About Me

I'm Aniket Dokania, a passionate software engineer with over 7 years of experience, including 5+ years of hands-on work in Golang. I currently lead a team at GoTo (Gojek) within the consumer payments division, where I architect and develop high-throughput, distributed backend systems that handle 120M+ events per day.

My career has revolved around building resilient and scalable systems using modern cloud-native technologies. I've been deeply involved in cloud migration efforts, cross-functional product development, and performance optimizations across complex microservices. My toolkit includes technologies like Kubernetes, Kafka, AWS, gRPC, and Postgres — all of which I use regularly to solve real-world problems at scale.

I take pride in mentoring engineers, reviewing architectural designs, and being an active contributor in Tech Lead forums and decision-making discussions. Beyond the technical depth, I believe in writing clean, maintainable code and am always looking for ways to automate, optimize, and simplify distributed systems.

Outside of work, I have a deep interest in distributed systems theory and practice. I enjoy experimenting with consensus algorithms like Raft and exploring fault tolerance patterns. I'm an active GitHub contributor and have built multiple open-source tools and demos around these ideas.

I'm also a curious learner — always exploring new tech stacks, reading engineering blogs, and learning from production incidents. Whether it's digging into the internals of Kafka or testing a new Go design pattern, I'm always up for a technical deep-dive. When I'm not geeking out over systems, I'm likely exploring something fun offline.

Outside of tech, I'm a gym freak and love staying active — whether it's running, hiking, or hitting the gym. I also enjoy playing the keyboard and find it a great way to unwind. Traveling to new places keeps me inspired, and I'm always up for an adventure that combines nature, fitness, and discovery.