Building reliable software, thoughtful APIs, and products that solve real problems.
I'm Pratik Raj, a software engineer with one year of industry experience at RateGain, working on enterprise Java services, API integrations, application reliability, Kubernetes deployments, and observability.
My interests span backend engineering, full-stack applications, and applied AI. I enjoy taking ideas from architecture to implementation, with an emphasis on clean code, maintainability, and practical problem-solving.
Open to opportunities: Software Engineer · Java Backend · Full Stack · AI Applications
| Area | Technologies |
|---|---|
| Languages | Java, JavaScript, SQL |
| Backend | Spring Boot, REST APIs, Spring Data JPA, Hibernate |
| Frontend | React, HTML, CSS |
| Data | PostgreSQL, Redis |
| Cloud & DevOps | Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Git, CI/CD |
| Observability | Grafana, JVM metrics, application monitoring |
| AI Applications | Spring AI, LLM integrations, retrieval-augmented generation |
Software Engineer · RateGain Travel Technologies
October 2025 – October 2026
- Modernized Java HTTP integrations through an Apache HttpClient 3.1 → 4.5.14 upgrade.
- Worked on connection pooling, request timeouts, and retry handling for more resilient supplier integrations.
- Contributed Helm charts and Kubernetes configurations for environment-specific application deployments.
- Developed Grafana dashboards for JVM memory, garbage collection, and application monitoring.
- Investigated production issues through application logs, debugging, and targeted fixes.
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Railway Reservation System Java-based reservation application centered on train management, persistence, and booking-system design. Technologies: Java · Spring Boot · PostgreSQL · Docker |
AI Document Intelligence Document-focused AI application concept bringing together a Java backend, web interface, and contextual information retrieval. Technologies: Spring Boot · React · Spring AI · PostgreSQL |
Backend systems APIs · reliability · data modeling · concurrency
Full-stack apps Product workflows · frontend/backend integration
Applied AI LLM-powered features · retrieval · document workflows
Infrastructure Containers · deployment configuration · monitoring
I'm open to software engineering roles and conversations about interesting technical work.