# Amaan Barge

> Staff Software Engineer @ Visa | Performance Engineering | SRE | Production Engineering

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/amaanbarge

I am a performance and reliability engineer with 6+ years of experience specializing in workload modeling, scalability testing, database tuning, and production engineering for large-scale, mission-critical applications. I have strong foundations in data structures and algorithms, enabling me to design efficient systems and troubleshoot complex issues across application and infrastructure layers. I work closely with cross-functional teams to define non-functional requirements, identify performance bottlenecks, and implement data-driven optimizations that improve reliability, scalability, and resiliency, helping deliver secure, seamless, and high-performing user experiences.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Visa
Jan 2023 – Present | Foster City, CA
• Lead reliability and performance engineering for critical Visa platforms including Digital Commerce, Purchase Alerts, Visa Mobile SDKs (Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay), and Decision Fraud Management.
• Resolved production performance issues (container security misconfigurations, DB bottlenecks, JVM freezes), improving stability and reducing latency by 50%.
• Drove adoption of Gatling for shift-left performance testing; automated CI/CD execution via Jenkins and reduced manual testing effort using GenAI tools.
• Built observability dashboards (Grafana, Splunk, OpenTelemetry) and led JVM tuning, AWR analysis, and APM-based troubleshooting.
• Supported capacity planning, production engineering, and on-call operations to maintain SLA/SLO compliance.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Visa
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Foster City, CA
• Led batch performance testing for Visa Compliance applications, resolving DB bottlenecks, slow queries, and job failures to improve scalability.
• Performed deep performance profiling (thread/heap dumps, GC logs, system metrics) to identify bottlenecks and optimize application stability.
• Contributed to capacity planning and production engineering to ensure peak-season reliability.
• Supported on-call performance operations, analyzing production incidents and driving RCA to strengthen system resilience.
• Partnered with Release Engineering and developers during OpenShift → Docker migration, resolving service-mesh and traffic-shaping issues to maintain performance stability.

### Software Engineer @ Course5i
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Mumbai
▪ Defined and validated NFRs, creating end-to-end performance test strategies aligned with business and scalability goals.
▪ Designed and executed performance tests (load, stress, endurance) across critical application workflows.
▪ Analyzed test results to identify bottlenecks, capacity limits, and latency issues, driving performance optimizations.
▪ Collaborated with senior team members, architects, developers, and product teams to understand application design and build effective test strategies.
▪ Monitored production performance, identifying regressions and supporting incident analysis and remediation.


## Education
### Master's degree in Information Technology & Analytics
Rutgers University–Newark

### Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering
Shah And Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College

### Associate's degree in Computer Engineering
Vidyalankar Group of Educational Institutes

### Hsc in Science
Somaiya Vidyavihar University

### St. Pius X High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/amaanbarge

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Last updated: 2026-04-12