Software Engineer & Indie Game Developer

Rahul
Kumar

6+ years building high-throughput backend systems — loan engines, document pipelines, event-driven architecture — and founder of Mirage Reality Labs, an indie game studio shipping on Android, WebGL & VR.

6+ Yrs Exp
Fintech · Healthtech · Energy · Gaming
2 Games
IIT Kharagpur
Experience ↓ Studio →
6+
Years Exp.
Fintech · Healthtech
Industrial · Gaming
Domains
DeepVRse
Seeds Of Life
2 Games Released
Artify Studio
AI SaaS Tool
IIT
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur B.Tech + M.Tech · Chemical Engineering · 2014–2019
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Experience

Apr 2025 – Present
Mirage Reality Labs
Bengaluru, India
Founder
Unity 3D C# Electron.js WebGL Mobile
  • Built and launched Artify Studio — a multi-purpose AI design SaaS for generating resumes, websites, cards, and creative assets in-browser.
  • End-to-end ownership: branding, game dev, marketing, and publishing pipelines.
  • Released two games on Google Play & Itch.io; published paid 3D assets on Unity Asset Store.
Oct 2023 – Apr 2025
Liftoff LLC
Bengaluru, India
Software Consultant
Golang Java AWS Kafka PostgreSQL
  • Built a fully automated overnight loan-processing engine in Golang, handling thousands of daily records without manual intervention.
  • Developed a mass document-generation pipeline outputting 5–10k PDFs / day via parallel Go workers.
  • Implemented a config-driven orchestration layer enabling dynamic API/workflow mapping across clients — zero code changes required.
Sep 2022 – Aug 2023
Halodoc
Bengaluru, India
Senior Software Engineer
Golang Java Microservices
  • Designed a modular reimbursement claims engine with dynamic rule evaluation — cutting latency from minutes to seconds.
  • Delivered a high-volume data ingestion service handling millions of partner records via CSV/API.
  • Reduced technical debt via concurrency improvements, caching, and DB tuning across insurance microservices.
Mar 2022 – Sep 2022
SliceIt Credit
Bengaluru, India
Software Engineer
Golang Java Node.js Kafka
  • Introduced Kafka into synchronous order-processing, shifting critical flows to async event-driven architecture — increasing throughput 2–3×.
  • Built Early Repayment / Invoice Generation workflow enabling proactive payments and reducing operational overhead.
May 2019 – Feb 2022
General Electric
Hyderabad, India
Software Engineering Specialist
Golang Java AWS Cassandra Kafka
  • Built a fully autonomous PII/data cleanup system processing ~100 GB/month (peak 752 GB), saving compliance teams hundreds of hours annually.
  • Developed Kafka ingestion + query layers — a Golang ingestor for hot/cold storage and a Java query app for fast analytical lookups.
  • Created an AWS Secrets Management library standardising secure credential access across multiple microservices.
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Projects & Games

✨ Featured Product
Artify Studio
AI Design Workspace for Creators

A full-featured, in-browser AI design SaaS — generate professional resumes, greeting cards, websites, sprite sheets, and QR codes instantly. Built with a free tier, workspace library, and no installs required.

Resume Generator
Greeting Cards
Website Editor
QR Code Maker
Sprite Sheet Tool
Free Tier Available
Launch Artify Studio → View Studio
mirage-artify-studio.vercel.app
Design. Create.
Inspire.
📄 Resume
🎨 Card
🌐 Website
✂️ Sprite
Enter Studio →
Official Studio ↗
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Mirage Reality Labs
Our indie game studio building polished gameplay, stylized art, and high-performance Unity experiences across PC, Mobile, WebGL & VR.
mirage-reality-labs.vercel.app
Game Page ↗
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Itch.io Page
All games, prototypes, and 3D assets in one place — including DeepVRse, Seeds of Life, and the Cartoon Octopus Unity asset.
mirage-reality-labs.itch.io
Published Games
🌊
Below The Blue (DeepVRse)
Underwater superhero roguelike with tentacle combat, lasers, VR mode, mining drones, and base building. Live on Google Play.
▶ Play Store Itch.io Trailer
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Seeds of Life
AI-driven planetary terraforming simulation with emergent ecosystems and autonomous systems. Playable right in the browser via WebGL.
▶ Play WebGL
✂️
SnapGrid — Web Image Cropper
Fast browser-based image cropping and grid-slicing tool. Bulk export, custom naming, precision cropping for spritesheets and UI grids.
Try Tool
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Cartoon Octopus — Unity Asset
Fully rigged, stylised octopus 3D asset optimised for Unity. Sold commercially on the Unity Asset Store and Itch.io.
Unity Store Itch.io
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Interstellar Journey Simulator
Early narrative exploration prototype from a game jam — a concept experiment that inspired future studio projects.
Pre-Alpha
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Skills & Stack

Languages
GolangJava Node.jsC# JavaScriptBash / Shell
AWS
S3EC2 LambdaAurora EMRKinesisSSM
Databases & Streaming
PostgreSQLApache Kafka CassandraElasticsearch HadoopSpark
Game Dev
Unity 3DWebGL VR DevelopmentBlender Photoshop
Frontend
HTML / CSSVue.js AngularJSBootstrap Electron.js
Tooling & Observability
GitHubJenkins Splunk / KibanaAppDynamics
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Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Dual Degree — B.Tech + M.Tech
Department of Chemical Engineering
2014 — 2019
Delhi Public School, Bokaro Steel City
All India CBSE Board — Class XII
Science & Technology · 10 CGPA
2000 — 2014

Let's build
together.

Open to senior backend roles, game development collaborations, Unity consulting, and interesting product challenges.

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EmailRahul.kumarrkr96@gmail.com
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Phone+91-9508799473
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StudioMirage Reality Labs
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YouTube@MirageRealityLabs
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LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/rahul-kumar-500027b2
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Instagram@miragegames252
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