Jay Makhija

About Me

Passionate about
backend craft

I'm a Software Engineer with 2.5+ years of hands-on experience architecting and building robust server-side systems. My expertise sits at the intersection of .NET Core and Golang two ecosystems that represent the best of strongly-typed, high-performance backend development.

I've worked exclusively in product-based environments leading the migration of a legacy monolithic WCF system into a .NET 8 microservices architecture at Fendahl, and building SBOM generation pipelines, ingestion executables, and Azure Functions at Kanaka Software in the software supply chain security domain. Across both roles I've engineered 350+ RESTful API endpoints.

I thrive in environments that value clean abstractions, performance-conscious engineering, and thoughtful system design. I'm always learning, always building, and always looking for problems worth solving.

2.5+

Years of Experience

350+

APIs Designed & Built

Core Languages

∞

Learning Mindset

Skills & Expertise

The tools I
work with

A curated set of technologies I use to build production-grade backend systems.

Backend Development

.NET Core / ASP.NET90%

Golang78%

REST API Design88%

C# Web API Middleware Microservice Goroutines

Cloud — Azure

Azure Functions95%

App Services72%

Blob Storage68%

Azure AD Key Vault Orchestration

Databases

SQL (MSSQL / PostgreSQL)67%

Query Optimization63%

EF Core Dapper Migrations Indexing

Tools & Practices

Confluence Git Docker CI/CD Postman GitLab Jira Bitbucket SVN

Work History

Where I've
made impact

A track record built on real product environments and meaningful engineering challenges.

Current Role Feb 2025 — Present

Software Engineer

Fendahl CTRM International · Product-Based · Full-time

Building and modernizing backend systems in the Commodity Trading and Risk Management (CTRM) domain.

Redesigning and migrating a monolithic WCF service (.NET4) to (.NET8/10) Core Web API, improving modularity and maintainability.
Optimized backend API performance by implementing service-layer JSON serialization logic to exclude null and default fields,reducing payload size and improving network efficiency across clients.

.NET Core MS SQL Server Microservices Migration Clean Architecture REST APIs

Previous Role Jul 2022 — Dec 2022

Associate Software Engineer

Kanaka Software Pvt. Ltd. · Service-Based · Full-time

Joined as a fresher and rapidly took ownership of work for a client's SBOM security domain project platform.

Built and enhanced components for a security-focused SBOM platform using Go and .NET 6, including development of SBOM generation executables and ingestion pipelines, improving system reliability and scalability.
Developed serverless solutions using Azure Functions, including independently delivering 2 end-to-end functions from scratch based on client requirements, enabling rapid feature delivery and supporting critical business needs.

C# ASP.NET Core EF Core Postgres Microservices Redis JWT Azure

Selected Work

Things I've
built

A selection of personal projects that showcase my backend engineering capabilities.

DIGI-INV

Designed scalable REST APIs for managing users, products (digital inventory), and orders with secure JWT authentication using C#, ASP.NET Core, and SQL Server, supporting secure transactional operations.

.NET-10 ASP.NET Core Microservices EF Core

INVESTMENT-TRACKER

Developed event-driven backend using Azure Functions and .NET 6 to process and aggregate financial datasets. reporting, and JSON output — inspired by tools like k6 and wrk.

Azure Azure Function v4 Orchestration Serverless

JHASHENCRYPTION

Created and published reusable hashing and cryptography utilities for .NET applications.

.NET-8 ASP.NET Core C# NuGet

JayMakhija

Passionate aboutbackend craft

The tools Iwork with

Where I'vemade impact

Things I'vebuilt

My Resume

Jay
Makhija

Passionate about
backend craft

The tools I
work with

Where I've
made impact

Things I've
built