About Me
Hey, I'm Arup Chauhan. I'm a software engineer primarily working on distributed systems, search engines, and databases.
I completed my Master of Science in Computer Science from Illinois Tech, where I worked with the IIT-DB Group on optimizing database queries using machine learning techniques.
Recently I have been around database internals and search systems, especially query planning, execution behavior, and hybrid retrieval with Lucene and Solr. My focus has been on keeping relevance high and latency low at scale.
Earlier in my career, I worked extensively with Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and AWS to build event-driven backend systems with a strong focus on reliability, maintainability, and observability.
I am also active in open-source, contributing to projects at Microsoft, Meta, Apache, and Spotify. Outside of coding, I follow footwear tech, read about culinary history, and enjoy cooking and music.