I'm Sonika, a backend engineer with 4 years of experience, mostly in Java. I work on scalable backend services, REST APIs, and search infrastructure, and I really enjoy the debugging and optimization side of things.
A good part of my work happens in the open. I'm an active contributor to OpenMetadata (300+ merged PRs), an open-source data platform, and it's been a great place to learn, working at real scale and getting my code reviewed by maintainers around the world.
- Languages & frameworks: Java, Spring Boot, Dropwizard
- Backend: REST APIs, microservices, distributed systems, system design
- Databases & caching: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch / OpenSearch
- Cloud & DevOps: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD
- Performance: query optimization, caching, latency and reliability at scale
- AI-assisted development: Claude and Copilot as part of my daily workflow
- Open source: active contributor, comfortable with reviews and shipping in the open





