.
System Design Interview Pacer
A non-intrusive, 4-phase timer browser extension designed to help candidates manage the 45-minute window of a system design interview.
Contract Work
YogSadhna Varga
A modern, full-stack yoga studio website featuring an intelligent AI chatbot powered by RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) to answer user queries about classes, schedules, and yoga practices.
Professional Experience.
Software Engineer, Full Stack & Agentic AI
BlackRock
January 2026 - Present
- •Architected a multi-agent orchestration system using LangGraph and AWS Bedrock to automate portfolio reconciliation workflows, cutting manual processing time by 65% across 3,200 daily transactions.
- •Engineered RAG pipelines over internal compliance documentation using Pinecone and LangChain retrieval chains, reducing analyst research time from 25 min to 6 min per query.
- •Built responsive React.js and Next.js dashboards consuming GraphQL APIs, serving real-time portfolio data to internal teams with sub-150 ms render times.
- •Developed Spring Boot microservices on AWS ECS handling $2.1B in daily trade settlement messages with 99.98% uptime.
- •Instrumented full-stack observability using Datadog and OpenTelemetry across 9 services, reducing mean-time-to-resolution for production incidents by 70%.
Senior Software Engineer
Sage Softtech
May 2021 - July 2024 (3 years 3 months)
- •Led migration of a monolithic logistics platform to event-driven microservices using Apache Kafka and GCP Cloud Run, improving system throughput by 3.4x.
- •Built a high-throughput Node.js and Express.js API layer processing 6,500 shipment-tracking requests/min with p99 latency under 120 ms.
- •Developed React.js dispatcher console with Redux state management and WebSockets for live fleet tracking, adopted by 450 daily dispatch operators.
- •Containerized 11 services using Docker and Kubernetes (Helm) on GCP, cutting deployment cycle time from 3 hrs to 25 min.
- •Collaborated with data science team to integrate Scikit-learn-based route optimization models into dispatch APIs, reducing average delivery time by 18%.
Associate Engineer
Neon IT Systems
February 2019 - April 2021 (2 years 3 months)
- •Developed full-stack features using React.js and Java Spring MVC for an insurance claims portal serving 8,000 monthly policyholders.
- •Implemented RESTful APIs with Spring Security (OAuth2/JWT) for claims authentication, reducing unauthorized access incidents to zero over 18 months.
- •Migrated legacy on-premise services to Azure App Service and Azure SQL, cutting infrastructure costs by $14,000/year.
Recent Articles
Native Android vs. KMP: A Developer’s Honest Take (Part 1)
Is Kotlin Multiplatform truly worth the hype? As a native Android developer, I’ve been asking myself this question a lot lately, and I’m betting you have too.
Native Android vs. KMP: A Developer’s Honest Take (Part 2)
A Deeper Dive into the Multiplatform World
Building an AI Chatbot with RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation): A Complete Architecture Guide
In this comprehensive guide, I’ll walk you through building a sophisticated AI chatbot using a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system from scratch.
Get In Touch.
Have a project in mind or just want to chat? Feel free to reach out.
I'm always open to discussing new projects, creative ideas or opportunities to be part of your vision.
Location
Fullerton, CA, USA