Nishant Mehta

Staff Software Engineer | Blockchain • DLT • Digital Currency • Scalability • Security • AI

📍 Mumbai, India
✉️ nishant.a.m@gmail.com 🔗 linkedin.com/in/nishantajaymehta | github.com/nishantam

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SUMMARY

Engineering leader with 11+ years of experience building scalable, secure, and distributed systems. Expertise in blockchain, digital assets, AI-driven platforms, and large-scale cloud-native applications. Dual Master’s in Software Engineering and Information Technology (San Jose State University, University of Mumbai).

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EXPERIENCE

R3 (r3.com) — Staff Software Engineer

📍 Mumbai, India | 2025 – Present

• Building scalable, secure, and performant blockchain/DLT systems.
• Working on digital currency platforms integrating advanced security and compliance.
• Exploring AI-driven improvements for scalability and developer efficiency.

Priceline.com — Staff / Senior / Software Engineer

📍 New York, USA | 2017 – 2024

• Architected and led backend powering hotel booking searches, serving millions of requests per minute, generating $1B+ bookings annually.
• Built the first GraphQL federation services in Kotlin/Java; championed adoption across the company.
• Designed coroutine-based distributed request orchestration for lowest-latency travel search results.
• Scaled infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform.

Symantec Corporation — Software Engineer

📍 California, USA | 2015 – 2017

• Migrated core payment platform from TIBCO to Java, handling secure real-time transactions.
• Developed subscription model system with customer notifications, cross-sell, and upsell features.
• Built compliance systems to ensure US government trade regulation adherence.

Simplified Software Solutions — Software Engineer

📍 Mumbai, India | 2012 – 2013

• Early career experience developing software solutions and proving capabilities without a degree.

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EDUCATION

• M.S. in Software Engineering — San Jose State University
• M.S. in Information Technology — University of Mumbai

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SKILLS

• Languages & Frameworks: Java, Kotlin, Node.js, GraphQL, gRPC, REST
• Cloud & Infra: GCP, Kubernetes, Distributed Systems
• Domains: Blockchain, DLT, Digital Currency, AI, Payments, Security, Scalability
• Leadership: Architecture, Mentoring, Technical Guilds, Cross-team Collaboration

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HIGHLIGHTS

• 11 years in USA, relocated to Mumbai in 2024.
• Built high-scale distributed systems powering billions in revenue.
• Dual Master’s from San Jose State University & University of Mumbai.
• Advocate for scalable architectures, secure systems, and future tech (AI + Blockchain).

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