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ABHISHEK SINGH

London

Summary

Staff Software Engineer with extensive experience designing and delivering scalable, high-performance systems. Skilled in full-stack development, large-scale system architecture, and team leadership, mentoring engineers and driving org-wide best practices. Proven track record in operational efficiency, reliability improvements, and measurable business impact, including multi-million-dollar cost savings and large-scale product launches.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
2017
2017
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Staff Software Engineer

Facebook UK Limited
London
07.2024 - Current
  • Led a team of 8 engineers, driving technical strategy, execution, and delivery of mission-critical systems in Appeals and AI product areas.
  • Mentored and coached engineers (E4–E5 levels), accelerating technical growth, developing future tech leads, and improving overall team execution.
  • Drove AFR (Appeal Fulfillment Rate) and BASR (Benign Appeal Success Rate) initiatives, improving reliability and reducing benign appeal mistakes in H1 2025.
  • Contributed to the global launch of the MetaAI app, ensuring backend systems scaled reliably to millions of users.
  • Delivered $2M annual Ops cost savings by automating Appeals Ops review workflows and optimizing operational processes.
  • Influenced org-wide engineering practices, standardizing reliability measurement, mistake reduction, and AI integration — improving code quality and saving 2000+ ETS annually.
  • Reduced incident frequency and on-call load through automation, proactive monitoring, and fault-tolerant design.

Senior Software Engineer

LinkedIn
Bengaluru
12.2019 - 06.2024
  • Spearheaded Project Gatekeeper (Authentication, Authorization & Accounting), leading a revamp across 40 repositories in collaboration with 15 partner teams — improving authentication reliability by 25%, reducing critical security issues by 30%, and driving adoption of standardized AAA frameworks.
  • Mentored Software Engineers, accelerating their technical growth and improving team delivery velocity by ~10%.
  • Actively contributed to hiring, conducting 100+ interviews, helping scale the team while maintaining a high engineering bar.
  • Improved test coverage and system reliability, improving system availability from 95% to 99.9% and automated test coverage by 50% and reducing production incidents by 25%.

Senior Software Engineer

Bankbazaar
Bengaluru
03.2018 - 10.2019

Analytics Platform Development

  • Contributed to the overhaul of the ETL pipeline, enabling seamless migration of production data to a robust Big Data system.
  • Developed efficient MapReduce jobs in Java to process large-scale datasets, improving data processing speed and reliability.
  • Customized Kafka Connect Jdbc Source Connector, integrating it with a Hibernate-based source to ensure consistent and accurate data ingestion.

Verification System

  • Led end-to-end development of Mobile & Email Verification system, serving Bankbazaar's clientele.
  • Implemented full-stack solution using Java, ReactJS, and MySQL, delivering a scalable, high-performance system aligned with business requirements.
  • Enhanced system reliability and verification accuracy, reducing failed verification attempts and improving client onboarding experience.

Software Engineer

Directi
Mumbai
06.2016 - 02.2018
  • Developed and maintained scalable software systems, ensuring high reliability and performance.
  • Conducted code reviews, interviews and mentored interns engineers, promoting best practices and team knowledge sharing.
  • Search Engine Project: Built a scalable search system with Elasticsearch, optimizing indexing and query performance for terabytes of data.
  • ELK Log Management: Implemented ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) for centralized log management, improving monitoring and operational efficiency.

Software Engineer Intern

Vaultize
Pune
05.2015 - 07.2015
  • Namespace Shell Extension in Windows: Developed a Windows shell extension that interfaces with company cloud APIs to synchronize data with the cloud. This innovative project significantly reduced hard disk load by implementing a mechanism to download files only upon user access via the extension.

Education

B. Tech. - Computer Science and Engg.

VNIT Nagpur

Skills

  • Java and backend development
  • System design and architecture
  • Product architecture
  • React and NoSQL databases
  • SQL databases
  • Version control with Git
  • Continuous integration with Jenkins
  • Team leadership
  • Mentoring and coaching
  • Distributed systems design
  • Metrics and monitoring strategies
  • Modular service architecture
  • Build pipeline management
  • RESTful and GraphQL APIs
  • Data serialization formats

Timeline

Staff Software Engineer

Facebook UK Limited
07.2024 - Current

Senior Software Engineer

LinkedIn
12.2019 - 06.2024

Senior Software Engineer

Bankbazaar
03.2018 - 10.2019

Software Engineer

Directi
06.2016 - 02.2018

Software Engineer Intern

Vaultize
05.2015 - 07.2015

B. Tech. - Computer Science and Engg.

VNIT Nagpur
ABHISHEK SINGH