Hi, I’m Abhishek Kumar, a Senior Software Engineer at Stripe (previously at Amazon) with 7+ years of experience building large-scale distributed systems and backend services in Java and modern cloud architectures. I’m passionate about system design, scalability, and AI-driven applications, and I love mentoring engineers on how to think like system designers, not just coders. Outside of work, I enjoy camping, hiking, and skiing, and I love reading books that expand both my technical and creative thinking. Lately, I’ve been diving deep into AI, large language models (LLMs), and model context protocols (MCP) to understand how they’ll reshape software systems in the coming decade. If you’re looking for guidance on system design, backend development, or career growth in tech, let’s connect!