Kanhaya Kataruka

Kanhaya Kataruka

Backend Engineer | Python & Django | Exploring AI | Uber Ext

Hyderabad, India


About

I’m a Backend Developer focused on building scalable and reliable systems with Python, Django, and REST APIs. I enjoy solving real-world problems, learning continuously, and building systems that are not just functional, but thoughtfully engineered. Over the last couple of years, I’ve had the opportunity to work on very different kinds of systems, from AI-powered workflows and enterprise applications to multi-tenant platforms and B2B systems involving complex business processes, integrations, and data flows. That experience has made me increasingly interested in what happens beyond the API itself, how systems are designed, how data moves through them, how they scale, and how to make them reliable and maintainable as complexity grows. At the same time, with AI evolving at an incredible pace, I’ve been expanding my understanding of AI, Generative AI, LLMs, and Agentic AI to better understand how these technologies can fit into the software systems we build and add another perspective to my backend engineering journey. Areas I work with : Python | Django | Django REST Framework | PostgreSQL | MongoDB | Redis | Celery | Docker | REST APIs | AI/GenAI