Gopal S Akshintala
Software Engineer, Writer, and Musician in Hyderabad, India
Gopal S Akshintala is currently a Senior Software Engineer at Salesforce, working on Scaling Backend Systems for Revenue Cloud.
He is a passionate developer and loves being an **Influencer & Mentor** in the dev community through his Blog-posts, [Tech-Talks](https://overfullstack.ga/my-talks), and Social-media.
He started as an Android Developer and switched to the server-side as a Full-Stack Developer (Backend - Kotlin, Java | Frontend - React Js). Wearing multiple hats, aided him to perceive Patterns, Solutions, and Trade-offs.
He is a practitioner of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and Clean Architecture. A massive fan of Test-Driven Development (TDD). He believes Expressive Code is fun and profitable, which enthused him towards Functional Programming. He’s a language geek, currently fluent in Kotlin, Java, and dabbling with Scala and Javascript.
In addition to his Software Engineering experience, he gains more _experiences-per-year_ by open-source collaborations & contributions, active participation in the Dev discussions, and Speaking at User Groups and Conferences. He loves being on Stage, as a [Singer](http://bit.ly/agssc) and a [Tech-Speaker](https://overfullstack.ga/my-talks) and writes about [Nature & Life](http://bit.ly/agslotw).