Sourav Jain

Background

About Sourav Jain

Software Engineer at Google | Ex-Microsoft Passionate Software Engineer specializing in Search Technologies, Distributed Systems, and Performance Optimization. At Microsoft, I have optimized large-scale search infrastructures, enhancing indexing performance, reliability, and scaling efficiency. My expertise spans Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Lucene, and Azure AI Search, where I’ve recently worked on shard reallocation, memory analysis, vector index migration and performance assessments. Key Strengths: • Search Infrastructure Optimization: Improved index recovery and scaling efficiency by optimizing shard reallocation, caching, and retrieval strategies in large-scale search systems. • Performance & Reliability: Improved system reliability by leading benchmarking, stress testing, and performance assessments, while developing tools and processes for extensive testing. • Mentorship & Onboarding: Played a key role in mentoring and onboarding new team members, accelerating their productivity. Tech Stack: Java, Python, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Apache Lucene, KQL, Docker, Azure, Locust and gRPC. Why Connect with Me? I thrive on solving complex engineering challenges and driving impactful optimizations. Whether it’s building cutting-edge search solutions, enhancing backend performance, or collaborating on scalable cloud infrastructure, I am excited to contribute and learn.