Principal Software Engineer · Platform Architecture
Harshit
Kumar
Building developer platforms & API orchestration at Walmart Global Tech.
Focused on engineering leverage — designing unified GraphQL architectures, resilient backend platforms, and developer tooling that enable cross-functional teams to ship safely at scale. Previously at Quikr, building Progressive Web Apps.
GraphQLNode.jsReactRustPythonPHPC++TypeScript
Platform Engineering
How I Build Leverage
Contracts
API Orchestration & Schemas
Unifying distributed services into clean GraphQL schemas with strong contract boundaries and zero-downtime evolution.
DevEx
Developer Leverage & Tooling
Paving the road for product teams with automated schema validation, typed codegen, and reduced cognitive load.
Reliability
Resilience & Performance
Engineering low-latency aggregation, caching strategies, and graceful degradation for enterprise scale.
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