Nikhil Nischal

AI/ML • Bengaluru, India • UTC+05:30 • In office • Relocation • Work permits: India • Available now • from $54k per year

Software Developer

4+ years exp

C++

PHP

Python

SQL

Java

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Overview

Software Development Engineer II at Oracle, working on backend systems for diagnostic pipelines and reliability improvements, including LLM-based reasoning and high-throughput async workflows. Previously, as a Software Development Engineer I at Zomato, built Go microservices and a real-time analytics platform and improved notification reliability. Also completed an internship at Coding Ninjas focused on DSA problem creation, review, and editorial guidance.

Technical skills

C++

Go• Middle • 4y+

PHP• Middle • 4y+

Python• Middle • 3y+

SQL• Middle • 3y+

Java• Junior • 3y+

Java

Spring Boot

Databases

MySQL

Redis

Oracle• 3y+

AI/ML

LLM• 3y+

DevOps

Jenkins

PHP-FPM

Timeline

Software Development Engineer II • Middle

Oracle • Full-Time

Oct 2023 to Apr 2026 2 Years 6 Months Bengaluru In office

Built an LLM-based diagnostic reasoning pipeline to mine historical bugs and create a validated knowledge base for Oracle engineered systems. Developed an LLM-judge workflow with embedding and ANN search to detect duplicate or already-fixed issues and reduce investigation effort while improving bug triage speed. Implemented reliability and performance improvements across diagnostic collections, including health checks, retry and partial-success handling, and an async upload system with status tracking.

Python

SQL

Java

Oracle

LLM

Software Development Engineer I • Middle

Zomato • Full-Time

Jul 2022 to Oct 2023 1 Year 3 Months Gurgaon In office

Migrated a monolithic PHP endpoint into a Go microservice using a strangler-fig approach, improving concurrency and request latency with controlled batching, pagination, and timeouts. Built a real-time analytics platform for growth managers using Apache Pinot for sub-second aggregations and a concurrent Go backend. Improved notification reliability by introducing an async worker pool with retry and idempotent delivery, reducing recurring timeout failures.

PHP

Blog Manager, Problem Reviewer, Problem Setter (Intern) • Lead

Coding Ninjas • Internship

Feb 2021 to May 2022 1 Year 3 Months In office

Contributed to preparing data structures and algorithms problem content for a CodeStudio environment, producing multiple high-quality problems and progressing to a reviewer role. Coordinated with problem reviewers and setters by reviewing approaches and edge cases and providing guidance to improve solution quality.