Hi, I’m Deepak Atrahe, currently an SDE-II at Uber and previously part of the Search Ranking team at Flipkart. Over the last 4+ years, I’ve built expertise in big data pipelines, distributed systems, failover automation, and large-scale search infrastructure. I specialize in: System Design & Distributed Systems → Worked on Uber’s failover orchestration (PHX ↔ DCA), storage systems, and Flipkart’s Nymeria ranking pipelines. Data Engineering → Spark (Scala/PySpark), Hive, Airflow, GCS, large-scale ETL. Interview Prep → DSA, LLD, HLD, with a step-by-step approach (brute → better → optimal). Career Growth → Salary benchmarking, promotion roadmap, and negotiation strategies. Financial Planning → Personal finance, RSUs, SIPs, and designing an early retirement plan.