# Ismaile Shaikh

> Backend Software Engineer at TikTok | MS CS at Indiana University | ex. Crowdstrike, Fi, Jio

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

I am a Software Engineer at TikTok specializing in high-concurrency distributed systems and backend Infrastructure. My expertise lies in architecting scalable microservices using Go (Golang), gRPC, and Kitex to solve complex lifecycle management and real-time state synchronization challenges. Beyond high-level application logic, I possess a deep understanding of Operating Systems and Unix-like internals. I collaborated with Prof. Jeremy Musser at Indiana University to build a Unix-like OS from scratch, mastering low-level systems programming, memory management, and kernel principles.



Core Tech Stack:

Languages: Go, Javascript, Java 

Distributed Tech: gRPC, Thrift, Redis, MySQL, MongoDB, AWS 

Observability: Prometheus, Grafana 

Specialties: Microservices, System Reliability (SRE), FSM, Capacity Planning, and Mentorship

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ TikTok
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco, CA
• Collaborated with global engineering teams to develop scalable e-commerce solutions for diverse merchants across US/EU/UK.  
• Focused on enhancing the end-to-end Fulfillment by TikTok (FBT) experience and warehouse management systems allowing seamless FBT inventory management and sales.

### Software Engineer Intern @ CrowdStrike
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Austin, Texas, United States
Building a report management tool for finding out application package level vulnerabilities in customer code repositories

### Software Engineer @ Fi
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Collaborated with the feature engineering team to implement core product features using multiple micro services for a neo-banking application.

### Backend Engineer @ Jio
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Mumbai Area, India
Worked on REST API implementation and data management of a video streaming app. Facilitated the frontend and backend application development of the content management system with the insights of various product managers and teams.


## Education
### Master's degree in Computer Science
Indiana University Bloomington

### Bachelor's degree in Information Technology
Vidyalankar Institute Of Technology


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ismailshaikh2311

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Last updated: 2026-03-29